Members

Nan Rubin, Chair
Nan Rubin has been involved with public broadcasting production, media management, and non-profit development for more than twenty years. She has built two community-based public radio stations, has been involved with producing and distributing national public radio programming, and has extensive background in all aspects of station management, fundraising, policy development, and technical operations. Nan's advice has been instrumental as our organization grows in capacity and efficacy. Contact her for help as you start to organize your station, or if you want to be introduced to someone in your neck of the woods who can get you on the right track.

Chuck Tarver, Co-Chair

Cheryl Leanza, Treasurer
Cheryl Leanza is a pioneer of community media, fighting for its rights on the battlefields of Washington, DC. She helped to establish Low Power Radio during her tenure as a public interest lawyer at the Media Access Project, and worked with Andy Schwartzmann to represent Prometheus in our historic lawsuit vs. the FCC. Cheryl continues to advise Prometheus on legal matters in her new position as managing director of the Office of Communications at the United Church of Christ.

Mike Shay

Sakura Saunders, Secretary
Sakura Saunders is a media activist that has been involved with community radio for the past 7 years. She served as program director and office coordinator of KDVS, a 9,200 watt college/community radio station in Davis, CA. In addition, she also helped start KDRT-LP, a low power radio station also serving Davis, CA. Sakura currently works at CorpWatch.org, an investigative journalism website that investigates corporate malfeasance. Sakura's radio work has appeared on Democracy Now! and Sprouts Radio, and her writing has been published on CorpWatch.org and in the San Francisco Bay Area publication, Fault Lines, for which she is also a volunteer editor.

Diane Fleming