Staff
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Arthur Cohen, President (CEO)
Arthur Cohen, veteran public radio programmer and manager, was named
PRPD president in September, 2006. The PRPD national office is based in
Hamilton, NY (near Syracuse). His association with PRPD dates back to
1989 when he joined the PRPD Board on which he served for 10
years. As a consultant to PRPD from 2004-06, he organized
PRPD conferences and developed the
online PD Handbook and
Beyond the Basics
training workshop.
Well-known in the public radio system as a skilled programmer and
manager, Arthur came to the PRPD presidency from his company, Whole
Station Solutions, where he consulted to public media organizations in
the areas of strategic management, program planning, audience research
and organizational change. He holds an M.A. in Psychology from
California State University, Sacramento.
Arthur served as VP of Programming and Operations at WNYC,
New York, Vice President, VP and General Manager of Radio at WETA in Washington, DC,
Senior Director of Programming at Minnesota
Public Radio, and President of the Radio Research Consortium before launching his
consulting business in 2002. He began working in public radio in 1978
as General Manager of KVMR-FM, Nevada City and later KRBD FM,
Ketchikan, AK, and Director of Radio, Radio/TV Services at Washington
State University, Pullman, WA.
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David Hollis, Office Manager
David Hollis, who joined PRPD in late 2006, has a long career in media starting in small town weekly newspapers and progressing through the years to online media. Before joining PRPD, Hollis worked in media and government relations for several organizations and was a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher. As a freelancer, he wrote for national and regional magazines, authored a book on Olympic caliber equestrian sports and produced news for television and a regional public radio station.