2025 TAB Board Elections Net Three New Directors

posted on 8.18.2025

- KGNS-TV Laredo’s Luis Villarreal New Chairman

Texas broadcasters filled nine seats on the TAB Board of Directors this summer, netting three new directors and re-electing six more, as well as approving a five-member slate of officers. 

Luis Villarreal, VP/GM of Gray Media’s KGNS-TV in Laredo was elected Chairman, the first South Texas broadcaster to serve in this role since KRGV-TV’s Ray Alexander in 2001.

Results were announced at the hugely successful 2025 TAB Show Aug. 7-8 at Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Round Rock and concluded a two-month process of nominations and voting.

The Board advises TAB staff on member services and legislative policy, provides fiduciary oversight for the organization, and assists with all major organizational efforts, including the PEP program, advocacy efforts in Austin and DC, and membership recruitment.

Directors meet quarterly, with the remaining 2025 Board meetings slated for Sept. 11 and Nov. 20 at the TAB building in Austin.

Directors are not compensated or reimbursed for traveling to meetings, nor do they receive complimentary admission to TAB events.

2025 TAB Board Election Results

Radio directors elected include:

• Paul Gleiser, owner/operator of ATW Media LLC Tyler
• Maurice Potts, Radio-One Dallas-Fort Worth
• Dustin Tatro, WesTex Communications Abilene

TV directors re-elected include:

• Josh Young, KWTX/KNCT-TV Waco-Temple-Bryan

Additional directors re-elected include:

• Non-Commercial:  James Pickens, Texas Public Radio San Antonio (re-elected)
• Associate: Juan Galdamez, XPERI
• Educators: Brenda Jaskulske, University of North Texas (re-elected)
• Golden Mic: Mary Mike Hatcher, Bryan Broadcasting (re-elected)

Slate of Officers elected includes:

• Chair: Luis Villarreal, KGNS-TV Laredo (Gray)
• Vice Chair: Brian Purdy, Audacy Dallas-Fort Worth
• Treasurer: Pat Stacey, KLTV Tyler (Gray)
• Secretary: Ashli Dansby, KMHT AM-FM Marshall
• Past Chair: John Moesch, West Texas Radio Odessa-Midland

TAB Board Composition

The TAB Board is comprised of 37 directors, including five officers, 26 directors elected according to membership category and six directors appointed to address geographic, corporate or other representational shortcomings.

TV has nine seats on the Board which are broken into Large, Other and At-Large as follows:

• Large Market TV:  Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio
• Other TV: All other markets
• At-Large TV: Either Large or Other TV

Radio has 12 seats on the Board which are broken into Large, Medium and Small as follows:

• Large Market Radio: Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio
• Medium Market Radio: Amarillo, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Killeen-Temple, Laredo, Lubbock, McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen, Odessa-Midland, Tyler-Longview, Waco      
• Small Market Radio: All other markets

FULL TAB BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2026 Elections

Elections are held each year, and because terms are generally staggered, one seat in each category typically comes up each cycle.  

Candidates who didn’t win this year can run again next year.  In cases where directors are term-limited the field will be completely open.  

The 2026 process will officially begin with the call for nominations to be issued in early June.

Questions? Contact Oscar Rodriguez or call (512) 322-9944.
 

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