Public Radio station WYSO in Yellow Springs has hired Luke Dennis as its Director of Development. Dennis is the former executive director of the Muse Machine in Dayton.
Most recently Dennis was the curator for the Harvard
University Theatre Collection. He will
return to the area and assume his role at WYSO on May 14.
“We couldn’t be happier to welcome Luke to the WYSO
staff. His skills will help us solidify
our recent successes into greater financial sustainability,” says Neenah Ellis, WYSO General Manager.”
"What an honor to be chosen to join the amazing WYSO team.
The next few years are going to be an exciting time of growth and innovation at
the station - I am ready to jump in and start raising dollars to support the
new directions WYSO is heading."
WYSO is poised to move into new studio facilities at 150 E.
South College in Yellow Springs on May first and recently announced a major
collaboration with Academy Award
nominated filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar that will be housed in the
new facility.
Dennis was a member of the first WYSO “Community Voices” class
in 2011 and the story he created for his final project was singled out by “This American Life” producer Ira Glass from
the stage of the Victoria Theater during a presentation last June.
He was a participant in the Dayton Chamber of Commerce’s
“Leadership Dayton” program in 2010-201, and a lecturer and director of school
programs for the Dayton Opera Association.
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