The Upper Midwest 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 Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 division was founded in 1973. In addition to granting the Upper Midwest 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 Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

, South Dakota

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

, parts of Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

 and Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

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

Board of directors

The Board of Governors is a working board which work together collaboratively to ensures the best interests of the membership.
Carol Rueppel, President
KMSP/WFTC, Eden Prairie

Jason DeRusha, Vice President
WCCO, Minneapolis

Shari Lamke, Treasurer
tpt/KTCA, St. Paul

Ken Stone, Secretary
University of Minnesota, Woodbury

Bridget Breen, Regional Vice President
KTIV, Sioux City

Charley Johnson, Regional Vice President
KVLY/KXJB, Fargo

Dave Busiek, Regional Vice President
KCCI, Des Moines

Beth Jensen, Regional Vice President
KELO, Sioux Falls

Noel Sederstrom, Regional Vice President
KTTC, Rochester

Julie Anderson
KARE, Minneapolis

Claire Auckinthaler
Minneapolis

Karen Boros
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis

Shawn Braith
KSTP/KSTC, Minneapolis

Harold Crump
HBI, St. Paul

Dennis Grant
KMSP, Eden Prairie

Joe Johnston
KSTC, Minneapolis

Jennifer Kasel
WCCO, Minneapolis

Susan Loyd
WCCO, Minneapolis

Joseph Maar
FSN, Minneapolis

Whitney Mares
Padilla Speer Beardsley, Minneapolis

Trish Mielke
KMSP/WFTC, Eden Prairie

JJ Murray
Eden Prairie

Justin Piehowski
IB Systems, St. Paul

Barbara Reyelts
KBJR, Duluth

Kiki Rosatti
WCCO, Minneapolis

Jim Schiffman
Lakeville Government Television, Lakeville Government-access television (GATV)

Tim Scully
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul

Jean Zimmerman
Wayzata High School, Plymouth

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.