The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced the slate of candidates vying for seven board seats in this year's election.
SCTE members will begin casting their ballots in May, and election results will be announced by Aug. 15. Newly elected directors will take office to begin their two-year terms on Oct. 27, to coincide with the start of SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo 2009 in Denver.
The seven board seats up for election, and the candidates for each spot:
Director-At-Large (representing all SCTE members -- two candidates elected in this category)
Tom Gorman, Charter Communications (Incumbent)
Derrick Hanson, Cox Communications
Patrick O'Hare, Comcast Communications (Incumbent)
JR Walden, Mediacom Communications Corporation
Rouzbeh Yassini, YAS Broadband Ventures
Region 1 Director (representing CA, HI, NV)
Rey Cole, ARRIS
Ed Marchetti, Comcast Communications
Bob Weaver, Cox Communications (Incumbent)
Region 2 Director (representing AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY)
Frank Eichenlaub, Cisco Systems (Incumbent)
David Krook, Technetix Inc.
Nick Segura, Charter Communications
Region 6 Director (representing MN, ND, SD, WI)
James Chartre Jr., CCI Systems Inc.
David Haigh, Midcontinent Communications
Aaron Johnson, BEVCOMM
Region 9 Director (representing FL, GA, SC, PR)
Bob Grann, Bright House Networks
Ken Williams, Cox Communications (Incumbent)
Edward "Chip" Winchell, CableServ Inc.
Region 11 Director (representing DE, MD, NJ, PA)
Paul Clar, Comcast Communications
Roger Hughes, Armstrong Group of Companies
Peter Odell, Cablevision
