Community Advisory Board
The WYPR Community Advisory Board
The WYPR Community Advisory Board ("CAB") serves as a vehicle for outreach to the communities served by WYPR and its affiliate stations. It advises the station regarding programing and other matters affecting the community. It has no managerial responsibilities or authority. Over the last two years the CAB's members have begun a series of meetings between the WYPR news department and members of the community for the purpose of informing the news department about important issues in the community and the views of its citizens. This work has provided new connections to the community for the news department and lead directly to segments on Maryland Morning and other WYPR programs. The CAB is presently exploring additional ways to connect the community to the station and to increase the diversity of the listening audience. The CAB meets bi-monthly from September through May, generally within a few days after a WYPR Board meeting. All meetings are open to the public and the public is invited to attend. In addition to discussing WYPR's operations, representatives of the station frequently make presentations to the CAB about their programs and projects. Guests during the last year include Tony Brandon, President and General Manager, Sheilah Kast, Tom Hall, Sunni Khalid, and Dan Rodricks.
Community Advisory Board Purpose and Requirements
Community Advisory Boards like WYPR's CAB are required to be formed pursuant to the federal law that established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The purpose of the CAB is to advise the station with respect to whether the programming and other policies of the station are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served by the station. The CAB is permitted to review the programming goals established by WYPR, the service provided by WYPR, and the significant policy decisions rendered by WYPR. The CAB may make non-binding recommendations to WYPR's management. It has no managerial responsibilities or authority.
CAB members are a volunteer group of interested citizens and listeners who are appointed by the WYPR Board of Directors. The CAB is required to meet at regular intervals. The CAB deliberates independently of station management and WYPR's Board of Directors. It determines its own agenda and elects its own leadership.
2012 CAB Meetings
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @6:00pm (Note Date Change)
Our Daily Bread Employment Center
725 The Fallsway
Baltimore, MD 21202
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @6:00pm
Our Daily Bread Employment Center
725 The Fallsway
Baltimore, MD 21202
Directions to Our Daily Bread Employment Center
Community Advisory Board as of February 2012
Cindy Amitin
Pediatrician
Cross Keys Pediatrics
Eloise Bensberg
BOC International
Muriel Berkeley
President
Baltimore Curriculum Project
Cynthia Berman
Attorney, Principal
Kramon & Graham, P.A.
Kerrie Burch-DeLuca
Director of Communications
Catholic Charities of MD
Gina Hoag
Meadow Lark Washington
Psychotherapist
Michael Karas
Attorney
Gail Amalia Katz
Bunky Markert
Retired, former NFP Finance Director
Dale McArdle
Associated Catholic Charities
Carrie Montague
Active in Land Preservation
Max Nachlas
Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism
Peggy Obrecht
Director of Church Relations (retired)
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Daniel (Danny) Silverman MD
Chief Medical Officer
Sinai Hospital
Lottie Sneed
BUILD Organization
Rodney Stump
Professor, Towson University
President, Friends Group
Kell Keenan Trumpbour
Caroline Worrall
COO
MEDVAL, LLC
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