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Eric Whitney is NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief, and was the former news director for Montana Public Radio.

Jody comes to WUOT with a strong background in public radio, leadership, and fundraising. Her career highlights include managing Blue Ridge Public Radio, a 14-station regional network serving Western North Carolina, South Georgia, South Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee, as well as experience in strategic planning and philanthropic fundraising for various nonprofits, including her most recent position as executive director of Greenville Area Parkinson’s Society in Greenville, South Carolina. Her time as a producer, reporter, and station manager has given her the birds-eye view necessary to assess what a station needs in order to grow its presence, voice, and fundraising efforts.

Tim has been involved in broadcast engineering for more than 30 years at commercial radio stations in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Knoxville, as well as serving as WUOT’s Chief Engineer from 1990 until 1998. In addition, Tim provides broadcast engineering service for the Vol Radio Network, which broadcasts many UT Athletic events, including UT Football games, and men and women’s basketball games. Berry says he’s thrilled to be back “home” at WUOT.

Barbara J. King is a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. She is a Chancellor Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary. With a long-standing research interest in primate behavior and human evolution, King has studied baboon foraging in Kenya and gorilla and bonobo communication at captive facilities in the United States.

In 1988, a determined Bob Boilen started showing up on NPR's doorstep every day, looking for a way to contribute his skills in music and broadcasting to the network. His persistence paid off, and within a few weeks he was hired, on a temporary basis, to work for All Things Considered. Less than a year later, Boilen was directing the show and continued to do so for the next 18 years.

David Edelstein is a film critic for New York magazine and for NPR's Fresh Air, and an occasional commentator on film for CBS Sunday Morning. He has also written film criticism for the Village Voice, The New York Post, and Rolling Stone, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section.