Norman J. Pattiz is an American broadcasting executive. He is a founder and former chairman of radio industry giant Westwood One

Westwood One

Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

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He is also a member of the University of California Board of Regents

Regents of the University of California

The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full members:* The majority are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms....

 and used to sit on the board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. He is a prominent Democratic Party donor, and lives with wife Mary Turner, an addiction counsellor and former radio personality in Los Angeles. He also chairs the Boards of Governors of Los Alamos National Security

Los Alamos National Security

Los Alamos National Security, LLC is a private limited liability company formed by the University of California, Bechtel, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services, and URS Energy and Construction. It currently operates Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Department of Energy and the National...

, LLC., and Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC which respectively operate the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...

 and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...

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Pattiz was "founding father" of Alhurra

Alhurra

Alhurra is a United States-based Arabic-language satellite TV channel funded by the U.S. Congress that broadcasts news and current affairs programming to audiences in the Middle East and North Africa...

, a United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

-based satellite TV

Satellite television

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

 channel sponsored by the U.S. government. It began broadcasting on February 14, 2004 in 22 countries across the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

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Pattiz is of Jewish descent and is a member of the national board of the Israel Policy Forum

Israel Policy Forum

The Israel Policy Forum is a New York, NY based American Jewish organization that works for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The organization lobbies American policymakers in support of this goal and writes opinion pieces that have appeared in many Jewish and non-Jewish...

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