President — Gene Perry is a grant writer at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He is a founding member of the Norman Sustainability Network and he has developed and maintained web sites for groups including OnTrac, the World Journalism Education Council, the Women’s Leadership in Media Project, the University of Oklahoma Writing Center, and the Joel Davis for New Mexico State Senate campaign. He was an Obama Organizing Fellow in Pennsylvania and the Ward-Neff Intern for the Society of Professional Journalists. He has a Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Oklahoma.

Vice President — Mary Francis is a retired educator and former NPR Commentator for KGOU/KROU radio. She holds a BFA in Sculpture, an M Ed in Reading and a Reading Specialist Certification from the University of Oklahoma. She spent ten years in small Alaskan villages, two years on the Navajo Reservation and currently resides in Norman, OK. She has served on the Enforcement Authority, League of Women Voter of Norman Steering Committee, Common Cause Oklahoma Board of Directors, Freedom of Information Oklahoma, and several other civic organizations.

Treasurer — Marcella Fleming is a Human Resources Fellow at the University of Oklahoma. She has an M Ed in Adult and Higher Education

Secretary — Casey Holcomb has a B.A. in Philosophy and is currently continuing his education. He has many years experience in media production as an independent journalist, video editor, and television producer.  From 2003 to 2006 he was an active participant in Norman’s Community Producer’s Workshop where he produced and directed a series of journalistic television programs. During his involvement with the Community Producers, he also acted as a technical director and videographer for the program Wordpath, a show dedicated to raising awareness about endangered Native American languages.

Susan Cogan is a Board Member of the Norman Unitarian Universality Fellowship. She is a freelance writer and graphic designer.

Clemencia Rodriguez is Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma. Clemencia has conducted research since 1984 on community media in different international contexts including Nicaragua, Colombia, Spain, Chile, and among Latino communities in the United States. Her book, Fissures in the Mediascape. An International Study of Citizens’ Media, is widely known in academic circles all over the world.

Evan Stair is an Electrical Engineer providing support for Air Traffic Control Communication Systems with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. In addition to ASRC, he has telecommunications and radio experience with Logix Communications, WorldCom, and Oklahoma Gas & Electric. He is Vice President of the Northern Flyer Alliance, a group advocating for Amtrak expansion in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Jim Vernon is retired from the U. S. Air Force as the civilian Chief Scientist of Plans and Operations.  He performed duties as General Manager of two research and development organizations and served on the research staff at M.I.T. Jim recently received a M Ed from the  University of Oklahoma. Other degrees are a B.S. in Industrial Management Engineering, a Master of Engineering and a Master of Operations Research.

Michael Givel is a tenured associate professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Professor Givel’s areas of research and teaching emphasis include public policy, public administration, and urban politics.