KLOI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BIOGRAPHIES

Ron Metcalf
Ron has owned property on Lopez since 1989 and has lived on Lopez full time since 1999. He was raised in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University in 1965. Coming to Washington State he worked at the World’s Fair in 1962 and fell in love with the Northwest. Ron was a partner/Broker in a Residential Real Estate firm in Seattle from 1977 to 1999. He has always been very involved in his local community and one satisfying achievement was starting a charity Christmas tree lot to support the Queen Anne Help Line and local Boy Scout troop which continues to net over $65,000 annually. Involvement with Lopez Community includes Hospice, the mentor program, Lopez Community Land Trust, Kevin Ranker’s campaign for County Commissioner and advocate for the Earth Charter and Earth Flags in Lopez and San Juan County.

“I find radio to be my main source of information and humor from the media and am excited about having our own station on Lopez. It will give us more access to what is available and provide a forum for local programming. I am confident KLOI will be a great addition to our community.”

Carol Steckler
I have been an avid radio listener for well over half a century, beginning as a four year old at my grandmother’s table on Saturday mornings listening intently to WCCO’s “Buster Brown Show”. When my family lived in a large army tent without electricity or running water (when we first moved to Lopez) a battery powered radio connected me to the larger world, Garrison Keeler, Noel Adams were familiar voices. Currently I listen to 1090 A.M.and the voice of Al Franken in the morning, KUOW early morning news as I drive to work and all day Saturday. This American Life and Alternative Radio have provided an often poignant, thoughtful informative window into other peoples perspectives and experiences. I have supported this radio habit for the last twenty years as a social worker at Catholic Community Services. I have been an active community builder on Lopez for almost thirty years. I have worked with the Lopez Community Land Trust from its beginning, serving as chair of the board for six years. I have founded two elementary alternative schools; ARC in the Lopez School District and Room Nine in the Shoreline School District. I have produced and directed six community theater productions on Lopez and plan to do more. I have been privileged to work and live in communities where social justice has been a core value for many, I believe KLOI will deepen and widen that commitment.

Chris Arnold
Was born in Anacortes, Wa. in the winter of ‘84. He has lived on Lopez all of his life and attended Lopez schools where he studied and developed an enthusiasm for mechanical sciences, engineering and drafting. He graduated in ‘02 and enrolled in the Electronics and Computer Technology programs at the DeVry Institute of Technology. He also studied Computer, Electrical Engineering and Robotics at DeVry and holds a Broadcast and Technician license granted by the FCC. The Arnold family has signed a letter of agreement allowing KLOI to use the front 45 feet of their property for the antenna and studio of KLOI allowing Chris to be an onsite technician when he is not working at his day job.

John Waugh

John was born and raised in New York State, and met Susan, a 6th generation Californian, after graduating from Caltech in Pasadena. He married and headed for Rio on the Pan American highway, in a 1959 TR3 with no top. Stories of bandidos turned them around just south of the Panama Canal, and they picked up their now-39-year-old parrot Arturo in Guatemala City. They returned to New York for 30-odd years where they raised three children while John taught high school science and worked as a computer programmer. Camping with the kids over the years across the USA, they visited Lopez Island in 1990, at the insistence of a friend who has had land here since the 50’s. They fell in love with the island and bought property then. Upon retirement, Susan and John moved here and have not been disappointed in the slightest. Over the years John has published various writings, including a series of articles in Cricket Magazine, and two kids’ books. He has been on the KLOI board since the station went live, and does the mixed-bag My2Cents program.

Kathy Booth

Kathy was born in Philadelphia, PA and is the oldest of a family of nine children. Her mother was and still is an avid radio fan; the radio was always on 24/7 in her home. Growing up, she remembers her mother repeating dialog from the (now) old-time radio shows, such as The Shadow—“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” (followed by a sinister laugh…)

In her professional life, Kathy taught school for over 30 years in Pennsylvania and Texas and retired from public education in 2004, the same year that she and her husband Ken purchased property on Lopez. She is still involved in education, working for an educational technology company, and develops training materials for teachers. She shares these technology skills with KLOI as she helps with the “invisible” technical workings of the radio station.

Kathy is committed to the concept of community radio and the opportunity to give Lopezians a venue for their voices to be heard as a Gathering of Island Voices and Expressions (GIVE) otherwise know as KLOI.

Jennifer Ratza

Gary Tabasinske

Gary has lived on Lopez Island full time since 1995. He is an architect and moved here from Seattle where he had an architectural practice for 20 years. Since relocating to Lopez he has been involved in numerous local organizations. He has served as Board Chair for the Lopez Community Land Trust where he designed one of their permanently affordable projects. He also served on the San Juan Housing Bank Commission since its creation and the Affordable Housing Fund Commission before that. He is one of the founders and an officer of Lopez Housing Options (LOHO).

He is also involved in international issues. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Heifer International, a Little Rock AK based sustainable development organization. He helped found Friends of Open House, the U.S. branch of an NGO based in Ramle, Israel, and serves on the Board as it works toward Jewish, Arab, and Christian reconciliation through programs for children and young adults. He is also actively involved in Pangea, a Seattle based organization committed to raising awareness of global issues and addressing them through strategic grant making.

He is happy to join the KLOI board to help further its commitment to local programming and community building.

Linda Barton

Linda has been coming to San Juan Island since 1973, having bought land, there in 1978. But, when it came to building a cabin, she thought she would look around at other islands. She came to Lopez in 2004 to just look around…and  now lives here full time.

She is a social worker and Jungian trained. She has paid attention to her dreams for decades now and had a radio show in college so having a show on the radio called, Lopez Dreams seemed a natural venue for her. She is enjoying her time on the air.  Her  life on Lopez is allowing her to follow creative threads. Currently these threads are clay, writing, gardening, working with FLIP, Friends of Lopez Pool and  now KLOI.

She feels passionately that we need local voices in our community to tie us together and that KLOI is an amazing avenue to allow this. She also feels that alternative perspectives, which KLOI can provide are crucial at this time.

Lance Brittain

KLOI CONSULTANTS

Ken Booth

Robyn Minkler

Lorna Reese
After spending most of her professional communications, Lorna Reese is working with non-profit organizations on Lopez Island. She has produced marketing newsletters for two 501 (c) 3s; served on the board of the Lopez Community Center Association when that group was raising $1.5 million and designing what is now Lopez Center for Community and the Arts; and, with a friend, founded and nurtured the now-flourishing Lopez Writers Guild. She has also worked with numerous other organizations, including the Friends of the Library and the Lopez Community Land Trust.
Through it all, radio has been a constant in her life. As a child sick at home, she listened to The Lone Ranger on KWLM Radio in Willmar, Minnesota. As a teen,she had a small transistor radio (tuned to “KDWB! Channel 63!”) glued to her ear. As a young adult in the Twin Cities, the first thing she did after arriving home from work was to turn on KQRS, alternative rock. In Boston, the station of choice was WBUR; now from Lopez Island, she stays connected with the wider world via KPLU.

Sue DuMond
Sue has always been interested in all kinds of creative expression and media beginning in third grade with taking photographs with her little Brownie camera at the Field Museum in Chicago. This eventually led to a degree in photography from Columbia College, Chicago. A full-time resident of Lopez Island for 23 years, she has worked in the classroom with children teaching photography, podcasting, and filmmaking. She has a special interest in internet radio and web streaming. Sue also produces concerts locally on the island at the Lopez Island Grange and has worked for independent musicians doing music promotion. Currently she works part-time at the Lopez Island Family Resource Center as the Digital Media Coordinator. A former KLOI board member Sue was instrumental in setting up the KLOI internet streaming and interim broadcast station in the village.

Nick Teague
Recently relocated to Lopez Island from Salem Oregon, Nick Teague brings a diverse background and collection of experiences to KLOI. Nick co-developed, created and chaired the successful non-profit, 501 © 3, organization, REAL which provided leisure and recreation opportunities for developmentally disabled citizens in the Salem community. Nick has also worked as a liaison on several boards including non-profits and federal agencies. He is the founder and president of NSA, a regional organization for snowboard enthusiasts. Nick was inspired while living, working and playing with-in earshot of an independent, alternative, progressive, community radio station, KBOO in Portland Oregon. Since that time he has dedicated a large part of his time and energy to share with others this independent, alternative perspective. His enthusiasm, professionalism and leadership is an asset to KLOI.

Brian Allen
Is a Radio Engineer in Seattle and is a consultant to KLOI.

Brian Treece
Brian Treece is a graduate of Reed College and spent nearly 20 years as a professional stage manager, venue operator, concert promoter and large event production manager. Beyond writing, producing and voicing over his own radio spots and concert promotions, Brian spent two years behind the mike as a DJ on KRCC 89.3FM Radio Reed College and two years on air as host and DJ of Filmore Northwest on KBOO 90.7FM Community Radio in Portland Oregon. During his time at KBOO Brian produced several fundraising concerts featuring national talent for benefit of the station. Brian is an alumnus of Camp Nor’wester and has summered on Lopez most of the last four decades. Brian serves on the LCCA, Children’s Center and Lopez Community Preschool boards in addition to his service to KLOI. Brian’s family is currently residing in Portland but lives on the Island during the Summer and is the on-call technician for the Lopez Community Theater.

Paul Lewis
Paul, a veteran community organizer and educator, has lived on Lopez Island since 1992. During his tenure on Lopez Paul has worked as staff for the Lopez Community Land Trust and as Service Learning Coordinator for the Lopez Island School District as well as carpenter and fisherman. Paul and a hand full of students in the Alternative High School program had a vision and planted the first seeds that are now coming into bloom as community radio for Lopez. Paul has contributed to community theater on Lopez both on and off stage in several performances and has co-directed High School and Middle School drama productions. Paul is currently studying clinical psychology at the graduate level and plans to work with children, adolescents, and their families. Paul is an avid radio listener with a strong interest in music, public affairs, and radio drama programming.