Staff

Dave Sondrini

Director of Production, Intern Coordinator



Ask me about:

• How to plan a production
• Getting trained on equipment
• Creating short-form narratives
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Editing and digital hygiene
• Planning a Podcast

Yanna Ok

Interim Executive Director

formerly Director of Programming & Digital Media

Ask me about:

• Hiring us for your next shoot
• Community engagement
• Programming & Archiving
• Using Social Media
• Editing with Premiere

Board of Directors

Vira Douangmany Cage

Board President

• Associate Director & Service Coordinator for BakuCare Adult Day Health
• Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition
• Previously: Amherst School Committee

Artie McCollum

Board Vice President

• Land conservation & environmental work
• Zoology & Marine Biology
• Amherst Media BOD since 2010

Michael Burkhart

Board Interim Treasurer

Justin Beatty

Board Treasurer

• Founder of the Odenong Powwow
• UMass Indigenous Policy, Culture, and Art
• Social Distance Powwow Board of Directors
• Board of Trustees for the Connecticut River Conservancy

Jamahl Jackson

Board Member

• MahlG-FM and the Real Hip-Hop is Alive podcast
• Amherst Regional Public Schools Athletics Department

Jennifer Shiao

Amherst-Pelham Regional School
Committee Representative

• Amherst School Committee Member

Margaret Sawyer

Board Member

• Sanctuary in the Streets Interfaith Network
• Ordained Minister of The United Church of Christ
• "Radio Indigena" of the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project

Marita Banda

Board Member

• Amherst Regional High School Special Education
• Best Buddies Club
• Banda Bola Sports Foundation/Chituka Village Project
• Local Spiritual Assembly of Amherst
• Race Amity Day

Manpreet Kaur ESQ.

Board Secretary

• Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society
• Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership & Honors Organization
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Hampden County Bar Association