General Manager
Dave Black
General Manager
Dave Blackgm@wsum.wisc.edu
262-9542
The General Manager oversees all station business and staff. Dave manages most everything with superhuman ability...and multiple phones.
Engineer
Laura Gutknecht
Engineer
Laura Gutknechttech@wsum.wisc.edu
890-2436
Laura, as WSUM's engineer ensures our radio signals transmit properly between the station's antennas and WSUM's transmitter and warrants that no interference interrupts broadcast signals. On a daily basis she maintains all of the station's technical updates.
Station Mascot
Syd the Snake
Station Mascot
Syd the Snake
Syd keeps the vibes right and morale high at the station. Each month, an exceptional DJ is recognized and gets to watch over WSUM's loyal companion. Syd is the one and only, Snake on the Lake.
Station Manager
Alice Alexeeva
Station Manager
Alice Alexeevawsum@wsum.wisc.edu
262-1864
The Station Manager of WSUM maintains and improves the effectiveness of the radio station's on-air and off-air presence. Elected by her peers to run the station for one year, the station manager is a very demanding position requiring patience, stamina, and decisiveness.
Program Director
Tyler Dallman
Program Director
Tyler Dallmanprog@wsum.wisc.edu
890-4845
Program Director oversees all content broadcasted over the air. She is in charge of making the show schedule and generating daily logs for automated playlists. Fun fact: when I was in kindergarten I got my head stuck in a chair and the janitor had to saw me out.
Music Director
Ben Farrell
Music Director
Ben Farrellmusic@wsum.wisc.edu
262-1206
The Music Director oversees the circulation of music coming into the station and maintains the digital and physical music library. Send your music to her to be heard on WSUM! Fun Fact: My mom was the high school librarian. I hated it. She knew everything.
Web Designer
Andrew Buttle
Web Designer
Andrew Buttlemedia@wsum.wisc.edu
890-2435
The Web Designer runs and updates both front end and the back end of the website. Keeping up to date with all the latest releases, shows, and festivals.
Production Director
Teresa Yen
Production Director
Teresa Yenprod@wsum.wisc.edu
2621864
The Production Director of WSUM is responsible for maintaining the station identity as displayed in station promos, PSAs, legal IDs, underwriting and sponsorship announcements and other on-air station identification.
Promotions Director
Hannah Goldberg
Promotions Director
Hannah Goldbergpromo@wsum.wisc.edu
890-2435
The Promotions Director of WSUM maintains and improves all aspects of promoting WSUM according to its vision, mission, and goals. Contact Promotions for information about ticket giveaways and promotional opportunities.
News Director
Will Kenneally
News Director
Will Kenneallynews@wsum.wisc.edu
The News Director runs WSUM's News Team. They produce our newscasts that air at 5 and 6 PM every weekday. They also coordinate a team of station members who write news articles for the website.
Sports Director
Carter Thomson
Sports Director
Carter Thomsonsports@wsum.wisc.edu
Community Outreach Director
Ashley Evers
Community Outreach Director
Ashley Everscommunity@wsum.wisc.edu
261-9786
The WSUM Community Outreach Coordinator is a liaison position responsible for ensuring that WSUM is fulfilling the part of its mission statement having to do with serving the community on and off campus.
Creative Director
Allison Hartwig
Creative Director
Allison Hartwigcreative@wsum.wisc.edu
890-2435
The Creative Director coordinates the station's branding and merchandise needs. Creative also manages all of the content, video, and art that WSUM creates for social media, print, and apparel.
Assistant Tech Director
Zack Shapiro
Assistant Tech Director
Zack Shapirolive@wsum.wisc.edu
262-1864
The Assistant Technical Director is in charge of maintaining and setting up the equipment for bands that come into the station and local UW-Madison events.
Administrative Specialist
Alyssa Hui
Administrative Specialist
Alyssa Huiadminspec@wsum.wisc.edu
The Administrative Specialist performs clerical duties and completes special projects under the General Manager, Dave Black.
Project Manager
Maureen Duthie
Project Manager
Maureen Duthiecreative@wsum.wisc.edu
Traffic Director
Quinn Fetterly
Traffic Director
Quinn Fetterlytraffic@wsum.wisc.edu
The Traffic Director fulfills clerical duties, greets visitors, gives tours of the station, and completes special projects assigned by the general manager.
Traffic Director
Jocelyn Ostrowski
Traffic Director
Jocelyn Ostrowskitraffic@wsum.wisc.edu
The Traffic Director fulfills clerical duties, greets visitors, gives tours of the station, and completes special projects assigned by the general manager.
Traffic Director
Jack Swanson
Traffic Director
Jack Swansontraffic@wsum.wisc.edu
The Traffic Director fulfills clerical duties, greets visitors, gives tours of the station, and completes special projects assigned by the general manager.
Traffic Director
Izzi Bavis
Traffic Director
Izzi Bavistraffic@wsum.wisc.edu
The Traffic Director fulfills clerical duties, greets visitors, gives tours of the station, and completes special projects assigned by the general manager.
