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WHQR Board Elects New Board Members

By Staff Reports, posted Aug 6, 2024
Pictured are Velva Jenkins (clockwise from top left), Tori Jones, Kimberly Loney, Seth Smiley, John Frye and Nathaniel Cook.

Six new members were elected to the Friends of Public Radio Inc.’s Board of Directors at WHQR’s annual meeting on June 20, according to a news release.

The new members are:

Nathaniel H. Cook, Associate Attorney, Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed, LLP

John Frye, retired Executive Director, Trinity Landing

Velva Jenkins, CEO, YWCA Lower Cape Fear

Tori Jones, Owner/President, Clove Marketing

Kimberly Loney, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones

Seth Smiley, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, GE Hitachi Nuclear

Full biographies are available online.

They join current board members Richard Clerkin (Chair), Samantha DooiesStephen Fortlouis (Treasurer), Shelly O’RourkeDiane Pappayliou, Adrian Varnam (Vice Chair), Lori Wainright (Secretary), Kitty Yerkes and Rob Zapple. Retiring from the board are Tim CostelloKelly LuckhausKristine Moore, Bill Sharo and Brian Victor

WHQR Public Media is a nonprofit, member-supported, community-based public radio station, broadcasting from Wilmington. A trusted source for NPR and local news, WHQR serves southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina with HQR News at 91.3fm and 98.9fm, and Classical HQR at 92.7 FM and 102.3 FM.

in order Cook, Frye, Jenkins, Jones, Loney, Smile

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