AWRT Names Interim President

Strobel to take reins, will head search for permanent replacement

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/8/2009 9:52:50 AM

American Women in Radio & Television has tapped Sylvia Strobel to be interim president of the organization.

Maria Brennan, who had been president since 1998, resigned to take over the reins at Women in Cable & Telecommunications.

Strobel, who is senior partner in entertainment law firm Lehmann Strobel, will head up the search for a permanent replacement. Valerie Blackburn, with CBS Radio in Los Angeles, replaces Strobel as chair of the AWRT board.