Richard E. French, Jr. is the President of the Regional News Network (RNN).
Prior to starting RNN he was the CEO of SGI Graphics – a design and printing firm that produced annual and quarterly reports for Fortune 100 clients.
Richard formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mercy College and formerly chaired its Executive Committee. He also formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
He resides with his wife, Cristina, in Harrison, New York. Their three children, Richard III, Christian and Mark are all involved in the communications business.
Richard French III oversees the RNN news division, and is responsible for all facets of planning, assignment, acquisition, production and delivery for the 24-hour news channels. In addition, he supervises the public affairs, talk and entertainment programming.
Richard also hosts the nightly public affairs program, "Richard French Live." The Emmy Award-winning program is a forum that counts politicians, pundits and personalities as contributors ranging from President Obama to the biggest newsmakers from the national to regional level. A multiple Emmy and state broadcaster awardee, Richard came to broadcasting from the world of politics. Richard has been at RNN since its inception.
Christian J. French is the Chief Operating Officer of RNN and WRNN-TV and has been involved for 17 years in the acquisition, daily operation, management, and expansion of the RNN properties.
In addition, Christian serves as the Chairman of the Board of Hudson Link, a privately funded non-profit organization that provides college-level education to students in four prisons in New York State including Sing Sing, Fishkill, Taconic and Sullivan Correctional facilities.
Christian is a graduate of the 2006 class of Rockefeller Fellows, a program established within the Partnership of New York City for senior executives in the important areas of public, private, and non-profit initiatives, with the goal of shaping the future public needs of NYC.
Phil Corsentino is News Director of the Regional News Network (RNN) and Verizon's FiOS1 News channels for Long Island and New Jersey.
Phil has spent more than 20 years in the New York market as a writer, producer and manager. He has won multiple Emmy Awards for his work, including local and national stories from politics to breaking news.
He has previously worked for CBS News, Time Warner’s NY1 and Fox 5 WNYW-TV.
Prior to his current assignment, Edward Van Sanders served as the Chief Financial Officer for the digital entertainment brand Heavy.com as well as EcoMedia, an environmentally focused media firm (now a part of CBS).
Previously, he was the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at NBC-Universal overseeing the USA Network. He also held various domestic and international posts at Fox News Channel including a role as Finance Director for Network News Service (a joint venture of ABC, CBS and Fox News).
He began his career in media finance with Jim Henson Productions in 1993.
