Fr. Mike Kettenring, the Parochial Administrator of Visitation of Our Lady Parish in Marrero, La., has spent some 30 years working in television. 

He served as news director then general manager of WSMV-TV in Nashville. Under his leadership WSMV-TV emerged as one of the most honored local television stations in the country. Many television executives called WSMV the best station in the nation.  After the death of his wife of 30 years, Fr. Kettering went to seminary and took his vows as a Catholic priest.

Amy Le is the Social Media and Public Relations Manager at GrubHub, a web and mobile service that connects diners to restaurants and simplifies online ordering for delivery and carry-out. At GrubHub, Le developed strategies to promote GrubHub’s brand through engagement with users of Facebook and Twitter and garnered national press features in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Inc.magazine and many others for the fast-growing startup. 

Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Sun-Times news group, Lerner Newspapers and Today’s Chicago Woman magazine. Le earned her B.A. in communications at Loyola University Chicago.

Brian P. McIntyre, a senior vice president of Basketball Communications for the National Basketball Association, is responsible for the direction and ongoing activities of the NBA’s overall communications strategy including global communications for the NBA, WNBA and the NBA’s developmental league.

During his 31-year career with the NBA, he has overseen the public relations activities of every major NBA event including playoffs, championships, all star games and the draft. McIntyre is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and was inducted into the Loyola (Ill.) Academy Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

In August 2011 McIntyre recieved the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement award from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Ruthellyn Musil is a former senior vice president for corporate relations at the Tribune Co. where she also served as vice president for corporate relations from 1995 to 2004 and corporate director of communications from 1992 to 1995. She’s also held many other leadership positions with the Tribune Co.

Musil holds a bachelor's degree in English from Loyola University Chicago and an MBA from Northwestern University.

Thomas M. Purcell, executive producer of "The Colbert Report," has been with the program since its launch in 2005, previously serving as supervising producer and head writer. In fall 2009, his writing team won the show's first Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

In 2009, “The Colbert Report” won a sought-after Peabody® Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. Also during his tenure at the show, he has received a Writer’s Guild Award in 2008.  Purcell is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago.

Formerly president of Tribune Broadcasting where John Reardon oversaw 26 television stations, WGN Radio and Tribune Entertainment.  He also served as group vice president of Tribune Broadcasting, vice president and general manager of KTLA-TV in Los Angeles and director of sales for WGN-TV.

Prior to his career at Tribune, Reardon was with MTV Networks from 1983 to 1985. Reardon holds a bachelor's degree from Loyola University Chicago.

Martin J. Stock is the Director of Account Management at DraftFCB. For the past 21 years, Stock has worked on the Coors (now MillerCoors) business, and during that time, he has been involved with virtually every campaign that FCB and now Draftfcb has created for the beer brands.

Prior to joining FCB in 1989, Stock worked in St. Louis at D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles on the Anheuser-Busch account. Along the way he spent time at Young & Rubicam Chicago, working on the Motorola corporate assignment. He began his career at Meldrum & Fewsmith in Cleveland, where he supported the General Mills Restaurant business. 

A 26 year veteran of the ad agency business, Stock grew up in Cleveland, and attended St. Ignatius High School where he played basketball and ran track.  He received a B.A. in Communications from Loyola University/Chicago.

Howard A. Tyner spent more than 38 years reporting and editing in the United States and abroad. Early in his career, Tyner spent a decade oversees in Europe and the former Soviet Union as a correspondent with United Press International. He joined the Chicago Tribune in 1977, became the Tribune’s Moscow bureau chief in 1982, and later returned to Chicago and was made the 19^th editor in 1993. Finally, Tyner was the vice president of editorial for Tribune Publishing before retiring in 2003.

Tyner received a B.A. from Carleton College and an M.S.J. from the Medill School of Journalism. He is chairman emeritus of the World Press Institute and served on the boards of the American Press Institute, the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships and the Arthur F. Burns Press Fellowship program.

Zandra Zuno is senior vice president and practice leader of Multicultural and Hispanic marketing at Golin Harris Public Relations. She previously served as vice president and director of marketing and manager of global integration at Golin Harris and as a senior consultant at Zimat Consultores, the largest public relations firm in Mexico.

Zuno earned her bachelor’s degree in communication from Loyola University Chicago and an MBA from Northwestern University.