Wendy Zocks Kim Sudhalter Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The trade organization representing high-level television publicity professionals has named a leadership team for 2026 that features many familiar faces. Wendy Zocks will resume her role as chair of the Television Publicity Executives Committee, the organization announced on Monday. The founder of Wendy Zocks Public Relations, a veteran publicist who has worked for major networks and streamers since she founded her company in 1998, has led the organization for five years. Publicity professionals returning as members of the organization's executive committee include Todd Beck (the CEO of BECK Media & Marketing), executive Irina Bobker, Brian Eley (svp of communications at Crunchyroll), Eileen Quast (global head of PR at MGM+), executive Alice Rao, Joe Schlosser (founder of Schlosser Communications) and Nancy Insua (publicist at Disney Branded Television). Related Stories Business Are You a Studio Exec Who Wants to Be a Thought Leader? This Fellowship Is One for Your Résumé Business Charter Loses 70,000 Pay-TV Subscribers in Third Quarter Meanwhile, NBCUniversal vp of communications, awards strategy and festivals Natalia Cedres is joining the executive committee as a new member. Cedres worked as the lead publicist on This Is Us for all six seasons and recently ran a campaign for Saturday Night Live's 50th season. The organization also announced a new initiative, TPEConnect, to encourage networking, troubleshooting and mutual career support amongst publicity professionals. In a statement, Zocks said she remains dedicated to growing the organization in her role. "I am thrilled to welcome Natalia to the executive committee and excited to see our NYC presence expand," she added. "Many of our colleagues are facing new challenges and we will continue to be a resource for our members and bring opportunities to our membership through our TPEConnect initiative." The Television Publicity Executives Committee organizes events for television executives, produces a guide aimed at helping to foster ties between publicist and journalists and stages an annual awards ceremony, the TPEC Awards. The fourth annual TPEC Awards, the organization announced on Monday, will include two new categories: international series and press event. After the submissions deadline passes on March 30, the awards ceremony will take place in June. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up AMC Theatres AMC Theatres Sold Its Stake In a Silver Mining Company - Before Silver Went on a Record Run CAA CAA's VC Firm Connect Ventures Bolsters Leadership Substack Substack CEO Unpacks Logic of Launching a TV App Steven Mnuchin Steven Mnuchin, Former Trump Treasury Secretary, Joins Lionsgate Board of Directors television Christian Vesper Steps Down as Fremantle's CEO of Global Drama and Film The Four Seasons Production Assistants Union Notches First Win in New York AMC Theatres AMC Theatres Sold Its Stake In a Silver Mining Company - Before Silver Went on a Record Run CAA CAA's VC Firm Connect Ventures Bolsters Leadership Substack Substack CEO Unpacks Logic of Launching a TV App Steven Mnuchin Steven Mnuchin, Former Trump Treasury Secretary, Joins Lionsgate Board of Directors television Christian Vesper Steps Down as Fremantle's CEO of Global Drama and Film The Four Seasons Production Assistants Union Notches First Win in New York