Board of Directors
Samuel A Simon ChairmanMr. Simon served as Executive Director of TRAC's predecessor organization, the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting from 1979-1983, when he reorganized it and founded TRAC. Mr. Simon is a lawyer. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1970, and went to work as one of the first full-time lawyers for Ralph Nader in June of that year. He served as president of TRAC from 1983 to 1986, and was elected chairman of its board in 1998. Mr. Simon's professional affiliation is as president of Issue Dynamics, Inc., a Washington, DC based consumer affairs firm. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumers League and the World Institute on Disability.
Rev. Dr. Everett Parker Director EmeritusDr. Everett Parker is the founder and former director of the Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ (UCC). He served as the nation's leading media activist for nearly 30 years. While technically retired, Dr. Parker continues to teach and serve on many Boards. In addition, in 1987 at the age of 84, Dr. Parker returned to head the UCC's new broadcast reform advocacy initiative. He served as a director of TRAC from 1984 to 1998, when he was elected as Director Emeritus.
Dirck A Hargraves Secretary and CounselMr. Hargraves serves as Secretary and Counsel to TRAC. He was formerly Legislative Counsel to Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston, TX). Mr. Hargraves is actively involved in state and local activities, serving as a member of numerous community organizations, boards and commissions. He served as president of the Alexandria, Virginia Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He is currently general counsel and Assistant Vice President with Issue Dynamics, Inc.
Rev. Robert Chase The Rev. Robert Chase of Lakewood, Ohio, is Minister and Team Leader of the Proclamation, Identity and Communication Ministry of the 1.4-million-member United Church of Christ. Chase began work at the UCC's national offices in Cleveland in April 1999.
Chase is an award winning video producer with more than 100 productions to his credit. In his present position, he is responsible for directing and providing vision for the denomination's efforts in public relations; marketing and education; video, radio and emerging technologies; and advocacy issues such as access to communication technology. He is publisher of United Church News, the UCC's national newspaper. His task is to help others in the United Church of Christ tell stories of how God's eternal love has intersected with the confounding reality of their lives.
For 15 years, from 1982-1997, Chase was founder and President of Creative Connections in Media, a full service communications company based in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The staff of 10 produced promotional and interpretive resources in a variety of media, primarily for a not-for-profit clientele. Much of the firm's work was documentary in style and took him from the northern slope of Alaska to the black townships of South Africa, from rural Chinese villages to the urban favellas of Brazil. These experiences allowed him to meet some amazing and heroic people and to tell their stories.
An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Chase served most recently as interim pastor of Palisades (N.Y.) Presbyterian Church. This unique congregation consisted of artists, writers, scientists and rentrepreneurs. Gay partners and young families worshiped side by side. This pastorate combined a deeply spiritual prayer life with a strong sense of mission and a demand for preaching that was both healing and intellectually challenging.
Chase earned a Master of Divinity Magna cum Laude from New Brunswick (N.J.) Theological Seminary, and a B.A. with honors in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Henry Geller Mr. Geller is the former general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission under Chairman Netwon Minnow. He served as the first Assistant Secretary for Communications when that post was crea ted under President Carter. He is currently retired.
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