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Our People!

Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council

Executive Committee/Officers

Chair - Amy Hollars
Vice Chair - Bryce McDonald
Past Chair - Nina Lunn
Treasurer - Kelly Clarkson
WCTE President/CEO - Avery Hutchins (non-voting)
 

Board Trustees

Dr. Bonita Barger
Hilton Conger
Alma Mendez
Amy New
April Smith Patterson
Rebecca Paul
Angie Robinson
                       Tom Savage                      
Speaker Cameron Sexton
Kendall Smith
Tim Tewalt
Eric Walker

Board Emeritus Members
Dr. Kathy Bertram

Mike Galligan

WCTE Leadership Team

Avery Hutchins - President & CEO - ext #220

Craig LeFevre - Station Manager - ext #210 (Biography)

Cephas N. Ablakwa Sr., Phd. - Director of Education & Engagement - ext #303

Kamal Baldwin - Director of Content & Digital Media - ext #222

Ralph Welch, Jr. - Chief Engineer & Director of Engineering Services - ext #225

WCTE Collaborative Team

Heather Robbins - Executive Administrative Assistant

Patti Cloud - Donor Relations Manager

Lakeland Gordon - Membership Coordinator

Amber Carl - Development Events Coordinator

Tiffany McDonald - Manager, Corporate Relations

Craig Gray - Senior Producer & Art Director

Zach Beckman - Assoc. Producer/Editor

Hope Fisher- Production Assistant

Alicia Masterson - Broadcast Traffic Coordinator

Greg Watterworth - IT Coordinator 

Jake Wells - Traffic Assistant

Sarah Savage - Education & Engagement Coordinator

Vanestia Jennings - Education & Engagement Project Manager

Reggie Brown - Education & Engagement PRN

Cindy Putman - Education & Engagement PRN

WCTE Community Advisory Board

Drema Neely - Chair

Dawson Davidson

Michael Holt

Brandon Loftis

Joyce Tatum

Hope Vargas

Mitchell White

Avery Hutchins, President & CEO

A native of the Upper Cumberland, Hutchins earned her BA from TTU and is currently working on her MBA.  She serves on several national committees, including the PBS Development Advisory Committee, the Digital and Membership Working Group, the Relational Fundraising Working Group, the NETA Marketing and Communications PLC Advisory Committee, the PBS KIDS Advisory Board, the PBS Children’s Media and Education Station Leadership Committee, and the PBS Early Childhood Education Development Strategies Working Group. Hutchins joined WCTE in 2011.

“Working for WCTE has been more than a job to me,” commented Hutchins. “It’s been about the mission and belief in the work. WCTE PBS changes lives through its programming and educational outreach. Because of that, we can build stronger communities that serve and support each other.  I find it very rewarding to serve our communities, and the work I’ve done since I started at WCTE has been my passion!"