21 Dec Variety: Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group Names Six Senior Execs to Board of Directors

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group expanded its board of directors from the original trio to a new total of nine board members, effective immediately.

The board of Allen Media (originally called Entertainment Studios when it was founded in 1993) has comprised founder, chairman and CEO Byron Allen, film producer Carolyn Folks (Allen’s mother) and chief operating officer Terence Hill.

Allen Media Group’s six newly added board of directors are each senior members of the company’s management team: Janice Arouh (president, network distribution); Mark DeVitre (EVP, general counsel); Eric Gould (EVP of finance and chief investment officer); Sydnie Karras (VP, chief accounting officer); Chris Malone (CFO); and Andy Temple (COO, broadcast sales and syndication).