Speakers • NSEMC 2022

Karyn Ablin • Member Attorney, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC
Karyn Ablin is a Member at Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC, a D.C.-area firm concentrating on communications, technology, and intellectual property issues. She has devoted much of her 27 years of experience to litigating music licensing and other copyright issues before the Copyright Royalty Judges, the ASCAP Rate Court, and federal courts. Karyn has represented the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee (“NRBNMLC”) in webcasting proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Judges to set sound recording performance rates, including the NRBNMLC in the most recent 2021-2025 proceeding and its follow-on appeal. Karyn also helps webcasters, broadcasters, and other clients negotiate music licenses with ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC and helps clients navigate music licensing and other copyright issues, including issues involving Global Music Rights. Karyn graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Virginia School of Law and served as Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review.

Geoff Arnold • Broadcaster, Baltimore Orioles, MASN/Orioles Radio Network
Currently a member of the Baltimore Orioles broadcast team, Geoff  does play-by-play for the Orioles Radio Network as well as TV play-by-play work for the Orioles on MASN. To go with this, he serves as a content creator for the club’s digital platforms. Prior to joining the Orioles, Geoff spent eight seasons calling minor league baseball and broadcasting college football, basketball, baseball and other Olympic sports on regional sports networks, digital platforms and for major market television stations.

Katie Beiter • Licensing and Enforcement, SoundExchange
Katie Beiter manages the Licensing and Enforcement team at SoundExchange, where for the last 9 years she has walked webcasters through the ins and outs of statutory licensing. Katie graduated Middle Tennessee State University’s music business program in 2013 and the Catholic University of America’s library and information science program in 2019. She is also a member of the Washington, D.C. chapter of Women In Music.

Andrew Bock • Chief Industry Evangelist, TuneIn
Andrew is the Chief Industry Evangelist for TuneIn, the world’s leading live streaming service. Andrew has been with TuneIn for 9+ years, the radio/audio space for 20+ with organizations like Westwood One and CBS Radio and in this new position, he “spreads the good news” about how TuneIn works with our partners democratizing access to our global catalog of amazing broadcaster and podcaster content. He also helps to grow audiences across new distribution channels and drive new revenue opportunities for all creators on the platform. TuneIn is reinventing radio for the connected world – come work with us!

Julie Collins • Assistant Dean, Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University
Julie Collins serves as the Assistant Dean in the Office of Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications (Evanston/Chicago, Illinois). She has also worked in the graduate admissions and financial aid offices at the Kellogg School of Management (business) and the Chicago Financial Aid Office (law and medicine) at Northwestern University. Before working in higher education, Julie worked in museum education at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History and Northwestern University’s Block Museum. Julie holds degrees in Political Science (BA) and International Relations (MA) both from Western Illinois University, and Educational Leadership (Ph.D.) from DePaul University. Her research interests include student access to education, leadership development, media literacy and competency, and media images impact of self-efficacy. The NU purple runs deep in the Collins home. Zoe, Julie’s daughter is a Medill alum working as a sports reporter in New Orleans. For fun, Julie enjoys reading (no fantasy or romance!), attending live concerts, baking bread, laying at the beach and travel.

Hannah Copeland • Audio Engineer, National Public Radio
Hannah Copeland is an Audio Engineer at National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington DC. There she helps engineer NPR’s flagship programs including “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.” Formerly, Hannah was the general manager of 90.5 KCSU, the student-run college radio station of Colorado State University, where she led an award winning team of 23-student employees and 40-volunteers to operate a 24/7 terrestrial radio station, publish dozens of podcasts. Hannah also has also developed and taught three college level audio courses. Hannah also operates a small podcast production company, Peach Islander Productions. Before NPR and KCSU, Hannah served as an arts and culture reporter and announcer for KCUR 89.3. Here she followed strict journalistic and production standards, setting the bar high for the rest of her career. In 2011, Hannah founded and then later owned and operated The Aquadome, a non-profit arts and music venue. The Aquadome hosts local and traveling artists and serves as beacon of arts and culture for Kirksville, MO and its surrounding rural communities. For fun, Hannah can be found hiking in the woods, biking through DC, and listening to and making music.

Rob Deichert • Chief Revenue Officer, TuneIn
From startup to enterprise company, Rob is a results-oriented, decisive and empathetic C-Level leader with achievements in turnaround and re-accelerating success situations. Domestic and global experience across sales, operations, product management and P&L oversight with a focus on profitability and improving internal capabilities. In C-level and consulting roles, proven track record in surgically diagnosing key gating factors for teams, process, and systems to quickly activate the organization to overcome them. Committed to fostering company vision and cultural values, skilled in recruiting and hiring, boosting employee engagement, developing and retaining talent. As CRO of TuneIn, Rob is responsible for driving revenue growth for TuneIn, and oversees ad sales, revenue and content operations, as well as marketing and communications. Previously, Rob served as CEO, Eyeview, where he refactored the product roadmap, business processes and developed a plan to continue scaled growth. Prior, he held the position of COO at digital advertising company 33 Across. Deichert also served as Managing Director of North American Operations, Criteo.

Jordan Glickson • Vice President, Music & Talent, Vevo
Mr. Glickson oversees Vevo’s programming strategy relationships with artists, labels, and managers across the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Australia. Jordan and his team select artists for Vevo franchises such as DSCVR, LIFT, and Ctrl., working with partners to maximize exposure and revenue. Jordan joined Vevo in 2011 after time at Interscope Records, Atlantic Records, and Epic Records.

Joelle Hernandez • Content Production & Business Development Manager, Mediaplanet
Joelle Hernandez is the Content Production & Business Development Manager at Mediaplanet Publishing in New York City. She has been in the content marketing industry since 2014 in various capacities with her current responsibilities including overseeing a team of both production and sales staff to produce advocacy and awareness publications within major newspapers and digital media. In addition to her work at Mediaplanet, Joelle is a co-owner of J&J Enterprises LLC., a small business with her twin sister Jordan that houses the brands Happy People Publishing, Double Dough, and Completely Booked.  

Jordan Hernandez • Associate Director of Content Marketing at Citizen Relations
Jordan Hernandez has recently accepted a role as the Associate Director of Content Marketing at Citizen Relations. She has been active in the content marketing space for nearly a decade as the Head of Production and Managing Director at the content marketing agency Mediaplanet. In addition to her work in the office, Jordan is a co-owner of J&J Enterprises LLC., a small business with her twin sister Joelle that houses the brands Happy People Publishing, Double Dough, and Completely Booked. In her spare time Jordan loves reading and exercising. 

Linton Hinds Jr. • Host and Creator, I Never Knew TV, Maroon Productions
Linton Hinds Jr. is an educator, radio host, podcaster, documentarian, and interviewer. He is the CEO of Maroon Productions. His YouTube channel, I Never Knew Tv features his interviews of multiple reggae artists, Rastafari elders, authors, professors, activist, health specialist and entertainers and currently has over three hundred and fifty thousand subscribers.

Sara Hinkle • Attorney, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC
Sara’s practice involves advising clients on a wide range of issues, including federal, state, and international telecommunications licensing requirements; broadcast TV and radio issues with respect to EEO, renewal applications, and engineering; mergers, acquisitions, and transfers of control; federal and state regulatory fees; Emergency Alert System filings and compliance; legal and accounting issues with respect to the FCC’s repack transition; as well as Universal Service programs compliance.

Tara Howell • Communications Manager, Baltimore Collegetown Network
Tara is an early career communication and digital media professional, with most of her experience working in radio. She is a proud alum of WLOY Loyola Radio. She advocates for mental and physical health equity for everyone in their professional and personal lives. When not at work, she can be found baking, reading, at a concert, or petting as many dogs as she can.

Jonathan Hurley • Minister of Education, Hindenburg

Katie Kazmierski • Compliance Coordinator, WarnerMedia/Silvercup Studios

David Klann • Owner/Consultant, Broadcast Tool & Die, LLC
David Klann started in radio with a degree from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville and a brief career in commercial radio in Dubuque, IQ (WDBQ), Rockford, IL (WYFE), and Milwaukee, WI (WLPX). Klann’s career took a left turn when he was bitten by the personal computer bug. While pursuing his career in IT Klann and a small cadre of other volunteers submitted an application for a full-power NCE station in the 2007 FCC filing window. WDRT went on the air in September, 2010. WDRT, 91.9FM has been on the air and online ever since. Klann has since started a small consulting enterprise, Broadcast Tool & Die LLC, helping radio stations with their technical infrastructure, especially automation. 

Kent Kramer • Chief Engineer, Washington D.C. Market, Radio One

Curt Krouse • Assistant Director of Admissions, Degree Completion and Graduate Programs, Neumann University
Curt Krouse serves as the Assistant Director of Degree Completion and Graduate Admissions at Neumann University. He also has worked in athletic departments directing marketing efforts at the United States Military Academy, Princeton University, and the University of Delaware. In addition, Curt worked at the Eastern Pennsylvania Bleeding Disorders Foundation, which serves members in 43 counties of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware. Curt holds degrees in Accounting (BS) from Villanova University, and Sport Administration (MA) from Kent State University. For fun, Curt enjoys cheering on his Philadelphia sports teams.

John Laur, Jr. • Digital Manager, WBAL Radio

Jessica Mills • Talent Acquisition Program Specialist, Cox Media
Jessica Mills began her career with Cox Media Group as an Intern 23 years ago while attending Stony Brook University.  Throughout her early time with CMG, she worked in a variety of roles including Promotions Assistant, Producer, and Office & Accounting Assistant for their Long Island radio stations, WBAB and WBLI.  She spent several years with Sinclair Broadcast Group as a Purchasing Buyer before returning to CMG Long Island in 2011 as an Office Manager.  Jessica joined CMG’s Corporate People Solutions team in 2021, when she was promoted to Talent Acquisition Program Specialist.  In this role she focuses on attracting the best talent to all of CMG’s platforms, including television, radio, and digital solutions.

Arionne Nettles • Lecturer and Director of Audio Journalism Programming, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University
As a culture reporter in print and audio, her stories often look into Chicago history, culture, gun violence, policing and race & class disparities as a contributor to the New York Times Opinion, Chicago Reader, The Trace, Medium’s ZORA and Momentum, Chicago PBS station WTTW and NPR affiliate WBEZ. She is also host of Is That True? A Kids Podcast About Facts.

David Optiz • Information Security Analyst, Loyola University Maryland

David Oxenford • Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
David Oxenford has represented broadcasters on legal issues in Washington D.C. for over 35 years on matters ranging from the purchase and sale of broadcast properties and the negotiation of programming agreements to regulatory matters. In addition to representing station owners, he represents many others involved in the industry, including a number of state broadcast associations and the National Association of Media Brokers. He also represents webcasters and other digital media companies on copyright, music licensing and other issues, having been involved in all of the webcasting royalty proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Board. David is a regular speaker at broadcast and digital music conferences, and he is the principal writer of the Broadcast Law Blog, www.broadcastlawblog.com, which covers legal issues for broadcasters and digital media companies. He also has consulted with the governments of developing countries on the implementation of democratic principles in their broadcasting and media laws.

Eva Papp • Sales, Customer and Technical Support, Spinitron
Eva Papp hails from Hungary and has lived in the USA for many years. She holds a BA degree from UMass Boston and gained valuable experience in public broadcasting while working at WGBH. As a co-founder she spearheaded the transitioning of Spinitron from a hobby to a prosperous business and has been managing its operation. Today over 250 noncommercial radio stations use Spinitron’s playlist management service.

Drew Pinkney • Radio Consulting Engineer
Drew is a 20-year veteran of radio engineering.  September 11th, 2001 was his second day of radio and it let him see the power of connecting with the community in the wake of those attacks. He has worked in a variety of locations, from New York City to small markets, and with both non-profits and commercial stations.  He has been the lead engineer on multiple studio renovations, integrations, and transmitter site upgrades.  One of his proudest accomplishments was moving a station studio in seven days.  Drew is a graduate of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, with a BS in Mass Communications, an emphasis in Broadcasting, and is an alumnus of WNTE-FM.  

Amelia Ryerse • Host, 98Rock, Baltimore
Amelia Ryerse has been an On Air Personality for 26 years. She has spent the last 20 years at 98 Rock in Baltimore. She is a graduate of New Mexico State University where she studied Television and Radio News with on campus student run stations. In her time as a broadcaster she has done every shift from Part Time Overnights to morning shows in Louisiana and Baltimore. She has adapted and evolved over the years as digital software was introduced into radio studios in 1996 to the advent of social media incorporating it into her Midday shift between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on 98 Rock today.

Dana Schaeffer • Producer, ABC News Radio
Dana Schaeffer is a Producer at ABC News Radio in New York City, working alongside correspondents and station affiliates across the nation. She currently works with news and entertainment, writing and voicing segments that air on 1,900+ stations nationwide, while supporting audio and video production, and podcasting. Dana began her radio career at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ; receiving a BA degree in Media Production. She started as a disc jockey on WPSC-FM and helped launch College Radio Day. In 2012, she interned for the Scott and Todd Morning Show on WPLJ. After that internship, she called CBS Radio her home for five years. She worked full-time overseeing multiple stations (WNEW, CBSFM, WNYL, WINS, WCBS) as Promotion Coordinator, while also attending college full-time and overseeing the TV Network as President, and hosting an award-winning (IBS- Best Talk Program) morning show on WPSC-FM. She then moved to 1010 WINS, covering live broadcast events — including the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — and was able to expand her knowledge in editing, producing and news writing.

Coleen Schrepfer, MD, MS PT • Psychiatrist, Gladstone Psychiatry and Wellness
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with diverse patient-care experience including Adult and Child Mental Health, Physical Rehabilitation and Neonatal Intensive Care. Current practice focused on managing performance anxiety in elite athletes, incorporating physical aspects in mental health management and broad-based child and adolescent psychiatric wellness.

Glenn Schuck • Anchor/Reporter, 1010 WINS Radio
Glenn Schuck is morning drive reporter and fill in anchor at America’s first and most listened to all news radio, 1010 WINS in New York City.  Glenn has been with WINS since 2000.  Schuck began his radio career at Seton Hall University’s WSOU as News Director and Station Manager. Schuck began his professional radio career as a DJ for such stations as WJRZ, PST/Trenton, WAAF /Boston and as morning host in California. In 1995 Glenn started anchoring business reports for CNBC. Glenn left CNBC for Metro Networks. Then Glenn joined 1010 WINS as a reporter, and the same month was named News Director for Metro. Glenn left Metro News and added anchor duties to his reporting at 1010 WINS. Glenn was the first radio reporter to inspect Ground Zero with Mayor and contributed to an HBO documentary and two books. Schuck has won many awards for his work from the New York Press Club, AP and NY AIR Awards. He has appeared on CNN, NY1 News, MSNBC and more. Glenn also served as President of the New York Press Club from 2009-2012. Glenn has served as professional in residence at Seton Hall University for WSOU, at Montclair State University for WMSC and with Felician University at Radio Felician.

Jessica Shute • Sales, Broadcasters General Store

Jason Stoddard • General Manager, Live365

Bobby Trosset • Broadcaster, ‘Ravens Vault’ sports podcast

Steve Vanyo • Associate Attorney and NFL Agent, Zane Management
Stephen E. Vanyo, Esq. is a entertainment, media, and sports attorney practicing at the Law Offices of Lloyd Z. Remick in Philadelphia as well as an agent for radio personalities, NFL players, and collegiate athletes in name, image and likeness deals. Stephen regularly deals with the legal aspects of music including record label contracts, publishing agreements, beat leases and production agreements, featured artist agreements. In his spare time, Stephen enjoys playing in his law school band “The Mailbox Rule” and exploring Philadelphia.

Chris Vazquez • Associate Producer, TikTok, The Washington Post
Chris Vazquez is an associate producer on The Washington Post’s TikTok team. He was previously a video intern at The Post working on breaking news, explainers and visual forensics. A recent graduate of Northwestern University, Vazquez served as video editor and digital managing editor of the student newspaper, the Daily Northwestern. He previously worked as a video reporter at the New York Times Student Journalism Institute, an intern at Retro Report and a multimedia fellow at the Texas Tribune.

Sheila Watko • Entertainment Reporter and Traffic Anchor, NBC10 Philadelphia
Sheila Watko is an entertainment reporter and traffic anchor at NBC Philadelphia. She has previously worked as a photo researcher at Late Night with Seth Meyers, an on-air personality at New 102.7 NYC, and a Jungle Cruise skipper at Walt Disney World. Sheila is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland, where she was a DJ at WLOY and a producer, host, and editor at Greycomm Studios. Sheila is also a viral sensation for her record holding number of references to Taylor Swift songs in her traffic reports.

Seth Williams • Attorney, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC
Seth Williams joined Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth in November 2018 and has advised clients on a wide range of issues, including federal, state, and international telecommunications licensing requirements; mergers, acquisitions, and transfers of control; state telecommunications taxes; federal and state regulatory fees; CALEA compliance; and FCC enforcement proceedings.
Seth is also an experienced TCPA lawyer, representing calling platforms, ringless voicemail services, and other cutting edge communications providers. He helps clients evaluate their TCPA risk and implement best practices to mitigate that risk, and he defends clients involved in TCPA litigation.
Seth has clerked for both the former Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and the FCC’s Audio Division. Seth is also a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association.

Matt Weitzel • Host, Assistant Program Director and Promotions Manager, 100.7 WZBA The Bay, Baltimore
Having worked in radio in Baltimore for 5 years now, I’ve gotten to experience so many different facets of the business. I’ve been in various roles in promotions, engineering and programming at stations here in Baltimore like 105.7 The Fan, 98 Rock, and currently Digital Content Coordinator and Morning Show Producer (and co-host) at 100.7 The Bay and each of these experiences has taught me that versatility and a diverse skill set are giant components to success!