My public media background and expertise align with what I know of the U:SA needs and expectations … During my career I have consulted with a number of community, university, and institutional public radio, television and joint licensee stations nationwide; often helping identify and address areas of conflict between the station and the university administration. In addition to my commitment to public media in general, I also share the desire to strengthen the relationships between stations and their institutions. I feel this has been and remains the highest priority of the U:SA in order to not only better on-going relations between stations and their institutions, but to stem the tide of licensees selling off their stations because they do not fully understand the value the station brings to the institution
