Favorite Tri-State Neighborhood: Wherever I am at the time.
Highlights
Selected by Cincinnati Magazine as one of the region’s 300 most powerful business leaders across myriad industries: banking and finance; consumer goods; culture and tourism; education and health; entrepreneurship; manufacturing; nonprofits and government; professional services; and real estate. (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
NPR, PRADO & DEI Station Manager of the Year (2001)
Chosen as one of the “Top 20 Arts Influentials” in Cincinnati by Cincinnati CityBeat (2007)
Named a “Wizard of the Arts” by The Cincinnati Enquirer (2006)
Selected as one of “The 25 people who get things done in the local arts” by Cincinnati CityBeat (2005)
Named one of Greater Cincinnati’s “Power 100” (people who drive the agenda in the tri-state) by Cincy Business magazine (2005 and 2006)
Co-founder and first executive producer of “Mountain Stage,” distributed by NPR
Named a “Rising Star” by Cincy Magazine (2023)
Experience
Executed the transfer of WGUC’s broadcast license from the University of Cincinnati to Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc.,
Negotiated the purchase of WVXU from Xavier University in 2005.
Station Manager — WMNF-FM, Tampa, Florida
Adjunct Professor of Communications — University of Tampa
Management, marketing and special project consultant to Oliver Productions (The McLaughlin Group), Public Radio International (PRI), Bell Atlantic, TeleTV, Vance International, the National Portrait Gallery, Consumer Reports magazine, radio and television stations nationwide.
Director of Station Relations — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Director of Station Services — National Public Radio
General Manager, Program-Operations Manager, Program Host and Producer — West Virginia Public Radio & WSWP TV, Charleston/Beckley, WV
Executive Producer of “Mountain Stage,” distributed by NPR
Newscaster/Broadcast Operations Director — WJLS AM & WBKW FM, Beckley, WV
Program Host and Engineer –WCNY TV & FM, Syracuse, NY
News Announcer/Reporter — WSOQ AM & WEZG FM, North Syracuse, NY
Education
Majored in broadcast media and minored in film production at Syracuse University.
