Bio: Eric is the past President and Chief Operating Officer of Salem Communications Corporation, a diversified media company targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Thomas Kinkade Company and spent five years at Pepperdine University as Visiting Professor of Business and Accounting and Adjunct Professor of Law. He is a former partner in the Milwaukee law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. and began his career as a certified public accountant. Eric and his wife Dianne live in Camarillo, close to their two married daughters and one grandson.
