Staff Directory

Ben Alford
Online Content Coordinator

Ben Alford works in Indiana Public Media's online dimension and holds an M.A. in the History and Philosophy of Science from Indiana University Bloomington. When not vegetating in front of a computer screen or geeking out over a good book, he can found outside exploring.

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Rob Anderson
Director of Educational Services and Production

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Vickie Anderson
Office Services Assistant

I graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1976 and 2 days later started my business career by going to work for a local attorney. Since that time I have continued to work in various office settings and capacities. I enjoy spending time with my family, walking, and traveling.

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Moya Andrews
WFIU Producer, Host

, originally from Queensland, Australia, served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties at Indiana University until 2004. In the same year, Moya began hosting Focus on Flowers for WFIU. In addition, Moya does interviews for Profiles, is a member of the Bloomington Hospital Board, and authored Perennials Short and Tall from Indiana University Press.

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Margaret Aprison
Associate Web Producer

Margaret is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in Telecommunications and a minor in Psychology. The daughter of two scientists, Margaret has been surrounded by the subject her entire life. She enjoys social media, writing, television, and, of course, science!

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John Bailey
Program Director

John Bailey came to Bloomington in January 2011, bringing with him more than 16 years of experience in public radio as a program director, classical music and news host, membership coordinator, and manager of online initiatives. He is a University of Missouri graduate and a native of the Show-Me State.

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Eoban Binder
Director of Digital Media

Eoban Binder is the Director of Digital Media for WFIU and WTIU. Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Eoban Binder received his Telecommunications B.A. from Indiana University, and began working at WFIU in 2008.

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Eric Bolstridge
Producer, The Friday Zone

A graduate of George Mason University and a native Virginian, Eric has worked in pubic and government television since 1999. Having escaped the sprawling suburbs of Washington D.C., Eric lives in Monroe County with his wife, three children, and ten chickens and enjoys a much shorter commute.

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Scott Carmichael
AVID Systems Administrator / Computer Graphics

Scott has been working for IU Radio/TV Services since he was in high school. He started working here full time in 1995. Since then his duties include designing and animation most of the on-air graphics used for WTIU and Radio/TV Services. He also does all the DVD & Blu-ray authoring. The last part of his numerous duties included being the system administrator for the the in house video editing systems .

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Mark Chilla
Ether Game, Host

Mark Chilla, originally from Atlanta, Ga., moved to Bloomington in 2007, and is currently pursuing his doctorate in music theory from Indiana University. He has taught various music theory courses at IU and Butler University, and serves as the host of the music trivia show Ether Game at WFIU. He enjoys film, learning new instruments and the Beatles.

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Kyle Clayton
News Producer

Kyle Clayton is a WFIU news producer. He is currently studying journalism at Indiana University and comes to WFIU following an internship in the fall of 2011. After serving in the U.S. Army, he returned home to Indiana in 2008 to begin his education and pursue his interests in writing.

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Anna Coogan
Music Assistant

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Mark Cornwell
Engineer

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Annie Corrigan
WFIU Producer and Announcer

Annie Corrigan studied oboe at Bowling Green State University and Indiana University. In addition to performing with various orchestras around Indiana, she produces programs for Indiana Public Media. To fulfill a New Year's resolution, she recently became a member of her local co-op. It's about time.

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Justin Crossley
Editor/Videographer

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Sarah Curtiss
Producer, WTIU Weekly Special

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Janelle Davis
Co-Host, Harmonia

Janelle Davis is a violinist and performer with period instrument ensembles throughout the United States. She is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, Bloomington where she specializes in early music.

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Mary Ducette
Outreach Coordinator

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Gretchen Frazee
Reporter/Producer

Gretchen Frazee is a reporter/producer for WFIU and WTIU news. Prior to her current role, Frazee worked as the associate online content coordinator for WFIU/WTIU. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia where she studied multimedia journalism and anthropology. You can follow her on Twitter @gretchenfrazee.

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Eric Garabrant
Production Manager

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Tim Gentry
Engineer

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Wendy Gillespie
Co-Host, Harmonia Early Music Podcast

Wendy Gillespie is Professor of Music, teaching early bowed strings and performance studies, at the Early Music Institute of the Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN and President of the VdGSA. As a viola da gamba player, she has made more than 80 CDs and performed on five continents.

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Don Glass
WFIU Volunteer Producer, Host

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Don Glass has worked in public radio since 1966. From 1970 to 1990 he served as Program Manager for WFIU, becoming Special Projects Director and Senior Producer from 1990 to 2005. He has retired from fulltime employment at the University, but continues to host and produce A Moment of Science. He enjoys working with A Moment of Science and learning fascinating new facts.

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David González
Video Producer/Director

A native of East Chicago, Indiana, Gonzo has lived in Bloomington since returning to IU in 1990 to complete a BA in Telecommunications. He has worked for IU Radio-TV Services in various capacities since coming onto the student production crew in 1992. He became a full-time staff member in 1997. Gonzo lives in Bloomington with his wife, Tish, and their dogs. When not walking their dogs, they try to bike as much as possible. He's an avid sports fan and enjoys watching IU's teams play. He's also a staunch supporter of Manchester United and whatever Major League Soccer team has the most Hoosiers.

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Sarah Gordon
Blogger, Earth Eats

Sarah Gordon's interest in food ethics started when she was 15, learned about industrial slaughter, and launched into 10 years of vegetarianism. These days, she strives to be a conscientious omnivore. Now a PhD candidate in folklore, her research has caused her to spend a lot of time in the remote Canadian sub-arctic, where the lake trout (sustainably harvested) tastes amazing.

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Laura Grannan
Membership

Currently, Laura Grannan serves as Member Services Coordinator at WFIU.

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Michael Gray
Lighting and Staging Director

Born in Germany, Michael moved with his family to Bloomington in 1982. He graduated from Indiana University in the spring of ‘07. Michael starting working with Radio & TV Services May of ‘03 as a student on the production crew and later promoted to his current position in March of ‘08.

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James Gray
Radio Resources Coordinator

James Gray is a Bloomington native. After graduating from Bloomington High School South, he attended Butler University and received his degree in English Literature and Digital Media Production. While in Indianapolis, James worked at WFYI Public Media and with Know No Stranger, which is a collective of artists that create and perform community projects through live performance, video, illustration, and community event planning. He is excited to have the opportunity to continue his public media career in his hometown.

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John Holman
Engineer

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George Hopstetter
WTIU Engineering And Operations Director

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Joe Hren
WTIU Manager of On-air Operations

Co-host/Producer WTIU & WFIU News. You can follow him on Twitter @joe_hren

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Stan Jastrzebski
WFIU/WTIU News Senior Editor

WFIU/WTIU News Senior Editor Stan Jastrzebski spent time as a reporter with WGN Radio in Chicago and as an editor at Network Indiana, an Indianapolis news service. Stan is the winner of awards from the Associated Press, the RTDNA, the Indiana Broadcasters Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He hosts WFIU's Ask the Mayor and anchors WTIU's InFocus.

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Jimmy Jenkins
Producer/Reporter, WFIU/WTIU News

Jimmy Jenkins is a reporter/producer for WFIU and WTIU news. A native of Terre Haute, he is a masters student at the Indiana University School of Journalism and is proud to be a part of the public broadcasting stations he listened to and watched since he was a child. Follow him on Twitter @newsjunkyjimmy.

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David Brent Johnson
WFIU Producer/Systems Coordinator

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, David Brent Johnson moved to Bloomington in 1991. He is an alumnus of Indiana University, and began working with WFIU in 2002. Currently, David serves as jazz producer and systems coordinator at the station. His interests include literature, history, music, writing, and movies.

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LuAnn Johnson
WFIU Program Services Manager, Announcer

Born in Idaho, LuAnn Johnson moved to Bloomington in 2001. She obtained her B.A. in English at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts and her M.A. in Folk Studies at Western Kentucky University. LuAnn joined WFIU in August of 2001, and currently serves as Program Services Manager, overseeing the distribution of all WFIU syndicated programs. She produces The Poets Weave and acts as production coordinator for Harmonia.

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Ang Jordan
Online Services Designer

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Amber Kerezman
Corporate Development Representative

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Jay Kincaid
WTIU Senior Director/Producer

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Steven Krahnke
Director of National Program Development

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Nancy Krueger
Gifts and Grants Officer

Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Nancy Krueger moved to Bloomington in 1980. She works closely with the IU Alumni Association, Bloomington Area Arts Council, and IU Art Museum. In 2007, Nancy began working as a Major Gifts and Grants Officer for IU Radio/TV, raising money, working with donors, and writing grants. Nancy is also active in the south central Indiana arts community, and enjoys both reading and traveling in her free time.

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Yaël Ksander
WFIU Producer/Announcer

Raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Yael holds a MFA in painting from Indiana University, an MA in art history from Columbia University, and a BA from the University of Virginia, where she studied languages and literature. She joined WFIU in 2000, where she hosts music and talk programs, and produces features on artists, writers, musicians and other creative people for Artworks. Yael co-hosts A Moment of Science and writes essays for A Moment of Indiana History. She enjoys getting to know WFIU listeners--from those who submit commentaries for Speak Your Mind to those who provide the comments she reads on Saturday mornings.

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Howard Lacer
WTIU Assistant Chief Engineer

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Liz Leslie
Associate Web Producer

Liz Leslie is an associate web producer at WFIU and a recent graduate of Indiana University's School of Journalism. A former contributor to Muslim Voices, Liz likes to run. And eat.

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Jason Liechti
Radio/TV Services Production Specialist

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Sehvilla Mann
News Producer

Sehvilla Mann has been reporting for WFIU since summer 2012, when she began working toward her master's degree in journalism at Indiana University. Her work has won three awards from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. A native of Urbana, Illinois, she is not sure she understands hills but enjoys looking at the ones around Bloomington.

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Angela Mariani
Harmonia Host

Angela Mariani, originally from Ludlow, Massachusetts, first moved to Bloomington in 1987, however she currently resides in Texas. Angela started working at WFIU in 1989, creating Harmonia in 1991, which she still hosts today. In addition, Angela works as an Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of the Collegium Musicum at Texas Tech University. Her interests include reading, yoga, and studying eastern philosophies.

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Perry Metz
Executive Director, Radio and Television Services

Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Perry Metz arrived at WFIU in 2003 following a career in university administration. He obtained his A.B. in Political Science and Journalism, and A.M. in Communication Management from Indiana University. Currently, Perry is the General Manger of WFIU and WTIU. He enjoys traveling, working out, and listening to jazz music.

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Phil Meyer
WTIU Station Manager

Phil Meyer began his career in public broadcasting as a college student in the design department at WGBH in Boston. He received the 2000 PBS Communications Professional of the Year Award while working at the PBS station in Cincinnati. He serves on the PBS Development Advisory Committee, the PBS Interactive Station Advisory Council and is the Vice President of the Indiana Debate Commission.

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Brent Molnar
WTIU Program Manager

Brent fell in love with the natural geography, rich culture, and lively spirit of our region of Indiana when he first came to Bloomington as a student in the early 1990s. With a background in Television Production, Brent started out at WTIU as a Director of On-Air Promotion in 1997, earning the station its first Emmy in 1999. He also transitioned to the position of Program Manger in 1999, and has worked in WTIU Programming/On-Air Promotion ever since.

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Alexandra Morphet
WFIU Announcer

Alexandra Morphet has a degree in music from Yale University and sings in Bloomington’s chamber choir Voces Novae. Since receiving her Master of Fine Arts in costume design from Indiana University, she has designed costumes for many local theater and dance productions. Alexandra listens to public radio while she works in her own custom clothing and design studio and is delighted to be on air to return the favor for all her fellow WFIU listeners.

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Elle Moxley
Multimedia Reporter, StateImpact Indiana

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Will Murphy
WFIU Operations Director

Will Murphy has been working in radio since 1979, when he started out at a country radio station in Lander, WY. He includes soapmaking and baking as his off-duty hobbies, and shares a house with his wife Becky, two dogs (Quincy and Cullen), and a cat (Caliban).

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Kathy Neal
Engineer

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Stuart Norton
WTIU Audio Engineer

Stuart Norton, originally from Massachusetts, has been an Audio Engineer at WTIU since 1998. He's a musician with a background in Electronics and enjoys all things audio.

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Joan Padawan
TV Producer of On-Air Fundraising

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Stephen Parker
Engineer

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Mia Partlow
Corporate Development Representative

Mia moved to Bloomington from Louisville, Kentucky in 2002. After completing her BA at Indiana University, she lived briefly in New Orleans, and then moved to NYC to get a master's in American Studies. Sick of all that moving, she's glad to be settled in Bloomington as the Radio Projects Coordinator for WFIU. In her free time Mia likes to sew, hike, and go on adventures to offbeat tourist destinations around the Bloomington area.

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Michael Paskash
WFIU Studio Engineer and Technical Producer

Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Michael first moved to Bloomington in 1973 to attend IU. He received his BS in Marketing from the Kelley School of Business in 1980, and his AS in Audio Technology from the Jacobs School of Music in 1987. He joined the WFIU staff in 1996. A multi-instrumentalist, Michael enjoys playing music in his free time along with cooking and the outdoors.

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Jason Pear
Chief Videographer/Editor

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Ron Prickel
Producer/Director

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Adam Schwartz
Editor and producer

WFIU Arts and Culture Producer, Editor "Directions in Sound"

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Susanne Schwibs
Producer/Director

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Bill Shaw
News Coordinator

News Coordinator, WTIU. IU Grad 1985 B.A. Telecomm.

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Gabrielle Sloan
WTIU Traffic Manager

Gabrielle loves to cook, garden, and hike in the woods. She is a huge fan of medieval history, Art Nouveau design, and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Gabrielle is currently a part-time student at Indiana University working toward her undergraduate degree in Art History with a minor in Gender Studies.

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Brandon Smith, IPBS
Reporter/Producer, IPBS

Brandon J. Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.

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Amanda Solliday
News Producer

Amanda Solliday is a reporter for WFIU/WTIU News and a news anchor on WFIU’s Morning Edition. She has won awards from the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRDNI) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) for radio news reporting. You can follow her on Twitter @AjSolliday

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Kyle Stokes
Multimedia Reporter, StateImpact Indiana

Kyle Stokes joined WFIU/WTIU in 2011 as an education reporter and blogger for StateImpact Indiana, a collaborative reporting venture between WFIU and NPR News. He comes to Bloomington from Columbia, Mo., where he was a producer and reporter for NPR member station KBIA-FM and NBC affiliate KOMU-TV. Originally from Minneapolis, Minn., Stokes is a proud graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and an even prouder Minnesota Twins fan.

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Matt Stonecipher
Computer and Networking Support Analyst

A Bloomington native. After serving 10 years in the US Navy I returned to Bloomington and earned my AAS in 2000. I have worked in the Computer Support office of RTVS since December of 2000.

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Donna Stroup
Chief Financial Officer

Donna currently serves as the fiscal officer, human resources representative, and head of the Business Office for all segments of Radio & TV Services (RTVS), including WFIU-FM, WTIU-TV, and Production Services. Prior to joining RTVS in 2009, Donna served as an internal auditor/audit manager for over 25 years. Like so many residents, she came to IU to go to school, fell in love with Bloomington, and couldn't bear to leave.

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Holly Thrasher
Membership

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Sai Prakash Vellore Arun Kumar
Web Developer

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Roshni Verghese
Anchor, WFIU News

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George Walker
WFIU Producer/On-Air Broadcast Director

George Walker was born in Winchester, Virginia, and raised in Owl’s Head, Maine, and Valhalla, New York. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he came to Bloomington in 1966 and completed an M.A.T. degree in English at Indiana University. George began announcing for WFIU in 1967. Currently, along with regularly hosting classical music shows, he interviews artists in a wide variety of areas and reviews plays and operas. He’s the proud father of grown sons Ben Walker (and his wife Elise Katzif Walker) and Aaron Walker. In his time away from WFIU, George enjoys an active life with wife Carolyn Lipson-Walker, singing, reading, exercising and playing guitar.

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Sara Wittmeyer
News Bureau Chief

Sara Wittmeyer is the News Bureau Chief for WFIU and WTIU. Sara has nearly a decade of experience as a news reporter and previously served with KBIA at the University of Missouri, WNKU at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, KY, and at WCPO News in Cincinnati.

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Scott Witzke
TV Marketing Director

Scott Witzke moved to Bloomington in 1996. He received a Masters in Music from Indiana University, a Bachelors in Music from Clayton State University, and a Bachelor in Arts from Millersville University. Scott began working at WFIU as Marketing Director in 2006, and is now Marketing Director for WTIU. He enjoys cooking, swimming, and playing music.

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David Wood
WFIU Music Director/Arts Bureau Chief

Originally from Leavenworth, Kansas, David Wood moved to Bloomington in 2005. He received his Bachelor of Music from Kansas State University, and his Master of Music from the University of North Texas. He studied ensemble direction at the Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute and joined WFIU in 2006 as an announcer. He is currently Music Director/Program Content Coordinator for the station. David’s interests include Irish music and language, music and religion, running, the outdoors and, of course, classical music!

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Marianne Woodruff
Corporate Development Manager

Originally from Greencastle, Indiana, Marianne Woodruff moved to Bloomington in 1984 to complete her Bachelors in Arts in Psychology at Indiana University. In addition, Marianne received her MBA from Indiana Wesleyan. She joined WFIU in 2005 as a Corporate Development Manager, securing financial support from businesses for the station. In her downtime, Marianne enjoys gardening, antiquing, and traveling.

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John Wright
Computer Network and Support

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Emily Wright
Producer, Noon Edition

Emily, an Indianapolis native, joined WFIU/WTIU in 2013 as Producer of Noon Edition. She is currently finishing her studies in Telecommunications and Liberal Arts Management at Indiana University.

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Eva Zogorski
Membership Director

Eva Zogorski is the Membership Director for WFIU and WTIU.

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