Israel (Izzi) Smith works with public radio news stations to grow audiences and impact.  Based in Minneapolis, Listen Again Tomorrow works with stations across the country, Izzi provides insights and analysis fueled by close listening, audience data, and a bias toward action.  His work centers the audience and he helps leaders create and socialize narratives around programming focus, scheduling changes, and promotion strategy.  He began his career at WBUR/Boston, was NPR’s Director of Programming, and currently works with WBUR, KCRW, WBEZ and other stations.

Chris Schiavone is the President of City Square Associates, which provides research and strategic advice to clients in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Chris has designed and fielded research for PBS, CPB, WGBH-Boston, WNET-New York, WETA-Washington and his team has fielded brand research for public media organizations in Las Vegas, Chicago, and Central Virginia.

Craig Oliver is a consultant with more than 30-years of experience providing audience data analysis for the public radio sector. He is the former research consultant for PRX and contributes his expertise and time to Greater Public’s Benchmarks project. He was president of RRC and the co-founder and first president of the Public Radio Program Directors Association, now PMCC. Craig began his career at WAMU, Washington, and was a newscaster for NPR. He has a journalism degree from American University.

Kerry Edelstein is the President and Founder of Research Narrative, a research and strategy agency offering custom audience research, strategic planning, impact evaluation, and data-driven strategic advisory and coaching. Kerry has advised media brands such as Netflix and Disney as well as public media organizations such as NPR, WNYC, KQED and WDAV. She was awarded the Insights Association’s “2022 Laureate” designation for her work in championing multicultural representation in research.

Edison Research is a respected election, audio and market research company best known for their Infinite Dial, Share of Ear and Podcast Metrics studies. In addition to audience research, Edison is the sole provider of election data, race projections, and analysis to ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC News for U.S. elections. As a leader in the field, Edison’s Larry Rosin is President of Edison Research, which he co-founded in 1994. Since then he has been a primary force in building the company into one of the world’s most respected survey research companies, with a particular specialization in media and election polling.

Fred Jacobs is the President of Jacobs Media, which provides research, consulting and digital strategic planning to media brands across the county, including commercial and public radio stations. Among his many honors is induction into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the NAB Radio Hall of Fame in 2018 as the first researcher/consultant to receive that honor. In 2022, Fred and his brother Paul Jacobs were the co-recipients of the NAB’s prestigious National Radio Award.

Warren Kurtzman is the President of Coleman Insights and has been a member of the team since 1995. He works directly with dozens of clients and oversees the day-to-day operations of the company, which helps media companies engaged in radio, podcasting, and streaming in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia build strong brands and develop great content through consumer research.

Paul Marszalek is a Peabody Award-winning producer with a background in multiplatform journalism who has worked with major media companies in the U.S. and abroad developing media strategy, creating television, digital, and radio content, and deploying new-to-market content creation and digital distribution technologies.

Scott Williams is a respected leader, trainer and programming expert with more than 45 years working in public media. He has led more than 100 workshops in his career and trained countless public radio professionals through the PD Workshop, Morning Edition Grad School, PMCC’s Spring Training and more. Scott works with a variety of stations on data analytics and broadcast best practices and is an analyst with the Radio Research Consortium.

Scott Finn is a public media leader, educator and former award-winning reporter with more than 25 years of experience in journalism and non-profit management. As an independent advisor, Scott now helps build relationships between universities and public media organizations as part of the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont.

Elaine Grant is the CEO of Podcast Allies, LLC, a podcast production and training company helping media companies, NGOs, universities, and social impact organizations make well-crafted podcasts. She has decades of experience as a print and radio journalist before entering the podcast field.

Primary contact for Paragon is Mike Henry, founder and President of Paragon. With over 40 years’ experience, Mike is a renowned strategist and advisor for broadcasters, media companies, and content creators, working with clients to develop and execute comprehensive media strategies that incorporate traditional and digital platforms.

Tamar Charney is an editorial strategist and trainer specializing in how the public media network can work together to provide journalism on the platforms where people listen, read, and watch. She is a trainer and co-founder of PMCC’s Digital Content Workshops, which helps public media organizations to successfully implement their digital strategy.

Eric Nuzum is one of the audio industry’s top go-to experts in podcasting, radio, and spoken word entertainment. He is a published author and writer of the Audio Insurgent, a newsletter that covers the evolution and revolution of the spoken word audio industry today.

Christina Shockley is a veteran radio professional with more than two decades of experience as a host, reporter, producer, engineer, coach and trainer. Christina helps her clients find their voice, speak to the audience, and engage their listeners with authenticity.

Peter Dominowski is a public media thought-leader with a long track record of increasing public service through audience-focused programming and effective promotion. His clients have included CPB, NPR, BBC World Service, PRPD, and more than 100 stations, programs, and networks.