Indianapolis - Aug 28, 2009 - The Society of Broadcast Engineers has tallied the results of its national elections. Ballots were mailed to SBE members at the end of July, and on the evening of August 27, the board of tellers -- comprised of members from SBE chapter 25 Indianapolis -- tallied the results. Four officer seats and six of the 12 board seats were on the ballot.

Elected to his first term as president is Vincent Lopez, CEV CBNT. Lopez is the director of engineering for WSYT/WNYS-TV, Syracuse, NY. Lopez most recently served two terms as vice president of the society.

When asked about his vision for the future of the society, Lopez replied, "The SBE needs to update its overall member services to leverage the Internet age. With a tight economy, our members need critical information about education programs, training, certification, job opportunities and networking with peers. I hope to enhance the SBE website to offer video, tutorials, chats with various SBE staff, officers, and directors, and important industry people. For starters, we are in the process of an update to JobsOnline that will make it more user-friendly and accessible to job seekers and employers."

Radio magazine also asked about his plans for educational opportunities. Lopez said, "I also envision low- or no-cost educational webinars provided to SBE members by noted authorities on topics of interest to members, much like our successful RF Safety course. I see an online channel with SBE content and information running 24/7 as well as on-demand material."

Elected to the position of vice president is Ralph Hogan, CPBE DRB CBNT. Hogan is director of engineering for KJZZ-FM/KBAQ-FM/Sun Sounds of Arizona in Tempe, AZ. He most recently served two terms as treasurer of the SBE.

Reelected to his third term as secretary is Ted Hand, CPBE AMD 8-VSB CBNT, chief engineer of WSOC-TV/WAXM-TV in Charlotte, NC.

Elected to the position of treasurer is Andrea Cummis, CBT CTO, a broadcast technology consultant and project manager with Media Project Partners in Roseland, NJ. Cummis has served several terms on the SBE board of directors.

SBE officers serve one-year terms.

The SBE board of directors is occupied by 12 elected directors and the immediate past president. Barry Thomas will become the immediate past president when the new officers are sworn in. Each director serves a two-year term, and the board seats are staggered so that six of the 12 positions are included in each annual election. There were eight candidates for the six open seats. Elected to the board to begin two-year terms are: