Heidi Raphael Named President-CEO Of New York State Broadcasters Association

Heidi Raphael Will Lead N.Y. State Broadcasters Association

Heidi Raphael Heidi Raphael will succeed David Donovan as president and CEO of the influential New York State Broadcasters Association. Raphael is chief communications officer of Beasley Media Group, which she joined a decade ago. Before that she was with Greater Media for 20 years, ultimately as senior VP of corporate communications. She also has done communication work on behalf of the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation. NYSBA said in…

Heidi Raphael Named Pres./CEO, NYSBA

• The New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA) announced the appointment of Heidi Raphael as its next President & Chief Executive Officer, succeeding David Donovan, who has lead the organization for the past 15 years, and who will transition from the President & CEO role later this year while continuing to direct NYSBA’s government relations and advocacy efforts in Albany and Washington, D.C. A Western New York native, Raphael joins NYSBA…

Heidi Raphael Named President-CEO Of New York State Broadcasters Association

Heidi Raphael The New York State Broadcasters Association today named Heidi Raphael its next president and chief executive officer, the group said. Raphael will succeed David Donovan, who has led the association for 15 years and will transition from the top role later this year while continuing to direct the association’s government relations and advocacy efforts in Albany and Washington. Raphael, a Western New York native, joins NYSBA from Beas…

Heidi Raphael Named NYSBA's Next President And CEO

David Donovan announced in January that he would step down as President and CEO of the New York State Broadcasters Association after 15 years leading the organization. NYSBA has now found his successor in a name well-known to the industry: Heidi Raphael.

Heidi Raphael To Succeed Donovan as NYSBA Head

He served as the Chief Media Advisor to Jim Quello at the FCC during the early 1980s and in 2011 arrived in Albany, N.Y., to serve as President and Executive Director of the New York State Broadcasters Association. For a decade before that, he led the Association for Maximum Service Television and, for ten years prior, as the VP of Legal and Legislative Affairs for the Association of Local Television Stations. Now, David Donovan, who also holds …