The Lone Star Emmy Awards are a division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS was created in 1955 to advance the arts and sciences of television. Headquartered in New York, NATAS's membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country....

. The division was founded in 2002 and in addition to granting the Lone Star Emmy Awards, it recognizes awards scholarships, honors industry veterans at the Silver Circle Celebration, conducts National Student Television Awards of Excellence, has a free research and a nationwide job bank. The chapter also participates in judging Emmy entries at the regional and national levels.

Boundaries

In June 2002, the Board of Trustees of the National Television Academy (NTA) unanimously approved the formation of the Lone Star Chapter in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, and in four years, the chapter has grown to become one of the largest in the country.

Board of directors and officers

OFFICERS (two year terms January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2011)

President – Martha Kattan, KUVN-TV

KUVN-TV

KUVN-DT, channel 23, is the Univision owned-and-operated station in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Designated Market Area. It transmits from Cedar Hill...

, Dallas (first term)
First Vice President – Jeremy Desel , KHOU-TV

KHOU-TV

KHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11...

, Houston (first term)
First Trustee – Martha Kattan, KUVN-TV

KUVN-TV

KUVN-DT, channel 23, is the Univision owned-and-operated station in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Designated Market Area. It transmits from Cedar Hill...

, Dallas (third term)
Second Trustee – Jason Anderson, Phillips Productions, Dallas (second term)
Treasurer – Evelyn Castellano Escamilla, Verve Media, McAllen (first term)
Secretary – Reginald Hardwick, KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...

 Dallas (third term)
Regional Vice Presidents:

Austin – Jena Natho, News 8 Austin (second term)
Dallas – Jason Anderson, Phillips Productions (first term)
El Paso – Arleene Barrios, UTEP (second term)
Houston – Jeremy Desel, KHOU-TV

KHOU-TV

KHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11...

 (first term)
San Antonio – Brian Collister, WOAI-TV

WOAI-TV

WOAI-TV, virtual channel 4 , is the NBC affiliate television station serving the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas, with its studios located in downtown San Antonio....

 (first term)
Panhandle – Cecelia Jones, FISD, Lubbock (second term)
The Valley – Will Ripley, KRGV-TV

KRGV-TV

KRGV-TV is the local ABC affiliate television station for the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas . It is licensed to Weslaco, Texas, with studios in Weslaco and transmitter in Santa Maria, Texas...

 (first term)
Board Members (Two year terms January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2011)

Jason Anderson, Phillips Productions, Dallas (third term)
Samuel Bellity, KWEX-TV

KWEX-TV

KWEX-DT, channel 41, is the local Univisión owned and operated station in San Antonio, Texas. The station is the first commercially-based Spanish language television station in the United States.- History :...

, San Antonio (second term)
Allen Morris

Allen R. Morris

Allen Robert Morris , a Texan and an American, is an Emmy Award-winning television producer/director/writer. His professional career began when he and his twin sister, as teenagers, provided the voices and operated puppets on a local children’s television show, “Through Magic Doorways.” This...

, Belay Media, Houston (first term)
Ursala Pari, KSAT-TV

KSAT-TV

KSAT-TV channel 12 is the local ABC affiliate television station in the greater San Antonio area. Its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas. The station calls itself KSAT 12, pronounced as "K-Sat"....

 San Antonio (first term)
Clint Yeats, KLTV-TV, Tyler (first term)
Gil Warrick, KRIV-TV, Houston (second term)
Board Members (Two year terms January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2010)

Jenna Natho, News 8 Austin (first term)
VACANT (first term)
Julie Coan, Houston PBS (first term)
Arleen Barrios, UTEP (first term)
Evelyn Castellano Escamilla, Verve Media, McAllen (first term)
Michael Grant. Phillips Productions, Dallas (first term)

Committee Chairs (appointed by Chapter President)

Awards – Kevin Cokely, KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...

 Fort Worth
Awards Gala Production – John Kukla, KFDW-TV Dallas
Communications & Marketing – VACANT
EMMA - Evelyn Escamilla, Edinburg
Emmy Educational Foundation - Reginald Hardwick, KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...

, Fort Worth
Emmy University – Kevin Cokely, KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...

, Fort Worth
Membership – VACANT
Scholarships – Reginald Hardwick, KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...

, Fort Worth
Silver Circle – Jason Anderson, Phillips Productions
Sponsorships – Allen Morris

Allen R. Morris

Allen Robert Morris , a Texan and an American, is an Emmy Award-winning television producer/director/writer. His professional career began when he and his twin sister, as teenagers, provided the voices and operated puppets on a local children’s television show, “Through Magic Doorways.” This...

, Belay Media, Houston
Spanish Language – Martha Kattan, KUVN-TV

KUVN-TV

KUVN-DT, channel 23, is the Univision owned-and-operated station in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Designated Market Area. It transmits from Cedar Hill...

  Dallas
Student Awards - Cecelia Jones, FISD & Phyllis Slocum, University of North Texas

University of North Texas

The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...

Executive Committee

Martha Kattan – President Jeremy Desel – First Vice President
Martha Kattan – Trustee Evelyn Castellano Escamilla – Board Representative
Jason Anderson – Trustee Julie Coan – Board Representative
Kevin Cokely - Past President