Senior Management | Sales Management | Newsroom Management | On-Air Personalities

Jon Petrovich
Vice President, Domestic Broadcast
With nearly four decades of experience in broadcast journalism, Petrovich worked his way up from rookie reporter in local television news in Louisville, Ky., to Executive Vice President of CNN, where he served for 15 years.
At CNN, Petrovich developed CNN Interactive, which produces CNN.com, and in that role created all new media projects for CNN. He was responsible for all of CNN's new business and ancillary services including Headline News, Airport Network, CNN en Espanol, CNN Radio, CNN Radio Noticias and CNN Newsource. 
 
Most recently, Petrovich was professor and chairperson of the Broadcast Department at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where he had also served as a visiting distinguished lecturer and on the school's board of advisors in the 1990's. Petrovich also served as Executive Vice President, International Networks, Sony Pictures Television International and as consultant to numerous broadcast industry corporations.
 
He is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor of arts in broadcast journalism and received his master's degree in telecommunications from the University of Alabama.


Greg Groce
Director of Business Operations and Development
Groce is responsible for AP's television sales groups: Local stations and television groups; television networks and syndication and APTN North America facility services. Prior to this position, he was Director of Administration supervising the administration, customer service, MIS and business affairs for AP's Broadcast Division. He has previously held AP positions as Director of AP's Cable Television Services and Director of Marketing for Corporate Sales. He joined AP in Tampa, FL in 1978 as Broadcast Executive for Florida and has been an AP Assistant Secretary since 1995. Prior to joining AP, he worked for an association management firm in Charlottesville, VA. He holds a bachelor's degree in marketing/management from the University of Virginia.


Lee Perryman
Deputy Director of Broadcast Division and
Director of Broadcast Technology
Perryman is responsible all broadcast technology including the development and implementation of ENPS. Until 1989, he was responsible for the day-to-day administrative operations, including contract administration, strategic planning and budgeting at AP Broadcast. He also served as assistant secretary of AP until 1995.

Most recently, he has focused on technology projects and was also responsible for business planning and the design of administrative and editorial systems launching of London-based APTV in 1994. Earlier, he served as broadcast executive for Florida, and then for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. He started his career in local radio station management, sales, programming and engineering. Perryman is a graduate of the University of Alabama.


Brad Kalbfeld
Deputy Director and Managing Editor
Kalbfeld is in charge of television and radio news wires, domestic video services, television graphics and audio services for The Associated Press. He is responsible for the editorial and technical production of these services. Brad joined AP in 1977 as a radio-TV writer in New York and was given day-to-day responsibility for the broadcast wires in 1980. He is author of The AP Broadcast News Handbook.

In 1982, he moved to London, where he was AP Radio's roving European correspondent. Story credits include the Falklands War, the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, U.S. Mideast shuttle diplomacy, Soviet-American disarmament negotiations, the anti-nuclear movement, and the travels of Pope John Paul II to Poland, Korea, Austria, Canada, Thailand and Papua New Guinea.  Brad earned a BA in history at Cornell University.

Denise Vance
International Manager of the Americas for APTN

Vance is responsible for AP Television's coverage in North, South and Central America and Broadcast Services and Commercial Productions in North America.

Vance joined Associated Press Television in 1994 as senior field producer in Frankfurt, Germany. She was responsible for setting up the bureau and covering the region where she covered the Balkan conflict and Mobuto's final days of power in Zaire. In 1997, she moved to Washington as regional editor for APTN's North America operation. She was promoted to international television manager in 1999 and international television manager for the Americas in 2000. Prior to joining the AP, Denise was a freelance producer for German television ZDF in Bonn, Germany. From 1989 to 1994, she worked on the International Desk at CNN and as producer for CNN International in Atlanta, Georgia. At CNN headquarters she assisted in such stories as Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Gulf War.

Kevin Roach
Executive Producer, Online Video

Roach is responsible for the day-to-day production of AP's online video services, including the Online Video Network. In addition, he is in charge of AP television graphics. He joined the AP in 2007.

He began his career at ABC News in New York, where he worked his way up from production assistant to producer. His responsibilities included line producing, field producing and managing assignments.

Roach worked as the regional director of IBS (Internet Broadcast Systems) where he oversaw 17 station Web sites including those of WNBC in New York, WCVB in Boston and WDIV in Detroit.

He helped started up New England Cable News. He was news director at WDTN-TV in Dayton, Assistant News Director at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati and executive producer at WFSB-TV in Hartford.


Thomas Callahan
General Manager AP Radio

Callahan has a 22-year career in radio management and programming, both at the network and station levels. He has served in senior management positions at Metro Networks, Standard News Radio Networks as well as GM positions at stations. In his current role as general manager of AP Radio, Thom is responsible for the development and continued growth AP Radio products and services and is instrumental in the development of new radio products. He is based in Washington DC at AP's Broadcast News Center.

Roger Lockhart
Director of Marketing and Communications
Roger joined AP Broadcast after 20 years of advertising, marketing and PR experience with some of the largest and most respected ad agencies in the country. He was VP, Management Supervisor at DDB Needham, Arnold Communications and Henry J. Kaufman and Associates. He served two terms as president of the Washington Advertising Club. His current responsibilities include all external and internal brand marketing and strategy for the radio, TV and technology divisions. A graduate of West Virginia University, he began his career as a sports anchor at CBS affiliate WDTV. In his spare time, he works as an adjunct professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University and coaches his son's soccer and baseball teams.


Mike Palmer
Director of Broadcast Digital Distribution Systems and Strategy
Since joining AP in 1998, Palmer has played a leadership role in key areas within the organization and the industry.  He has been a driving force and a spokesman for the MOS Protocol, a newsroom integration tool recognized by much of the industry as the gold standard for machine communication in the newsroom. As a result in 2001, Palmer was awarded the prestigious Oliver Gramling Award for Achievement by AP. Palmer also has been a key architect of the AP's ENPS software and other products in his role as Director of Technology Development, a position he still retains.  Prior to 1998, he worked in local news and engineering operations in positions ranging from field photographer to news operations manager.  Palmer also held management positions in satellite operations at Conus and USSB, both pioneers in the satellite industry.  Palmer is a Mass Communications (Journalism) graduate of the University of Southern Colorado, and studied electrical engineering at Texas A&M University.

George Galt
Director of Business Affairs
George is in charge of licensing and protecting AP's intellectual property. Before joining AP three years ago, George was an associate at Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP. He practiced copyright and trademark law, specializing in legislative, licensing and enforcement issues. Previously George was the deputy press secretary for the United States House of Representative's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, and has also worked as a freelance computer programmer. George received his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his law degree from American University. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Massachusetts bars.

Montrese Garner-Sampson
Human Resources Manager
Montrese comes to The Associated Press most recently from Anderson Automotive Group, where she was human resources director. Before that she was employed by Integrated Health Services where she was heavily involved in benefits administration.

 

Montrese holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a M.S. degree in applied behavioral science from Johns Hopkins University.

 

Jim Kathman
Director of Marketing Strategy
Jim is responsible for AP Broadcast's general business strategy, including market research and analysis and strategic planning for the three broadcast divisions - TV, radio, and broadcast technology. He develops plans to more effectively package and position AP Broadcast's current products and develop new products and services. Before coming to AP in May of 2001, Jim was director of strategic alliances for Best Software, Inc. He has also worked for Perot Systems Corporation and the Dow Chemical Company, and he has been involved with strategic planning, marketing, business development, and new venture analysis. He holds master's degrees in business administration and information systems from the University of Maryland and a bachelor's degree from Purdue University.

 

 

John Phillips
Financial Planning Director
Phillips is responsible for financial and accounting functions at the Broadcast News Center and APTN-North America.  He is responsible for monthly BNC financial reporting, the annual budget process, and
general accounting and administration.  John is also responsible for capital budgets and contract admin.

Phillips joined AP in 1999 and has 22 years of experience in  accounting and finance.  He has worked as a public accountant, controller, and business manager for various companies,  including Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, CPAs; SMS Data Products; Multivision Cable TV; Phillips Publishing International; and Electronic Industries Alliance.  John is a Certified Public Accountant, and has a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland.

Dave Gwizdowski
Director, Television Sales for the Americas

Gwizdowski is responsible for managing AP's relationships with the major television and cable news networks.  He also overseas the management AP Television's sales efforts with syndicated TV programs, and the national cable TV channels and Canadian networks.  He oversees the Manager of TV/Cable Syndication and the Manager of Spanish-Language Networks.

 

Gwizdowski joined AP in 1997 as a Regional Television Executive covering the Southwest and based in Dallas after 18 years in broadcast journalism. Gwizdowski was named AP Television's sales person of the year in 1999. He was promoted to Director of Network Sales in 2001 when he became responsible for relationships with the major US television networks and their cable network and online properties.

 

Prior to joining AP, Gwizdowski gained extensive editorial and production experience in newsrooms from Texas to Maine, where he won several awards. He was an Assistant News Director at KTRK-TV in Houston and WLVI-TV in Boston. He also was News Director at WPRI-TV in Providence, RI and WLBZ-TV in Bangor, Maine. He was also a Producer and Executive Producer at WCVB-TV in Boston. Gwizdowski won two Emmys and two RTNDA Awards while working in Providence and Boston. 

 

Born in Pawtucket, RI, Gwizdowski is a Communications graduate of Emerson College in Boston, is married to wife Mary-Frances.  And they have a daughter and two sons. 


Bill Burke
Director, AP’s Online Video Operations
Deputy Director, ENPS

Burke is responsible for technical development and operations for AP’s subscription video and for the Online Video Network (OVN). He also assists in setting the ENPS development agenda and in managing enterprise ENPS installations such as ESPN and Tribune Broadcasting.

Before joining AP, he was a news director, news manager, and producer at stations in south Florida including WPBF-TV, WTVJ-TV, WPLG-TV, WPTV-TV and WPEC-TV and later served as assistant news director at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. At WPBF-TV, Burke and his staff won Murrow and AP awards for Best Newscast in 1996. He received an Emmy for spot news coverage while at WIS-TV and served as executive producer on the WTVJ-TV team that won DuPont, Murrow and Peabody awards for coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Burke earned undergraduate and masters degrees in English from the University of Virginia.