Wisconsin Community Media is happy to announce that Andrew Black has accepted the role of WCM Executive Director.
Black will take over from Interim Executive Director Jeff Robbins effective April 1.
Until recently, Black had been the media production coordinator for West Bend Community Television, where he produced programming for the City’s Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) cable access television channels, including live broadcasts of public meetings, event coverage, studio productions and specialty video productions for the City of West Bend.
“I'm thrilled to be leading Wisconsin Community Media,” said Black. “Community media stations are a lifeblood of their communities and give a platform to local voices. I'm committed to supporting our stations and independent producers by ensuring they continue to thrive through our mission of advocacy, collaboration, and education.”
Wisconsin Community Media would like to thank Jeff Robbins, who stepped in when the organization needed an interim executive director following last year’s retirement of long-time director Mary Cardona. Robbins has accepted a position with Wisconsin Public Radio and began with that organization on April 1.
The WCM Executive Director works closely with the WCM president, WCM board of directors, and WCM committees and interacts with all members to further WCM’s goals and initiatives. The executive director is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the association, implementing public policy initiatives, organizing conference and workshop events, authoring public and internal communications, posting on social media, maintaining the WCM website, developing relationships with organizations, and performing other work as assigned by the WCM board.
Welcome aboard, Andrew!
