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Bill Dautremont-Smith | | |
Executive Director | execdir@wdiy.org |
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Dr. Bill Dautremont-Smith was the Interim Executive Director
at WDIY from late April 2008, becoming Executive Director in March 2009. His involvement
in radio began at WDIY in February 2003, after taking an early retirement from
a long career in technology development at Agere/Lucent/AT&T/Bell Labs, where
he was CTO responsible for strategy development of one of Agere's fiber optic
communications divisions.
He was an optical transmission industry innovator
and originator (28 year veteran), with critical contributions to many of the key
milestones in the industry, including development of the components that enable
the world wide web, with 20 patents awarded, and around 80 refereed publications
and book chapters. As a Product Development Director, Bill successfully managed
and lead a number of large R&D teams. Bill holds a Ph.D in Physics and a BSc
in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Manchester in the UK, where he
also ran the jazz club.
Bill began at WDIY being trained as a volunteer
programmer, initially becoming one of the hosts of World Rhythms, became a member-elected
member of the Board, and then served as President of the Board during a critical
time of rebuilding in 2005 and 2006. He continued to be a very active board member
and committee leader, prior to stepping off the board to become the Interim Executive
Director. Bill was the regular Tuesday on-air host of WDIY's weekday afternoon
eclectic music mix program The Blend prior to this, and outside normal work hours
continues to volunteer as a regular monthly host of World Rhythms and as an occasional
host of jazz and blues.
Bill and his wife Charleyne reside in Orefield,
where they have lived since relocating to the Lehigh Valley from NJ in 1995.
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Rebecca Walz |
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Director
of Development and
Public Relations
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development@wdiy.org |
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Rebecca Walz has been Development and Public
Relations Director since April, 2010. She came to the station
with over twelve years of experience in broadcasting, including
ten years with PBS. She holds a BA in Communications from Minnesota
State University, Moorhead, and an MA in Broadcast Management
from Michigan State University.
"I am very pleased to be a part of WDIY. I feel honored
to represent the organization as we continue to bring music,
news and cultural diversity to the Lehigh Valley . I strongly
believe in community public broadcasting's mission, and I'm
excited to share that enthusiasm with our listeners, volunteers
and community."
Rebecca resides in Bethlehem, where she has lived since relocating
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Neil Hever | | | Program
Director | neil@wdiy.org |
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| Neil began his radio career as a student disc jockey at
Muhlenberg college radio station WMUH during in 1978. After earning a B.A. degree
from the college, he spent the next 13 years in commercial radio and sound production
at WSAN, Creative Sound studios and later WAEB. In 1981, while attending Muhlenberg
College, he and another community member joined together to form the first organized
group of community radio volunteers in the Lehigh Valley. The group began incorporation
meetings in 1984 and spent the next decade building support for a new community
based station. WDIY 88.1 FM began broadcasting in 1995. Neil joined the
staff in August of 1997 as Program Director and was promoted to Operations Director
in February 2008. His duties include training volunteers, maintaining the broadcast
facility and schedule, organizing the production studio and music library maintenance.
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Ron Richter | | | Underwriting
Sales Manager | underwrite@wdiy.org |
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| Ron is the Underwriting Sales Manager at WDIY arriving here
in 2007 after over 30 years in the Accounting field. Ron is a retiree of Air Products
and Chemicals. He is a native of the Bronx, New York, but has lived the majority
of his life in Bethlehem. Ron served in the USN and is a Vietnam Veteran. He
earned his bachelors degree at Moravian College after his stint in the Navy. He
enjoys music, sports, good beer and good cigars. He is married with two
daughters, one stepson, one grandson and one granddaughter.
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Alison DelRe | | | Community
Relations Coordinator | alison@wdiy.org |
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| I have been a fan of WDIY since the station
went on the air in 1995 and I joined the staff in 1998. I love
my job, which has many different duties. I coordinate volunteer
activities, manage events and partnerships, assist with development,
I also update the information on WDIY's web site, arrange ticket
give-aways and in short pitch in where ever I can. If you have
any questions or comments you can reach me at 610-694-8100 extension
4 or email me. |
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Laura Lawrence |  | | Office
Manager and Bookkeeper | adminassist@wdiy.org |
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| Although Laura and her family moved to the Lehigh Valley
over 20 years ago from the Boston area, she considers Bethlehem her true home.
A great lover of classical and world music, she listens almost exclusively to
WDIY and the other NPR radio stations in an around Eastern Pennsylvania. Over
the last few decades, Laura has been actively involved in many civic, educative
and religious projects and organizations. She is currently the Secretary to the
Assembly of the Baha'i Faith of Bethlehem, the Treasurer of the Bethlehem Branch
of the NAACP, co-chair of the Racial Justice Coalition of the YWCA of Bethlehem
and member of its Board. In the past Laura was involved with the 100th anniversary
of the Parliament of Religions in both Allentown and Chicago, the Interfaith Alliance
of Lehigh Valley, and the 350th Anniversary of Bethlehem. Recently she had an
opportunity to do something that had been a life-long dream - to work at the United
Nations in NY. In February 2007 she interned at the UN for the Commission for
the Advancement of Women and worked with women and girls of every continent. Laura
is mother to one son, Stephen, and married to Henry Lawrence who currently works
at Dun and Bradstreet. She continues to work towards the upliftment of women around
the world, racial justice and the education of children with the aim of raising
a prejudice-free generation.
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