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Board of Directors

**Board meeting minutes are available upon request by contacting Heidi Sheppard, Chief of Staff and Director of Board Relations, at [email protected].

Will Baker
Past President of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Sandra Banisky
Formerly Abell Professor in Baltimore Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland

Cynthia A. Berman - Co-Chair, Governance Committee
Principal, Kramon & Graham, P.A.

James Piper Bond
President & CEO of the Living Classrooms Foundation

Meredith Borden
Director, Office of the CEO, WelbeHealth

Jannette Lake Dates
Dean Emerita of the Howard University School of Communications

Jonathan Fishman
Founder of B-More Kitchen and Alt Kitchen Philadelphia as well as the developer of the Accelerator Building

Jonathan D. Hart
Media, technology transactions, and nonprofit lawyer

Jeffrey Hettleman - Chair, Audit Committee
Chief Financial Officer, Brightview Senior Living

Alan Hoff
Managing Partner at Sellman Hoff, LLC

Mike Karas
Owner, B Michael & Sons Business Trust

Gary Levine -  Co-Chair, Outreach Committee
Partner, Shirlen Limited Partnership

Lisa Manzone - Board Chair
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, McCormick & Co.

Dale R. McArdle
Retired, Non-Profit Director

James "Mac" McComas
Senior Program Manager, Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative

Daymon Pope
Finance Manager at Amazon

Chrissie Powell
Chief Growth & Impact Officer, Byte Back Baltimore

Joey Price
CEO & Founder, Jumpstart HR

John Prugh - Chair, Finance Committee
Retired, President and CEO, Alex Brown Realty

Ann Quinn - Co-Chair, Governance Committee
Principal of Quinn Strategy Group

Gayon Sampson
Senior Advisor to Mayor Michael O'Connor (Frederick, MD)

Anne Schelle
Managing Director, Pearl TV

Bradley L. Schlaggar, MD PhD - Board Secretary
President and CEO, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Laura Speer - Board Vice-Chair & Chair of Development Committee
Director of Strategy, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Craig Swagler - Ex-Officio
President and General Manager, WYPR 88.1 FM and WTMD 89.7 FM

Meadow Lark Washington, LCSW-C
Psychotherapist in private practice

Sanford Wu
Vice President for Business Development, Planning and Analysis for Johns Hopkins Medicine

Founding Board Members

In 2001, Johns  Hopkins University decided to sell WJHU.  While there were several groups that wanted the radio station, Jim McGill of  Johns Hopkins sought a buyer that consisted primarily of local citizens, that would keep the NPR public radio format, that had professional broadcast  management, and that had the resources to complete a sale.  A group assembled by long-time broadcaster, Tony Brandon, met all the criteria and the purchase agreement was drafted. Mercantile Bank (now PNC) agreed to lend the necessary funds for the transaction if it was guaranteed by community citizens.

These individuals came together to secure the bank loan for the purchase of WYPR – essentially ensuring the continuation and future of a public radio station for Baltimore and Maryland.  We remain grateful to these guarantors or Founding Board Members for making WYPR, as it is today, possible.

Barbara Bozzuto
Anthony S. Brandon
William C. Clarke III
Darielle & Earl Linehan
Jonathan Melnick
Charles H. Salisbury, Jr.
Albert Williams
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