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People At WUWM

Meet the people who work at WUWM.
LEADERSHIP
David Lee
David is WUWM's president and general manager.
Melanie Johnson
Melanie is WUWM's vice president of marketing and development.
Becky Lanier
Becky is WUWM's vice president of operations.
LAKE EFFECT TEAM
Becky Mortensen
Becky is WUWM's executive producer of Lake Effect and interim content director.
Audrey Nowakowski
Audrey is a WUWM host and producer for Lake Effect.
Joy Powers
Joy is a WUWM host and producer for Lake Effect.
Xcaret Nuñez
Xcaret is a WUWM producer for Lake Effect.
Sam Woods
Sam is a WUWM production assistant for Lake Effect.
NEWS TEAM
Ann-Elise Henzl
Ann-Elise is WUWM's news director.
Emily Files
Emily is a WUWM editor and project leader.
Susan Bence
Susan is WUWM's environmental reporter.
Jimmy Gutierrez
Jimmy is a WUWM news reporter.
Katherine Kokal 
Katherine is WUWM's education reporter.
Eddie Morales
Eddie is a WUWM news reporter.
Maria Peralta-Arellano
Maria is WUWM's 2024-2025 Eric Von Fellow.
Teran Powell
Teran is WUWM's race & ethnicity reporter.
Maayan Silver
Maayan is a WUWM news reporter.
Chuck Quirmbach
Chuck is a WUWM news reporter.
PROGRAMMING
Lauri Jones
Lauri is WUWM's operations director, Here & Now host and interim program director.
Rob Larry
Rob is All Things Considered host and digital producer.
Rachel Owens
Rachel is WUWM's Morning Edition host.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Yvonne Wagner
Yvonne is WUWM's business and membership specialist.
Ann Piatt
Ann is WUWM's assistant to the general manager.
Michelle Nobbe
Michelle is WUWM's accounts receivable / traffic specialist.
DIGITAL TEAM
Michelle Maternowski
Michelle is WUWM's digital manager.
Valeria Navarro Villegas
Valeria is WUWM's digital editor.
Graham Thomas
Graham Thomas is a WUWM digital producer.
ENGINEERING / IT
Jason Rieve
Jason is WUWM's assistant chief engineer.
John Rymaszewski
John Arthur Rymaszewski is WUWM's media and technology operations manager.
MARKET ENGINUITY
Erin Frank
Erin is Market Enginuity's director of corporate sponsorship sales representing WUWM.
Laurie Hobbs
Laurie is a WUWM sales account manager with Market Enginuity.
Steve Meni
Steve is a WUWM sales account manager with Market Enginuity.
Marie Moezen
Marie is a WUWM sales account manager with Market Enginuity.
MARKETING
Anna Stratton
Anna is WUWM's marketing manager.
Erin Bagatta
Erin is WUWM’s community engagement & audience development coordinator.
MEMBERSHIP
Dineshi Burchi
Dineshi is WUWM's institutional giving officer.
Jill Schanon Macek
Jill joined WUWM in April 2020.
Saleaqua Winston
Saleaqua is WUWM's member services specialist.