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NEW YORK, March 19, 2007/Satnews Daily/ ― The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has elected its board of directors and appointed new officers to lead the 24 year-old nonprofit organization.
New Directors elected to three-year terms on the SSPI board include Olivier Badard, vice president, Alcatel Alenia Space; Paul Bush, vice president, Telesat Canada; Clayton Mowry, president, Arianespace, Inc. and Dick Tauber, vice president, CNN News Group.
The board appointed David Bross, director of business development for Hannover Fairs USA, as its chairman, and Dom Stasi, chief technology officer of TVN Entertainment, as president. Each will serve a one-year term, after which Stasi will succeed to the chairmanship.
SSPI executive director Robert Bell said SSPI is very fortunate to attract dedicated and committed individuals like these to its Board. “Not only are they in the top ranks of the companies they represent, they each bring great experience of the industry, in all its facets, to the Board's deliberations.”
In addition to these directors and officers, the members of SSPI's Board include Carson Agnew; Paul M. Bobrowski, Ph.D., dean, College of Business, Auburn University; Keith Buckley; Don Flournoy, director, Institute for Telecommunications Studies, Ohio University; Ellen Hoff, president, WL Pritchard & Company LC; Barbara Jaffe, senior vice president, Home Box Office; Regina James, Catastrophe Services, State Farm Insurance Companies; Blair Marshall, manager, Satellite Services, SES Americom; D.K. Sachdev, president, Space Tel Consultancy LLC; Steven Teller, president, IOT Systems; and Richard Wolf, vice president, ABC Television Network. Founded in 1983, SSPI is a nonprofit society that serves satellite professionals throughout their careers. The programs of the society promote the development of and access to high-quality education, help satellite professionals to advance their careers, work to increase the professionalism and professional standing of members and honor extraordinary achievement by individuals and organizations.
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