WJCT Announces New Community Advisory Board Officers Presents Volunteer Award
October 1, 2007
(Jacksonville, FL, October 1, 2007); WJCT Public Broadcasting recently announced new officers of its Community Advisory Board (CAB), the organization that gives voice to community viewpoints and concerns. Susan Greene will serve as CAB chair of the during the 2008 fiscal year, which begins October 1, and L. Craig Merritt will serve as vice chair.
WJCT also announced that the CAB had presented its annual John J. Kelly, Jr. Volunteer of the Year Award to CAB member Odette Struys in recognition of her many efforts to serve and promote WJCT. “Odette Struys is a tireless advocate for the station,” says WJCT President and CEO Michael Boylan. “Her dedication, commitment and support – both as a Community Advisory Board member and as a WJCT volunteer – have helped WJCT further its mission of enhancing and enriching the First Coast community.”
Comprised of a diverse group of First Coast citizens, the 25-member CAB participates in discussion at the decision-making level to give the community a voice in WJCT’s programming and activities. In particular, the CAB focuses on prioritizing critical community issues and helping WJCT create local civic engagement programming to effect positive change. The CAB also seeks to identify opportunities that allow WJCT to maximize the impact of its national programming while augmenting local programs, events and initiatives.
WJCT is the community-supported public broadcasting station for the First Coast.
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ADDENDUM
WJCT Community Advisory Board, 2007-2008
Officers
Chair: Susan Greene
Vice-Chair: L. Craig Merritt
Members
Douglas Adkins
Sandy L. Barata
Michael Bonts
John Burr
Natasha Chapman
Rena Coughlin
Branch Davis
Meg Folds
Pam Gerrish
Michael Holmes
Anne Hopkins, Ph.D.
Lorna Laguio
Rose Nettles
Jimmy Orth
Janet Owens
Thomas Peters, M.D.
Kathryn Redington
Carolyn Shehee-Williams
Gail Mendelson Sterman
V. Joanne Thayer
Robert Weintraub
Rhonda L. Williams
Wanda Willis
