 Former television sportscaster Dave Goren serves as the NSMA's executive director.The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) was formed in 1959 by a local restaurant owner, Pete DiMizio, to honor regional sportscasters and sportswriters whom he had met at the Greensboro Open Golf Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina.When DiMizio died, Dr. Ed McKenzie took over the leadership role and guided it through the expansion to a national association.