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Caroline Beasley was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. on January 1, 2017, previously serving as interim Chief Executive Officer from March 18, 2016 until December 31st, 2016 and as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary beginning in 1994. She has served as a Director of Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. since she joined the Company in 1983. Ms. Beasley currently serves as the Joint Board Chair of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Board of Directors and is a past Chairman of the NAB Radio Board. In addition, she is a member of the BMI Board of Directors and the Broadcasters Foundation of America Board of Directors.In 2017, Ms. Beasley was honored by Radio Ink magazine as “Radio Executive of the Year”. Ms. Beasley was named among the “40 Most Powerful People in Radio” nearly every year since 2011. In addition, she has been recognized in the magazine’s “Most Influential Women in Radio” listing on an annual basis since 2003. Ms. Beasley received the 2016 “Distinguished Service Award” from the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters and was the 2012 recipient of the “Frances Preston Trailblazer Award” from the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW), a national organization dedicated to promoting the advancement of women to senior positions in the radio industry. She is a member of the Board of Visitors at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina, where Ms. Beasley earned a B.S. degree.

Stanley S. Hubbard works at Hubbard Broadcasting and a Chairman & CEO at Hubbard Broadcasting and is based in Minnesota.

Brandon Burgess is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ION Media. Since taking the role as CEO, he orchestrated the company’s successful financial recapitalization and re-invented ION as a leading independent television company that has delivered consistent profitable growth under his watch. Burgess led the transformation of the ION Television flagship network into a household TV brand by building a portfolio of high-quality popular original series, made-for-TV films, as well as syndicated dramas and theatrical movies. This strategy has delivered sustained audience growth and made ION Television a top-rated national entertainment network in record time. Burgess expanded ION’s TV station portfolio through targeted acquisitions, giving it the largest U.S. UHF spectrum footprint, with 62 large-market stations, including ownership in each of the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas. Burgess pioneered the U.S. multicast category with the nation’s first two national over-the-air special interest broadcast networks in 2007, incubating ION’s multi-network portfolio strategy. He has since been a thought leader on broadcast spectrum matters, advocating industry focus and R&D for wireless content delivery. Most recently he oversaw ION’s financially successful participation in the 600 MHz spectrum auction, while preserving ION’s full nationwide wireless footprint. Before joining ION, Burgess was the head of Business Development and Global Strategy for NBCUniversal, where he is credited with evolving the NBC broadcast network into a global multimedia company. He was the architect of NBC's acquisition of Universal Entertainment, leading to the creation of NBCUniversal. Burgess was also responsible for the acquisition of Bravo; NBC’s first entertainment cable channel, NBC’s entry into Hispanic broadcasting, and leading business strategy change for the NBC broadcast network. In prior positions, Burgess worked in Corporate Strategy for PepsiCo and in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. Burgess was recognized in the World Economic Forum’s inaugural class of ''Young Global Leaders'' in 2005, and was honored with Broadcasting & Cable’s “Technology Leadership Award” in 2008 for his industry work in spectrum Research & Development. Burgess was named to the Paley Center for Media’s Board of Trustees in 2014, and also serves on the Board of the National Association of Broadcasters. Burgess is a graduate of the European Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Steve Bass is a President & CEO at Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB and is based in Portland Oregon Area. He has worked as Vice President/General Manager at WGBH, Director of Development & National Corporate Support at PBS, and President & CEO at Nashville Public Television. Steven attended Bucknell University between 1975 and 1979 and Wisconsin School of Business between 1979 and 1981.

Senior Executive with proven track record as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operations Officer in publically traded and private corporations all with rapidly changing and highly competitive market environments. Also served in high ranking government positions, including Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia, the most senior non-elected position in the government.Specialties: Strong leadership and management skills in organizational settings with diverse constituencies. Particular strengths in:developing, communicating and executing clear vision and strategy for improved performance; ensuring individual high performance patterns to improve team performance; developing customer driven strategies; using vision and values to shift organization culture as required by market conditions, and; directing complex and major projects.