Board of Governors

Member		Bio
	Chris Cashman Board of Governors
	Holly Gauntt ... Board of Governors	Holly is the News Director for KOMO-TV, KOMO News Radio and KUNS-TV. She is also the Vice President of News for KOMO’s parent company, Fisher Communications LLC.. Prior to joining Fisher, Holly was the Vice President/News Director for WTXF-TV in Philadelphia. Holly has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has been a broadcast journalist for 28 years. Holly started her career as a writer and researcher at KUSA in Denver and has since worked at 8 television stations from Denver to Washington DC. She covered the bombing of the Murrah building while working in Oklahoma City and the terrorist attacks on 9/11 while working in Washington DC. Holly Currently serves as the Vice Chair of the ABC News Affiliate Advisory Board. In addition to the Northwest Chapter, Holly has served on NATAS boards in Philadelphia and Washington DC. Holly has won several Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards during her broadcast career.
	Michael Harris ... Board of Governors	Ten-time Emmy Award-winning producer, filmmaker and on-air science/wildlife specialist Michael Harris has used his unique affiliations and interests to help create some of the most imaginative television coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Over the last 20 years, Michael has held staff positions at a number Seattle-Tacoma television stations, but he's truly made his mark in the world of freelance network production and independent filmmaking. He is currently a regular contributor of HDTV “Weekend Windows” for ABC’s Good Morning America, and produced material for New Line Cinema, CBS News, ABC News, Major League Baseball, ESPN's SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight, MTV News, VH-1 and the E! Television network.
	Erica Hill ... Board of Governors
	Phil Kane ... Board of Governors	Phil Kane has been with KBTC Public Television since 2006. He currently is serving as Interim General Manager/Program Director. Phil also worked at KKMO Radio Sol 1360 AM as Account Manager, and before that he served as Director of Programming and Promotion at KSTW TV. Prior to moving to Seattle, Phil was Promotion Manager for KTVD TV (UPN) and KDVR TV (FOX) in Denver. There he served as chairman of the UPN Affiliates Promotion Advisory Committees, and on the Board of Governors for the NATAS Heartland Chapter. He's a four time Emmy nominee, a three time Emmy recipient, and Promax Gold Medallion winner.
	Scott LaPlante ... Alternate Trustee Board of Governors	News Operations Manager KIRO-TV, Seattle. Scott started his career in Duluth Minnesota in 1972 as a Newsfilm photographer/editor. After working at several TV stations in the Midwest he moved to Seattle in 1980 as an editor for KING-TV. He became Chief Editor in 1981 and then Operations Manager at KING in 1984. He received two Emmy Awards for his editing in the early 80's. As Operations Manager he also produced several News Specials and traveled to Russia, Hong Kong and China for the news department. He also produced the '88 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea and the '94 Games in Atlanta, GA for KING-TV. For ten years 1988 to 1998 Scott was the Northwest producer for NBC News. He produced numberous stories for the Today Show and Nightly News including the Live remote broadcast of the 10 Year Anniversary of Mt. St. Helens Eruption with Tom Brokaw. In 1999 he moved to KIRO-TV as News Operations Manager just in time for the Millennium. At KIRO he oversees the photography, editing and news engineering staff as well as the various newsroom computer systems. Scott is the current National Trustee of the NATAS Northwest Chapter, after serving two years as President and four years as Vice President and Awards Chair.
	Ethan Morris ... Board of Governors
	Sabrina Register ... Board of Governors
	Brook Stanford ... Board of Governors Silver Circle	Brook Stanford is a native of Michigan, and discovered the Pacific Northwest while travelling with the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club to Seattle in 1962. After working radio for several years, Brook went to KGW-TV, Portland in 1968, and moved to KOMO-TV in 1970. While at KOMO, Brook was Sunday Anchor for 9 years, Health/Science Editor 9 years, and 13 years as the People Helper, during which time he raised more than $9 million from viewers to help other viewers in need. People Helper won the Emmy for Specialty Reporting in 1989. Brook retired from KOMO in 2001. In 2004 he was honored by being inducted into the Silver Circle of NATAS. Brook is a 22 year member of the Seattle Men's Chorus.
	Mark Stendal ... Board of Governors
	Keven Strehle Board of Governors

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