WCTE - Key Persons


Alejandra Cisneros

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Alicia Masterson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Broadcast Traffic Coordinator

Alma Mendez

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Amber Carl

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Development Events Coordinator

Amy Hollars - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee

April Smith Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Avery Hutchins - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board
  • Member of the WCTE Leadership Team
  • President
  • President & CEO - Ext 220
A native of the Upper Cumberland, Hutchins earned her BA from TTU and is currently working on her MBA. She serves on several national committees, including the PBS Development Advisory Committee, the Digital and Membership Working Group, the Relational Fundraising Working Group, the NETA Marketing and Communications PLC Advisory Committee, the PBS KIDS Advisory Board, the PBS Children's Media and Education Station Leadership Committee, and the PBS Early Childhood Education Development Strategies Working Group. Hutchins joined WCTE in 2011. "Working for WCTE has been more than a job to me," commented Hutchins. "It's been about the mission and belief in the work. WCTE PBS changes lives through its programming and educational outreach. Because of that, we can build stronger communities that serve and support each other. I find it very rewarding to serve our communities, and the work I've done since I started at WCTE has been my passion!"

Brittany Bowers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Bryce McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair

Cephas N. Ablakwa Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Leadership Team
  • Director of Education & Engagement - Ext 303

Cindy Putman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Education & Engagement PRN

Craig Gray

Job Titles:
  • Art Director
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Senior Producer

Craig LeFevre

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Leadership Team
  • Station Manager - Ext 210 ( Biography )

Devin Baranowski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Secretary

Dr. Bonita Barger

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Dr. Kathy Bertram

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Dr. Michael Aikens

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Drema Neely

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Eric Walker

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee
  • Board Emeritus Members

Greg Watterworth

Job Titles:
  • IT Coordinator
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team

Heather Robbins

Job Titles:
  • Executive Administrative Assistant
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team

Hilton Conger

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Hope Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Producer

Hope Vargas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Jake Wells

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Traffic Assistant

Joyce Tatum

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Kelly Clarkson - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer

Kendall Smith Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Kosta Yepifantsev

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Lakeland Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Membership Coordinator

Lillian Hartgrove

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Melaney Madewell

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Michael Holt

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Mike Galligan

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Mitchell White

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Community Advisory Board

Natalie Halfacre

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team

Nina Lunn

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Patti Cloud

Job Titles:
  • Donor Relations Manager
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team

Ralph Welch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Leadership Team
  • Chief Engineer & Director of Engineering Services - Ext 225

Rebecca Paul

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Reggie Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Education & Engagement PRN

Sarah Savage

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Education & Engagement Coordinator

Tiffany McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Manager, Corporate Relations

Tom Savage

Job Titles:
  • Board Trustee

Vanestia Jennings

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Education & Engagement Project Manager

Zach Beckman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the WCTE Collaborative Team
  • Assoc. Producer / Editor