Our People
The Executive Council provides advice and assistance to the management of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio. Its members are elected by the Council from among WWNO’s members, upon nomination by the Council’s Nominating Committee.
Jack Davis, Executive Council Chair
Former Interim Executive Director, Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans; Former Publisher, CEO, The Hartford Courant; Former City Editor, The Times-Picayune
Michelle Mathew, Executive Council Vice Chair
Development and Communications Manager, The Wallace Center at Winrock International
Melanie Myers Bronfin
Executive Director, Louisiana Policy Institute for Children; Attorney
Edgar "Dooky" Chase III
Businessman; Retired attorney and accountant
Ayame Dinkler
Principal, Crane Strategies; Former Chief Administrator Officer, LCMC Health
John Doucet, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Sciences and Technology, Nicholls State University
Marjorie Esman, Ph.D.
Attorney; Former executive director, Louisiana American Civil Liberties Union
T. Bradley Keith
Director, Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
Andy Kopplin
CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation
Julian Mutter
President Emeritus, Doerr Furniture Company
Adam Norris
Chief Communications Officer, University of New Orleans
Cyndi Nguyen
Community Outreach Strategies Advisor, Regional Transit Authority; Former District E Councilmember, New Orleans City Council
Mandy Walker
Principal, Picnic Media
Peter Ricchiuti
Assistant Dean, Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Katharine Ferguson Roberts
Former radio reporter and producer, NPR
Mark Seyler
Retired attorney, Barley & Thompson
Christy Wood
Retired educator, St. Tammany Parish Public Schools