Partners


	*Managing Partner Eric Smith* has held production and leadership posts in public broadcasting for 43 years; the last 25 as director of public broadcasting for the State of Florida under the auspices of the Florida Department of Education. His two main responsibilities were representing the interests of Florida’s public radio and television stations before the Florida Legislature and the US Congress, and to provide and administer financial support for
Florida’s public radio and television stations in the areas of station operations, broadcast equipment, and new and improved broadcast facilities. After his retirement in June 2003, he continues to provide governmental lobbying and consulting services to Florida public television and radio stations as the Director of Governmental and Community relations for the Florida Public Broadcasting Service Inc. He is Managing Partner with the national search and consulting firm, NETA Consulting. Prior to his statewide responsibilities, he was General Manager of WSRE-TV and Chair of the academic Department of Broadcasting at Pensacola Junior College. He began his career in 1960 as a camera operator for the Alabama Public Television Network. His national professional service includes election by his peers as co-chair of the Organization of State Broadcasting Executives (OSBE) and served two terms as a trustee of the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS). He has provided search and management consultation services for many public broadcasting licensees. In 2003, he received a PBS Leadership Award recognizing his leadership for securing and allocating more than $370 million in state appropriations for Florida’s public radio and television stations. Outside his work in public broadcasting, he is certified as a Master USA Track & Field Official specializing in Field Events and Cross Country. Annually, he is selected to officiate NCAA and USATF National Championship Meets.
Contact: Eric Smith 1471 Timberlane Road, Suite 125 Tallahassee, FL 32312 (back to Partners list)


	Judy Stone Weaver retired from Alabama Public Television in 2000 and began a consulting practice in 2001 that included serving as Project Coordinator for the Five Star Alliance for Children, a collaborative of five state public television networks. She is currently a partner in NETA Consulting, which offers customized management consulting and executive recruiting services.
Prior to consulting, her 25 years of experience in public broadcasting included 11 years as the chief executive of the statewide Alabama Public Television and WLRH-FM in Huntsville. Earlier, she headed a production facility for the College of Communication at the University of Alabama where she was also Assistant Dean for four years. Her work in public broadcasting began in 1973 as a producer/director for Alabama Public Television, followed by WSRE-TV in Pensacola. During the 1990’s, she was elected by her peers to chair both the Organization of State Broadcast Executives (OSBE) and the Southern Educational Communications Association (SECA). And she was elected by her peers to the Board of Directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), serving as Vice-Chair of the PBS Board for 3 years. Most recently she was a member of the New Jersey Network’s Community Advisory Board She is an emeritus member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences and has augmented her knowledge about boards and planning from the non-profit, non-public broadcasting boards on which she has served in the past 20 years.
Her life outside public broadcasting includes maintaining vegetable, herb and ornamental gardens at University Terrace Elementary School in Baton Rouge as a Louisiana Master Gardener. Contact: Judy Weaver 6910 Providence Estates Court, Mobile, AL 36695 Tel: 251-454-9924 Email: jweaver@netaconsulting.org

	Ronald C. Bornstein served in leadership positions in public broadcasting and higher education for over 40 years. He relocated his management consulting and executive recruitment practice to Tucson after retiring from the University of Wisconsin System, where he worked for 27 years in various capacities as Director of the Telecommunications Division and General Manager of WHA Radio and Television, Vice President for University Relations, and as the University's Senior Vice President for Administration, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer.
He was also a Professor of Communication Arts for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his specialty was media policy and programming. On leaves of absence from the university, he twice served as Vice President for Telecommunications for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and as Acting President of National Public Radio. He was a long-time member of the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, chaired its Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation, and served on the boards of PBS, NPR and the Association of Public Television Stations. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including a National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences "Emmy" Award and the Edward R. Murrow Award, and was inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Pacific Mountain Network, an educational foundation that provides support to its 31 member stations in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific States. He also is a member of the public advisory board for KUAT Radio and Television in Tucson.
Contact: Ron Bornstein (back to Partners list)