DEI Announces the Incoming Class of Leadership for Philanthropy Stations

On March 1, 2010, 37 stations from around the country began an intensive, year-long project to build or expand a major giving program that will help them raise gifts of $10,000 or more. The program offers training for general managers and boards of directors to help them connect and engage with the communities they serve and increase gifts.

A highly customized effort, the program is targeted toward station leaders who will receive help in four possible focus areas:

Cultivating the Philanthropic Community
Strategic Planning, Case Building and Engaging the Community
Restructuring the CEO's/GM's Work
Leading the local Staff's Efforts

Station managers and community leaders will be recipients of various training efforts including in-person meetings, webinar and consulting on-site and by phone. They'll also help each other by meeting in cohorts that will keep everyone motivated and on track.

This is the second year of a CPB funded initiative managed by DEI. In the first year, 20 stations participated. Twelve of those 20 will be continuing their work during this second year and an additional 25 stations will be joining the project for the first year.

DEI is looking to fill the remaining 3 slots available in this project. If you are interested in participating, get in touch with or for more information.

These are the 37 station participants:

Station	Name	Location
Iowa Public Radio	Mary Grace Herrington, CEO	Des Moines, IA
KALW	Matt Martin, GM	San Francisco, CA
KANZ - High Plains Public Radio	Deb Oyler, Interim ED	Garden City, KS
KBCS	Steve Ramsey, GM	Bellevue, WA
KBEM	Michelle Jansen, SM	Minneapolis, MN
KBIA	Michael Dunn, GM	Columbia, MO
KCRW	Jennifer Ferro, GM	Santa Monica, CA
KDHX	Bev Hacker, Co-GM Nico Leone, Co-GM	St. Louis, MO
KEXP	Tom Mara, Exec. Dir.	Seattle, WA
KFAI - Fresh Air Radio	Janis Lane-Ewert, Executive Director	Minneapolis, MN
KMFA	Joan Kobayashi, GM	Austin, TX
KNAU	John Stark, GM	Flagstaff, AZ
KRCL	Amy McDonald, GM	Salt Lake City, UT
KRWG	Glen Cerny, CEO	Las Cruces, NM
KSUT	Beth Warren, GM	Ignacio, CO
KTOO & Coast Alaska	Bill Legere, CEO of KTOO Molly Kabler, CEO of Coast Alaska	Juneau, AK
KUER	John Greene, GM	Salt Lake City, UT
KUT	Stewart Vanderwilt, GM	Austin, TX
KUHF	John Proffitt, GM & CEO	Houston, TX
KUSP	Terry Green, GM	Santa Cruz, CA
KWMU	Tim Eby, GM	St. Louis, MO
KWSU Northwest Public Radio	Kerry Swanson Station Manager	Pullman, WA
KZUM	Jayne Sebby, GM	Lincoln, NB
Louisville Public Media	Donovan Reynolds, GM	Louisville, KY
WAMU	Caryn Mathes, CEO	Washington DC
WBGO	Cephas Bowle	Newark, NJ
WCBE	Dan Mushalko,GM	Columbus, OH
WDET	Mike Ellcessor, GM	Detroit, MI
WDPR - Dayton Public Radio	Georgie Woessner, GM	Dayton, OH
WEAA	LaFontaine Oliver, GM	Baltimore, MD
WEKU	Roger Duvall, GM	Richmond, KY
WFCR	Martin Miller, GM	Amherst, MA
WFDD	Denise Franklin, GM	Winston-Salem, NC
WKSU	Al Bartholet, CEO	Kent, OH
WMRA	Thomas Duval, GM	Harrisonburg, VA
WPLN - Nashville Public Radio	Rob Gordon, GM	Nashville, TN
WPR	Phil Corriveau, GM	Madison, WI
WRNI - Rhode Island Public Radio	Joe O'Connor, GM	Providence, RI
WSHA	Dr. Emeka Emekauwa, SM	Raleigh, NC
WTMD	Steve Yasko, GM	Towson, MD
WUNC - North Carolina Public Radio	Connie Walker, GM Radio	Chapel Hill, NC
WVPE	Anthony Hunt, Station Manager	Elkhart, IN
WWOZ	David Freedman, GM	New Orleans, LA
WXPN	Roger LaMay, CEO	Philadelphia, PA
WYEP	Lee Ferraro, GM	Pittsburgh, PA

	Stations returning for a second year
	Stations joining project for first time
	Past participant

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