YSU’s DePoy elected chairman of PBS station’s board

Staff report

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Bryan DePoy, dean of the College of Creative Arts and Communication at Youngstown State University, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which owns and operates Western Reserve Public Media and PBS station WNEO.

DePoy replaces David Hunter, a partner at Brouse McDowell business law firm. Hunter will continue serving as a general board member.

“I am personally honored and excited to move into this new phase of service for Western Reserve Public Media,” said DePoy. “The station is an integral and relevant point of arts and culture, education and community engagement to over 5 million people in the state of Ohio, and it is something of which the entire region should be proud.”

DePoy was chosen to lead YSU’s College of Creative Arts and Communication in 2009. He holds music degrees from Florida State University, Indiana University and the University of New Mexico. DePoy is active in the arts and culture advocacy community and has a diverse background in music performance, teaching and music pedagogy. Prior to his appointment at YSU, he served on the music faculties and as a higher education administrator at Delta State University and Southeastern Louisiana University.

“Bryan has an impressive and extensive cultural arts background that makes him perfectly suited to be the chairman of the board of a public television station, so we are most fortunate that he is willing to serve Western Reserve PBS,” said Trina Cutter, president and CEO of Western Reserve Public Media. “I look forward to his thoughtful and creative leadership.”

DePoy was elected to the post on May 27.

Also serving in leadership positions on the board are Eileen Korey, vice-chair, and Mark Auburn, secretary. Korey is associate vice president/chief communications officer at The University of Akron. Auburn, who has served as board chair in the past, is a community volunteer and former dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at The University of Akron.