The Rocky Mountain 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 Litchfield Park, Arizona

Litchfield Park, Arizona

Litchfield Park is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. In 2010 it had a population of 5,476.-History:The town of Litchfield Park is named for its founder, Paul Weeks Litchfield...

 division was founded in 1980. In addition to granting the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards, this division 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

The academy is divided into the following boundaries and encompasses the states of Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

, Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

 and El Centro, California

El Centro, California

El Centro is a city in and county seat of Imperial County, the largest city in the Imperial Valley and the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County. El Centro is also...

. These boundaries are responsible for the submission of television broadcast materials presented for awards considerations.

State
Arizona
New Mexico
California	El Centro, California El Centro, California El Centro is a city in and county seat of Imperial County, the largest city in the Imperial Valley and the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County. El Centro is also...
Utah
Wyoming

Board of governors

The Board of Governors is a working board, which works together collaboratively to ensure they are providing for the best interests of the membership.

Executive Committee

President - Jennifer Jones, KPHO-TV

KPHO-TV

KPHO-TV, channel 5, is a CBS-affiliate television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. KPHO-TV is owned by the Meredith Corporation, and has its studios located on Black Canyon Highway in the Alhambra Village section of Phoenix, with its transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix...

1st Vice President - Vik Narayan, KNXV-TV

KNXV-TV

KNXV-TV, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 15. Owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix....

2nd Vice President / Trustee - Bob Adlhoch, Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Their home arena since 1992 has been the US...

Treasurer - Syleste Rodriguez, KPNX-TV

Secretary - Theresa Maher, Jobing.com

Alternate Trustee - Doug Mummert, Phoenix Fire Department

Phoenix Fire Department

The Phoenix Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Phoenix. The Phoenix Fire Department responded to 148,673 incidents during 2010, with 88% being for emergency medical services...

Executive Director - Patricia Emmert

Board of Governors 2008-2010

Andrew Beneze, NextEdge Video

Patricio Gutierrez, KTVW-TV

KTVW-TV

KTVW-DT is a Univision-owned and operated station located in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 33 from its transmitter atop South Mountain in Phoenix. Its signal is repeated on several low-power translator stations in northern and eastern Arizona and is carried on all...

 Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

Adam Kress, Phoenix Business Journal

Bill Ottinger, KTVK-TV/KASW-TV

Mark Reda, Fox Sports Arizona

Board of Governors 2009 - 2011

Alison Bailin, HMA Public Relations

Peter Costello, Cox Communications

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

Marissa DeMartini, KAET-TV

Lisa Ellis, Metro Studios

Laura Lane, KNXV-TV

KNXV-TV

KNXV-TV, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 15. Owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix....

Jim Jacoby, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism

Clay Stubblefield, Arizona Corporate Broadcast Center

Steve Yamamori, Fighter Country.org/Platypus Ad Agency

Regional Representatives

Dan Duncan, KUAT-TV

KUAT-TV

KUAT-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service member Public televisionstation in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Owned by the Arizona Board of Regents and operated by the University of Arizona, it broadcasts from the facilities of Arizona Public Media, located on campus in the Modern Languages...

 Tucson, Arizona

Jeff Lubsen, Fischer Productions, Utah

Kyle Nicholoff, Wyoming Public Television, Wyoming

Ex-Officio 2008-2010

Ben Avechuco, KAET-TV

John Craft, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism-ASU

ASU

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Joseph Ortiz, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Mal Wienges, Sedona Broadcasting Company

Emmy award winners

Emmy award winners are individuals who show excellence in the field of television. The Emmys are held to the same esteem as the Oscar Awards are to motion pictures or the Grammy Awards are to the music industry