The mission of the Alliance for Communications Democracy (ACD) is to participate in significant court cases and FCC proceedings, and to advocate for constitutional rights, franchise enforcement, media ownership, and other concerns of public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access.


ACD Members

Sue Buske
ACM West


Michael Eisenmenger
Community Media Center of Marin
San Rafael, CA

Darrious Hilmon
CAN-TV
Chicago, IL

Richard Turner
Carroll County Media Center
Westminster, MD

Jess Wilson
Vermont Access Network
Burlington, VT

Jasmine N. White
Capital Community Media
Salem, OR

Chad Johnston
CreaTV San Jose
San Jose, CA

Debra Rogers
ACM Northeast


Sean McLaughlin
Access Humbolt*
Eureka, CA

Dan Coughlin
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Manhattan, NY

John Lugton
MetroEast Community Media
Gresham, OR

Matt Schuster
Public Media Network
Kalamazoo, MI

Kevin Christopher
Vermont Access Network*
Vermont

*Signifies non-voting member

ACD Board

President - Sue Buske
ACM Western Region Representative
The Buske Group
4808 T St. Sacramento, CA 95819
(916) 441-6277
sue@buskegroup.com

Vice President - Matt Schuster, ED
Public Media Network
359 S Kalamazoo Mall #300
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
(269) 343-2211 mschuster@publicmedianet.org

Treasurer - John Lugton, ED
MetroEast Community Media
829 NE 8th St, Gresham, OR 97030
(503) 667-8848
John@metroeast.org

Secretary - Debra Rogers, CEO
Falmouth Community Media Center
310 Dillingham Ave Falmouth, MA 02540
(508) 457-0800
deb@fctv.org