Board of Directors
**Board meeting minutes are available upon request by contacting Heidi Sheppard, Chief of Staff and Director of Board Relations, at hsheppard@wypr.org or (410) 235-1382.
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
Executive Director, Project Waves
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
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WYPR 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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