Rehr Selected President and CEO of NAB

[SOURCE: National Association of Broadcasters press release]
National Beer Wholesalers Association President David K. Rehr has been selected the new president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Broadcasters. Rehr, 46, was signed to a multi-year agreement and will assume the NAB leadership post on December 5. His selection comes after a high-level executive search process was launched in February after current NAB President and CEO Eddie Fritts announced plans to step down. Fritts will remain a consultant to NAB through April 2008. During his tenure at NBWA, Rehr became one of the most recognized advocates for his industry and small businesses in the United States. With more than 20 years of experience on Capitol Hill and in the lobbying community, Rehr has been an outspoken advocate for entrepreneurs and small business before the federal government. Under Rehr's leadership, NBWA won many legislative battles on behalf of small business enterprises and climbed into the top ten of Fortune Magazine's Power Rankings of the 25 most influential lobbying groups in Washington, DC. The NBWA Political Action Committee (NBWA PAC) has grown from a PAC that raised and spent a little more than $400,000 each election cycle, to nearly $3 million - catapulting it into the top ten disbursing PACs since 2003. Rehr, who has a doctorate in economics from George Mason University, has been named a "Top Association Lobbyist" by The Hill multiple times, and has been featured in Beachum's Guide to Key Lobbyists. Rehr has also been featured in numerous major U.S. media outlets, including the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Times and ABC World News Tonight. URL below includes a nice wallet size photo of Rehr; print it out and circulate at your White Sox party tomorrow.
http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/Releases/102005_Rehr.htm

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[SOURCE: National Journal's Insider Update, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
Sure, we sang yesterday morning, but it wasn't official until later in the day... National Association of Broadcasters selected David Rehr as its new president and chief executive officer. He replaces longtime NAB chief Edward Fritts as the broadcasting industry's top lobbyist. Rehr, now president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, will need a running start when he takes over Dec. 5 -- as congressional action looms next year on a possible revision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Meanwhile, broadcasters are currently waging an all-out lobbying war with cable firms over carriage of digital television signals. A host of other issues are at stake, including regulation of indecency over the airwaves, a date to cut off analog television broadcasts and a subsidy program for digital converter boxes. Legislation dealing with the latter two issues cleared the Senate Commerce Committee Thursday. The learning curve might be steep for Rehr, 46, who does not have a broadcasting background and has been focused on alcohol beverage issues since 2000. But Rehr has much going for him, lobbying sources said, including close ties to the Bush administration. He was a "pioneer" during the 2004 presidential election, gathering $100,000 in contributions for the Bush-Cheney ticket.
http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-YBUI1129846267361.html

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