Community Advisory Boards

The WFIU Community Advisory Board assists WFIU senior managers in fulfilling the station’s mission to inform, inspire, and educate its audiences.

Community Advisory Board members represent various constituencies within the area the WFIU radio signal reaches, and among the national and global listeners WFIU’s Internet streaming reaches.

Board members evaluate programs and station initiatives, serve as a sounding board for ideas presented by and to WFIU, and bring issues of community concern to the attention of management. The Community Advisory Board regularly meets at 4 p.m. on the first Monday of January, April, July, and October, in Room 271 of IU’s Radio-TV Services Building. Meeting dates, times, and locations are scheduled to change.

Nominations for board membership can be submitted to WFIU. Correspondence should be addressed to John Bailey, WFIU Interim Station Operations Director, 1229 East Seventh Street, Bloomington, IN 47405.

Current Advisory Board Members

David Bowden
Orchestral Conductor

Carolyn Calloway-Thomas
Professor, Speech Communication, Indiana University

Rebecca Cape
Associate Librarian, Head of Public Services, Indiana University Lilly Library

Pam Davidson
Planned Giving Consultant

Martin K. Donnelly
Regional Director, South Central Indiana SBDC

Laura Ginger
Professor of Business Law, IU Kelley School of Business

Mary Hall
Director, Bedford Public Library

Peter Jacobi
Professor Emeritus, Indiana University School of Journalism,
Herald-Times Music Critic

Nan McEntire
Professor of English, Indiana State University

Michael McGregor
Professor, Indiana University Department of Telecommunications

Walt Niekamp
Representative, WFIU Streaming Audiences

Gwyn Richards
Dean, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Lewis Ricci
Executive Director, Indiana Arts Commission

Lynn Schwartzberg
Community Arts Advocate

Ellen Sedlack
Retired Director, Greencastle Public Library

Janis Starcs
Owner, Caveat Emptor

Janet Stavropoulos
Attorney at Law

Lorinda Youngcourt
Lawrence County Public Defender

Charlotte Zietlow
Community Advocate

The WTIU Community Advisory Board assists WTIU in fulfilling its mission to inform, inspire, educate and entertain its audiences. Community Advisory Board members strive to do this by representing various constituencies among the 20+ counties that WTIU serves, monitoring and evaluating programs, giving voice to underserved populations, serving as a sounding board for ideas presented by WTIU staff, and bringing issues of community concern to the attention of station management.

WTIU Community Advisory Board meetings are held on the first Thursday in March, June, September and December at noon in the Metz Board Room at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center. View the Minutes (PDF) from the latest WTIU Community Advisory Board meeting.

WTIU’s license is held by the Trustees of Indiana University. Their meeting schedule can be found online.

If you’re interested in volunteering for the WTIU Community Advisory Board, a short note is all that’s required. Just tell us a little about yourself, why you’d like to be a part of this group, and the best way to get in touch with you. We are particularly interested in volunteers from the outlying counties of our service area, especially Bartholomew, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin and Morgan counties. Correspondence should be addressed to Phil Meyer, WTIU Station Manager, 1229 East Seventh Street, Bloomington, IN 47405; or by e-mail to pwmeyer@indiana.edu.

Current Advisory Board Members

Tom Bunger
Attorney, Bunger & Robertson

Becky Cape
Retired, Associate Librarian, Head of Public Services, Indiana University Lilly Library

Mike Conway
Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Journalism

Joan Curts
Retired, Indiana University Alumni Association

Pam Davidson
Planned Giving Consultant

Tim Decker
Veneer Industry Business Manager
Seymour, Indiana

Lisa Dingus
Senior Schedule Director, representing student employees

Mark Edwards
Retired, Indiana State University

Sally Gaskill
Chair, Public Policy, Indiana Coalition for the Arts;
Associate Director, Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University

Harold “Pete” Goldsmith
Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington Campus

Mike Hefron
Retired General Manager, The Bloomington Herald-Times

Lisa Kroll
Community Volunteer

Cullen McCarty
Vice President, Smithville

Will Murphy
WFIU Public Radio

Martha Nice
Academic Enrichment Program; Throop Elementary School, Paoli, Indiana

Andrea Oeding
Assistant Gallery Operations Manager; WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology

Lynn Schwartzberg
Community Arts Volunteer

Honorable Viola J. Taliaferro
Retired Monroe County Circuit Court Judge