Broadcasters from various backgrounds and markets gathered July 27 – August 1 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. NAB's Management Development Seminar for Television Executives (MDS) is designed for recently promoted and aspiring station and group executives. MDS is taught by the prestigious faculties of the Kellogg School of Management and the Medill School of Journalism and broadcast and related industry professionals. Five days of intensive, MBA-style instruction address media strategy, branding and marketing, diversity, partnerships, negotiation, finance, leadership and other relevant areas. For additional information about MDS, email tvevents@nab.org.

FRONT ROW: Valerie VanDerSluis, KTWU Topeka, Kan.; Nancy Southgate, KAET Tempe, Ariz.; Suzanne Hudson-Smith, WNIN Evansville, Ind.; Stacey Wiggins, Georgia PBS Atlanta, Ga.; Eric Hyyppa, KUSM-TV Bozeman, Mont.; J. Roger Powe, WMGM-TV Linwood, N.J., Laura Lovejoy, WFIE Evansville,Ind.; Ann Ouelette, WCCO-TV Minneapolis, Minn.; Orlando Rosales WTPH Naples, Fla.

SECOND ROW: Jacqueline Policastro, WSEE/WENY-TV Erie, Pa.; Daphne Dowdy Jackson, KPBT-TV Midland, Texas; Julie Eisenman Bunja, WICU-TV, Erie, Pa.; Maria King, Medina Media Acquisition Wadsworth, Ill.; Valerie Linson, WGBH-TV Boston, Mass.; Johnita P. Due, CNN Atlanta, Ga.; Saul I. Leal, BYU Television International Provo, Utah

THIRD ROW: Anthony Casaus, KRWG-TV Las Cruces, N.M.; Tony Hogarth, Prime Media Group, Victoria, Australia; Jeffrey Davis, APTS Arlington, Va.; Mitch Jacob, WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio; Shiree Woody, WBBH-TV/WZVN Ft. Myers, Fla.; Patrick Ramirez, WGBH-TV Boston, Mass.; Jayme Ribeiro Neto, WRMD Tampa, Fla.