General Manager: Robert Ackley
Hello, I'm currently an undergraduate of the class of 2013, and I am double-majoring in Psychology and Philosophy. I'm from Williamsburg, VA where I first developed an interest in music performing for the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps. Of course, I've always been interested in contemporary music, and this initially led me to become involved in WRVU when I first arrived at Vanderbilt. I quickly began contributing beyond my weekly playlists, first as Web Assistant, then as Office Manager, and now as General Manager. I am very excited to lead the transition to an emphasis on our online and mobile app presence and to make WRVU the best it can be!

Program Director: Scott Cardone
I'm a junior pre-med student from Cincinnati, OH, majoring in Neuroscience and Philosophy. I owe my love for music to my father, who raised me right, starting me off with the Beatles' discography and an acoustic guitar. I learned every tune they wrote, and I just couldn't stop playing. Things developed from there, and now I own a music library bigger than most hard drives. I've played with a Cincinnati band called Plato's Mustache for the last four years, and we've recorded three albums together. I joined WRVU when I came to Vanderbilt to plug in to the music scene in Nashville, and I quickly became attached to the likeminded community that I found here. I joined the executive staff last year as the Historian, and this year I manage the programming at the station.

Music Director: Emily Foster
I hail from the rather boring city of Oklahoma City, OK. My love for music started in the womb. My parents spent my childhood toting me around to concerts and instilling a strong appreciation for great music. I'm a junior Earth & Environmental Science major. I became a DJ at WRVU to share the music I love with the world. As one of three Music Directors, I field all the new music that comes into the station, sorting the wheat from the chaff to ensure that the best of the best goes into rotation.

Music Director: Jing Sun
Born in China, imported to the United States at the age of 5. Spent childhood bouncing around the states before finally ending up (without any warning) at Vanderbilt University. Has been sighted frantically typing in a corner of the WRVU offices or running around campus. Appears to have an affinity to music--likes electro and hip-hop, harbors a strange inexplicable hate for Arcade Fire. Has been found occasionally to play the piano, but denies to do so. Frightened by loud noises and easily bribed with pastries and coffee. Appears to be chased off by bright lights like most other pre-med students. Cannot be detected by cameras.

Music Director: Lucia Lee
I’m a freshman who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in Miami, FL. I’m still undecided, but I’m working on it, ok? I am a hat enthusiast and I dabble in the accordion. My interest in music is mostly driven by my curiosity to listen to all the wonderful music I have yet to hear. I am still new to WRVU, but I am feverishly excited to be a part of it.

Archive Director: Clare Gamilin
Born and raised in Birmingham, AL. I'm a Junior Neuroscience major. I started at WRVU as a freshman, and haven't looked back since. I joined to DJ and shusicare my music, but I stayed for the people. I also play Ultimate Frisbee for Vanderbilt's club team, VUDU. As Archive Director, I'm converting our extensive library into a digital format because we're moving to a more online-oriented format. 

PSAs & Underwriting: Mallie Froehlich
I was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where I inherited my love for music from my dad. I am studying Communications and Sociology, along with a minor in English literature. I came upon WRVU by luck during my first semester freshman year, and my college experience hasn't been the same since. Originally I joined just to find new music, but I soon realized I found a family as well. WRVU is my home away from home at Vanderbilt. I've met some of my best friends here, and I have also learned so much from the experience. Besides WRVU, I am heavily involved in Model UN as the Director of Publicity. My position as Director of PSAs and Underwriting calls for me to work with PSAs and other ads sent through the Ad Council. It also calls for me to be in direct contact with the Nashville community to spread the word about everything from charity events to Civil War reenactments. 

Public Relations: Joe Panuncialman
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV. West coast cats. The first song I remember singing was Led Zep's "Black Dog" in the company of middle aged couples. Then came the jazz, the rap, the Japanese hardcore, the madness. Liberation through the form of sound. Outside of the "Glorious Liberation" (co-DJ'd with Jing Sun), I spin and produce as DJ Mao on my spare time. Come visit. 

Events Coordinator: Francesca Peak
After journeying across the Atlantic with great courage and three massive suitcases, I grace Nashville from ye olde London towne. Born and bred on Michael Jackson, Billy Joel and The Beatles, nowadays you're more likely to find me preaching the joys of Nero, Charli XCX and Azealia Banks. In school, I'm a Junior studying in the history and literature of the American continent as well as Spanish literature and language, but outside the classroom I'm just a girl with a funny accent serenading my dorm-mates with my Carnegie-hall vocals, eating copious amounts of sushi and baking ridiculously delicious cakes.

Events Coordinator: Holly McKee
Holly McKee is a dirt worshipper with a weird accent and a passion for silly hats. Serving as the DJ of The Radio Show, she is horribly ashamed of her lack of creativity and is being mercilessly mocked by her fellow E-Staffers. In other news, she is a sophomore majoring in Women's & Gender Studies and Philosophy with a minor in English Literature. In her sophomore year of high school, she was the bassist in a pseudo-hardcore band called The Helicopter Rewind. The band thrived for two days and then fell to ruin when she discovered Albert Camus. This love of the absurd led to many endeavors that eventually led her to enroll at Vanderbilt. She signed up to train with WRVU because she had listened to the station every morning on the way to school for four years and had been introduced to Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mountain Goats and Crystal Castles as a result. Such revelation could never be repaid, but she'll try and organize a few events to pay homage to the great DJs of old.

Training Director: Neal Cotter
I'm from Los Angeles, CA, and I'm a sophomore majoring in Spanish.  I'm still pretty new to WRVU, but I've always loved listening to music and going to shows, and I'm very excited to be in a community of people with the same interests.  Being Office Manager is my way to get more involved in the station, so I'm ready to see what this year has in store!

Online Director: Evan Jehl
I'm from Dallas, TX, and am a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, currently double majoring in English and Philosophy. I take interest in being the Online Director because one of my main tasks is to maintain the Concert Calendar, so I am always caught up with what's going on music-wise around Nashville. 

Historian:  Matt Scarano
I am a sophomore from San Diego, CA, majoring in Philosophy and English. I have always loved music and sharing it with others, but what really drew me to WRVU is the fantastic group of people who are involved with it. It's great to spend time with other students who share my interests, and I hope that by broadcasting our tunes we are in some small way improving the world. I'm still pretty new to the station and feel lucky to be involved in any way I can, which for now means taking notes at meetings and keeping records of WRVU's awesomeness for all posterity!