NEW YORK,
May 4,
2004/Satnews/
The Society of Satellite Professionals International (www.sspi.org)
announced the appointment of Ellen Hoff as the new President
of the New York-based non-profit organization at its Board of
Directors meeting on March 4th in Washington, D.C. Ms. Hoff,
the President of W.L. Pritchard & Company, assumed the role
effective January 1. She succeeds Brent Stranathan, CBS Vice
President of Broadcast Distribution, to the position. At the
same time, the Board announced that Mr. Stranathan will serve
as Chairman of the Society.
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Since its founding 21
years ago, SSPI has been governed by a volunteer Board of
Directors that is elected by its members. Board elections
take place at the end of every calendar year. The recent
election was the first time that SSPI members throughout the
world were able to cast their vote through the Internet. A
new slate of officers was approved by the Board at its March
meeting, which was held during PBS Media's Satellite 2004
conference.
In addition to the
appointments of Mr. Stranathan and Ms. Hoff, SSPI elected
three new directors to their first terms. Blair Marshall,
joins the Board from SES Americom in Princeton New Jersey
where he is Manager, Enterprise Solutions. Mr. Marshall is
well-known throughout SSPI, having served as head of SSPI's
Northeast Chapter. Don Flournoy, Director of the School of
Telecommunications at Ohio University, also joins the Board
for the first time. A long-time academic leader within SSPI,
Professor Flournoy publishes The Online Journal of Space
Communications for the Society, with the support of a
grant from Ohio University. The third new director is Richard
Wolf, Vice President, Telecom & Distribution, Broadcast
Operations & Engineering for the ABC network. Mr. Wolf's
brings to the SSPI Board both wide experience and a reputation
as one of the most knowledgeable people in the field.
Continuing their terms on
the Board are David J. Bross, Associate Publisher, Editorial,
PBI Media Ltd.); Robert Patterson, President & CEO, The
SPACECONNECTION, Inc.; Jon Romm, Vice President, Broadcast
Services, Intelsat; Michael Schlesier, President, Media &
Technology Consultants; Bruce D. Jacobs, Partner, ShawPittman
(Treasurer); Tom Fabian (Vice President, Communications); Jack
Morse, Partner, North Star Telecommunications LLC (Vice
President, Sponsorship); Carson Agnew, Managing Director,
Satellite Ventures, Motient Corporation; Paul Bush, Vice
President, Corporate Development, Telesat Canada; Susan
Gordon, Director, Corporate Communications, Intelsat; David
Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum; and Marc C.
Johansen, WDC Director, BSS, The Boeing Company.
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