John S. Sanders is a principal and founder of the firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm specializing in economic analysis, valuations, asset appraisals and related financial services for the communications industry. Prior to the formation of Bond & Pecaro in 1986, Sanders was manager, appraisal group, with Frazier, Gross & Kadlec, Inc. He worked for that firm in various analytical and managerial positions between 1982 and 1986.

Sanders has been actively involved in both fair market valuations and asset appraisals of over 3,500 businesses. His work spans the entire communications and media sector including broadcasting, print, cable, satellite, wireless and wireline telecom and digital/new media companies. He has been qualified as an expert in valuation matters in venues including the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the American Arbitration Association.

Sanders has spoken on financial issues for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Media Financial Management Association (MFM), the Telecom Publishing Group and other organizations. His commentaries have also been published in the trade press, including Cellular Business, PCIA Journal, Open Channels, Broadcasting & Cable and Communications magazines, The Financial Manager and its digital successor MFMInSites.com and TVNewsCheck.  He has been interviewed by publications including The Washington Post, The Orlando Sentinel, Communications, PCS News, Radio World, Wireless Week, Telephony, TV Technology and CTFN M&A Reporting.  

He is a member of the American Society of Appraisers and holds the Accredited Senior Appraiser (“ASA”) designation in the specialty of business valuation. Sanders received a B.A. cum laude in economics and international studies (honors) from Dickinson College. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia. He served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Media Financial Management Association and an additional two years as a member of its advisory committee.