Station Boards

Local Station Board (LSB)

Members and Officers of the Local Station Board, 2025

• Rodrigo Argueta Vargas
• Christina Avalos
• Doug Barnett
• Mike Bressler
• Tatanka Bricca, Chair
• Rachel Bruhnke
• Rick Cooper
• John Cromshow
• Marisol Bielma
• Ace Estwick
• Vic Gerami
• Aryana Gladney
• Jan Goodman, listener director
• Nikki Haun, Vice chair
• Michael Heiss
• Sue Cohen-Johnson
• Evelia Jones, listener director
• Brenda Martinez
• Oye Oyeyipo
• Robert Payne
• Nancy Pearlman
• Myla Reson, staff director
• Oscar Ulloa
• Harvey Wasserman, listener director
• Carlos Zavala
• Ex officio member, non-voting: Maggie Lepique, interim General Manager
• Secretary: Lee Thorpe, non-member
• Treasurer: Steven Meeks, non-member (serves ex officio on PNB's National Finance Committee)

The Pacifica National Board and the Local Station Boards/delegates of the five stations are currently considering a revision of the Bylaws changing how vacancies for delegate would be filled. See the Bylaws notification at https://pacifica.org/

https://pacifica.org/documents/new_bylaws_250406/bylaws_rev_250403.pdf

All meetings of the KPFK Local Station Board and its committees are posted at https://kpftx.org in calendar format. Click on a calendar date in the monthly view, and a list of all meetings on that date will appear. The list contains a link to a membership list of that board or committee. Many meetings take place telephonically or via Zoom; information about that access will also be posted there, as will minutes and audio recordings after the meeting. Some of the audio stream of meetings can be heard live via links on kpftx.org.

You can reach the members of the KPFK Local Station Board at lsb@kpfk.org.

Community Advisory Board (CAB)

KPFK also has a community advisory board, chaired by Dan McCrory. You can reach him at writingbiz@yahoo.com.

2022-2026 KPFK CAB MEMBER ROSTER

• Marcus Avila, Male Latino, realtor
• Joe Ayala, Male Latino/Iranian, labor leader
• John Donner, Male, Caucasian, Retired, former reporter
• Kelly Flores, Female, Latina, K-12 Educator, UTLA member
• Tsukuru Fors, Trans, Japanese political activist
• Melvin Ishmael Johnson, Male, African American, Playwright
• Stephan Klein, Male, Latin, Caucasian
• Chancee Martorell, Female, Thai, Executive Director non-profit
• Dan McCrory (chair), Male, Caucasian; former labor leader, retired telecom worker, PBS CAB member
• Sylvester Rivers, Male, African American, musician, radio producer
• Ruth Sanchez, Female, Latina, Educator
• Dr. Ruth Strauss, physician
• David Tokofsky, Male, Caucasian, Teacher, Former LAUSD board member
• Analisa Venolia (Vice Chair), Female, Latina, Graduate student