Michael McEwen, Secretary General of the North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) announced the appointment of Carol Darling as the new Executive Director of the Association. In this position, Ms. Darling will be responsible for the general management of the Association as well as providing broadcasting expertise and research to NABA members.
Ms. Darling is a respected Broadcast Executive in Canada whose expertise crosses a broad range of disciplines from Engineering to Business Affairs. Ms. Darling has been an active leader in technical and trade organizations in the broadcasting field and has served on Canadian and U.S. based task forces and advisory boards dealing with new communications systems and services. She is currently Chair of the Canadian Digital Television Inc. (CDTV) Technology Working Group and a Director on the Boards of Industry Canada’s Communications Research Centre (CRC) and CDTV.
A graduate engineer from Queen’s University, Ms. Darling’s previous positions include Vice President Business Development and Engineering at the Women’s Television Network (WTN), one of Canada’s most successful specialty networks, and Chair of Advanced Broadcasting Systems of Canada (ABSOC). Earlier positions at Nordicity Group Ltd. and Bell Canada focused on the development of new broadcast and telecommunications services. Most recently, Ms. Darling has provided consulting expertise to a number of organizations in the Canadian television industry.
Peter Smith, Chairman of NABA and Vice President of Advanced Technology at NBC, says the new Executive Director will play a key role in the work of the Association. Carols broad experience and understanding of broadcasting will greatly assist us in making the activities of NABA more relevant to our members Ms. Darling has been recognized for her contributions to the broadcasting industry through several awards including the Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) Trailblazer of the Year Award in 1997. She will assume the Executive Director position at NABA on April 12.