Air Waves's Page

Mission
The mission of Airwaves is to create an informed, personal, and social monthly newsletter by and for WAMU 88.5 volunteers to build good relationships between volunteers and the station, volunteers with each other, and volunteers with the greater metropolitan area.

Air Waves Staff

Jill Dickey, Editor & Contributing Writer
Issues 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Susan Ellis, Contributing Editor
Issues 01 to 14

Jennifer Brady, Contributing Writer
Issues 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Janice Law, Contributing Writer
Issues 06, 09

Abigail Wurf, Contributing Writer
Issue 11

Emily Rowan, Former Editor & Contributing Writer
Issues 01 to 08

Emily Rowan, an 8th generation Washingtonian, has been living as an adult in the city for 30 years. She has been a listener of WAMU all that time. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and received her master's degree in Elementary School Education from San Francisco State University in 1975. Her professional life started with being an elementary school teacher, moved on to being in finance and administration for start-up companies, and she is currently a botanical artist. Emily has been volunteering at WAMU since Oct., '07 and is now concentrating her efforts on WAMU's new volunteer newsletter Air Waves. Her husband, Jim Rowan, is an investment banker for Stifel, Nicolaus; her older daughter, also Emily Rowan, works at ICF in the company's global warming practice; and her younger daughter, Allie Rowan, is a sophomore at Wesleyan University.

Marjory Sheldon, Contributing Editor
Issues 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07

Staff Advisor
Anthony Washington, Volunteer Coordinator, WAMU 88.5 FM

Anthony started in public radio as a volunteer in 1996 while attending Frostburg State University. He hosted the morning jazz show at the university station, WFWM, and eventually worked his way up to Format Director of Urban Music and to the evening jazz show. After graduating college, Anthony served for a year as an AmeriCorps Vista member. Hired as Program Manager of the Allen HallStars! program, he was eventually promoted to Assistant Director of the Center for Service at Frostburg State University.

After six years in western Maryland, Anthony moved to Baltimore and worked for a time with CenterStage Theatre. Although he loved working in theatre, he realized he was meant to be in the Volunteer Services field. Before joining WAMU 88.5, he served as Volunteer Coordinator for the Maryland Science Center, managing a variety of internship and volunteer programs.

WAMU 88.5 volunteers who have not been receiving Air Waves should first check their junk e-mail box. If you do not see an issue of Air Waves in your junk e-mail box please email us at volunteers@wamu.org.