Lonna oversees the legal affairs of the Association, as well as representing member stations' interests in regulatory and court proceedings.  She is responsible for providing legal support to APTS' legislative function and serves as staff liaison to the APTS Board of Trustees. Ensuring that digital Public Television stations have the opportunity to play a role in homeland security is one of Lonna's priority projects.

Before joining APTS in 1994, Lonna was a communications lawyer in private practice for ten years. While in private practice, Lonna represented broadcast and public safety clients.

Lonna received her JD degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. She also received a master's degree in Communications Studies from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and a bachelor's degree in English from Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. Before entering law, Lonna worked as a university teaching assistant and a high school English and mass media teacher.