NEW YORK – July 12, 2021 – Scholarship recipients for this year’s Rising Through the Ranks program, presented by the Radio Advertising Bureau, BMI and Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc., have been selected. As previously announced, this year’s program will be held virtually and will run over five Tuesdays in August from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. CT beginning August 3, 2021.
Topics featured during the program will include areas such as the role of today’s manager, building your personal brand, managing up, down and sideways and budgeting, forecasting and how to read a P&L.
Featured speakers include: Hartley Adkins, president of markets group, iHeartMedia; Donna Detweiler, senior manager, broadcast services, Xperi; Erica Farber, president and chief executive officer, RAB; Laurie Kahn, president and chief executive officer, Media Staffing Network; Susan Larkin, chief operating officer, Audacy; Val Maki, senior vice president/market manager, Bonneville International; Ginny Morris, chair and chief executive officer, Hubbard Radio; Beth Neuhoff, president and chief executive officer, Neuhoff Media; Ruth Presslaff, board president, Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc.; Dan Spears, vice president, industry relations, BMI and Erika Sylvia, market comptroller, Emmis Communications.
The following is a list of the 25 individuals attending this year’s virtual program.
2021 Scholarship Recipients
Marissa Austin
Cox Media Group, San Antonio, Texas
Melinda Baker
CCB Media, Hyannis, Massachusetts
Cassie Benson
Iliad Media Group, Nampa, Idaho
Michelle Buck
WHOM/Townsquare Media, Portland, Maine
Lina Collazos-Sandoval
92.5 Maxima/Beasley Media Group, St. Petersburg, Florida
Jenna Coyle
The Cromwell Group, Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky
Traci Davis
Townsquare Media, Evansville/Owensboro, Kentucky
Tiffany Davison
Katz Media Group, New York, New York
Kristina Dolan
Life 103.1, Sanford, North Carolina
Hillary Doyal
Townsquare Media, Shreveport, Louisiana
Stacie Dupuy
iHeartMedia, Memphis, Tennessee
Olivia Friedman
WZYP, WHRP, WVNN/CUMULUS MEDIA, Huntsville, Alabama
Chelsea Gray
Summit Media, LLC, Knoxville, Tennessee
Laura Hanks
Community First Broadcasting, Storm Lake, Iowa
Elizabeth Kay
99.1 The Mix/Audacy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Karley McDaniel
Mississippi River Radio, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Helen Obomanu
Audacy, Chicago, Illinois
Gina Ochs
The Cromwell Group, Inc., Illinois Markets, Illinois
Lisa Percevault
Bold Gold Media Group, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Stephanie Pinkston
Neuhoff Media, Springfield, Illinois
Zuli Rodriguez
Salem Media Group, Tampa-Sarasota, Florida
Devon Shuman
Gen Media Partners, Gulf Breeze, Florida
Joi Tyrrell
Audacy, New York, New York
Emily Ward
Audacy, Atlanta, Georgia
Amber Whiteley
KLAD Basin Mediactive, Klamath Falls, Oregon
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