From 2018 to 2022, FVCM operated with a small staff that included contracting with Steve Skinner, organizing a substantial amount of volunteer labor, and the work of Denis Moynihan and Sam Brewer as the chief operating officers. In May 2019, KFFR invited local residents to an information meeting to join the radio station to become volunteer DJs. By August, there were 10 regular announcers on the air every week. By the Fall of 2019, construction began on the current studio space upstairs from Julio’s Mexican Cantina. By April 2020, KFFR shut its doors to volunteers due to the pandemic, and Steve Skinner went on voluntary furlough as a result of limited operations. By Fall of 2021, KFFR began broadcasting from its new studio with newly trained announcers and a new studio room. In July 2022, KFFR hired Ryan Wilson as an Underwriting Specialist, and he was promoted to Executive Director in January 2023. At the end of 2023, Joanna Goodman assumed the role of President of the Board of Directors, after Denis Moynihan stepped down from this role.
Today, FVCM operates with 1.5 full time equivalent staff members, over 50 volunteers, and a 7 person board.
Current board members for Fraser Valley Community Media include:
Joanna Goodman – President
Lauren “LP” Panasewicz – Vice President
Robyn Wilson – Secretary
Denis Moynihan – Treasurer
Matthew Bauer – Board Member
Lisa Pendergast – Board Member
Nanda Usseglio – Board Member
The most recent additions to the Board of Directors include Nanda Usseglio, a local business owner in Winter Park, and Lauren Panasewicz (LP), the development director for ROMP (Range of Motion Project), a non profit that works on equal distribution of prosthetic and orthotic services throughout the world, joined the board in 2024. In July, 2024, Lisa Pendergast joined the board to help with her experience in financial growth for other boards she has worked with in the past.
Program Director, Steve Skinner, retired from KFFR in June 2024 after 7 years guiding the station.
In March, 2024, KFFR hired Gabby Lara to help with social media promotions and events in her role as Digital Marketing Specialist. In June 2024, KFFR hired Rachel Williams as a Content Producer who previously served as KFFR’s intern from 2023 to 2024.
