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Tom Sibal joined 88.1 WVPE as the membership manager in July 2015. Tom is responsible for meeting with supporters of WVPE and managing the membership database, individual giving through direct mail, telemarketing, and major donors. He also recruits volunteers for the fall and spring pledge drives. Tom comes to WVPE after almost 15 years as associate director of institutional advancement at Ancilla College in Donaldson, Indiana. Prior to that, Tom served as a news producer for WSBT-TV.

After joining WVPE in April 2021 Susan was appointed to the position of development director upon the retirement of Tom Labuzienski. "I learned much working for Tom and look forward to building on his legacy." She has over 20-years of marketing advertising experience in electronic media and digital as well as implementing marketing plans using billboards, radio, TV, and cable.

Olivia Sipocz is a lifelong Michiana resident. She graduated from Purdue in 2016 majoring in Computer Information Technology, and is remotely studying Library Science and Archiving at IUPUI as a grad student. She hopes to combine her loves of computer programming, historic preservation, and radio broadcasting in the future. She produces chiptune music and plays guitar in her spare time, and is an avid enjoyer of the local music scene.

Anthony Hunt has over 30 years experience at radio stations in Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Maryland, and Indiana. From announcer to development director to station manager, Anthony has helped build audience, membership, & underwriting in every market.

Tony became WVPE's program director in 2022, after working as operations manager since 2014. He also produces Michiana Chronicles and works on other special programming and digital projects. He joined the station as All Things Considered host in 1997, hosted Morning Edition in 2000 and 2001, then returned to the ATC host chair from 2007 to 2016. One of his Morning Edition newscasts earned WVPE a Best Radio Newscast Award from the Associated Press in 2002. An Iowa native, Tony got his start in radio as a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Harrisonburg, Va., and managed the radio station there for three years after graduating. He also worked in commercial and Christian radio prior to his time at WVPE. Tony lives in Goshen.

Christopher Joyce is a correspondent on the science desk at NPR. His stories can be heard on all of NPR's news programs, including NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.

Victoria Whitley-Berry is a director and producer for Morning Edition. They also briefly helped to produce NPR's history podcast Throughline. They joined NPR in 2016 as an intern for All Things Considered on the weekend. Born and raised in Tallahassee, Fla., Whitley-Berry has a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Texas Christian University.

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Mike Murrell joined the WVPE family in August of 2024. Mike is enjoying his second career in journalism and broadcasting, since retiring from the Army after 20 years of service. Mike is originally from Dayton, Ohio, but calls Elkhart his home.