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Eileen Rodriguez is a reporter for both WFDD and La Noticia through Report for America, where she covers COVID-19's impact in the Latino Communities.Periodista de La Noticia y 88.1 WFDD, Eileen Rodríguez reporta el impacto de COVID-19 en la comunidad Latina en Carolina del Norte. Rodríguez es miembro del cuerpo de periodistas de Report for America 2021-2022.

Eddie Garcia is WFDD’s News Director. He is responsible for planning coverage, editing stories, and leading an award-winning news team as it serves the station’s 32-county listening area. He joined WFDD as an audio production intern in 2007 and went on to hold various roles, including producer, Triad Arts Weekend co-host, reporter, and managing editor. When he’s not working, Eddie enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar, and watching films.

Molly Davis joined 88.5 WFDD in January of 2005. She is a Winston-Salem native and a graduate of Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Molly has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, public and media relations, event planning, and nonprofit management.A lifelong public radio fan, WFDD was Molly's first job in radio. You'll hear her voice on WFDD underwriting announcements, during fund drives, and on Sunday afternoons. Molly has been invited to present at national conferences on multiple occasions, and has mentored other stations on compliance matters, as well as development and listener engagement strategies. She also serves as Vice-Chair of the board of Radio Research Consortium.Molly is a staunch believer in public radio's ability to foster civil discourse, develop awareness of different perspectives, and connect listeners to their communities. She is an avid runner and a former yoga instructor, and as a North Carolina native knows better than to tell you which style of barbecue is better.

Justin Hardy is an attorney with Bell, Davis & Pitt, a law firm with offices in Winston-Salem and Charlotte. He is a member of multiple sections of the North Carolina Bar Association and serves as the vice chair of the tax section's continuing legal education committee. Justin was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and was raised in both Franklin, North Carolina, and St. Charles, Michigan. He discovered public radio while pursuing a degree in Sociology from Central Michigan University.Justin and his wife, Carrie, moved to Winston-Salem upon earning his law degree from Michigan State University in 2008. They have one son, who is convinced that Justin's radio dial only tunes to 88.5 WFDD.Term expires December 31, 2022.

Dan joined WFDD in August 2017. He has lived up and down the eastern US and graduated from Syracuse University in 2011. At Syracuse, Dan worked at CitrusTV, the student-run television station for the university.Prior to arriving in the Piedmont Triad, Dan was in the TV-broadcasting industry working in Great Falls, Montana, from mid-2012 through the end of 2015. While at KFBB, Dan anchored and produced Sports and News. Along with his time at WFDD, Dan is a Studio Host, Producer, and Production Assistant at IMG College. He also works for the Winston-Salem Dash, and for athletics at Bishop McGuiness High School in Kernersville where he can be heard on some of their athletic broadcasts. When not working, Dan enjoys exploring Winston-Salem and watching sports, especially football and college basketball.

Prior to moving to Winston-Salem, Sara Pesek was the Director of Program Development at the Center for Sustainable Community Solutions at Syracuse University. She received her Master of Public Administration from Syracuse's Maxwell School and has undergraduate degrees in biology and chemistry. She is currently a stay-at-home mom but is very active in local nonprofits. Aside from sitting on the WFDD CAB, she is on the Hispanic League board, is very involved with resettled refugee families through World Relief, and recently completed a 28.3 mile (in a day) endurance hike to raise money for Make a Wish Foundation. Term expires December 31, 2022.

Phil Archer attended Wake Forest University and returned for a Masters in Business Administration in 2006. He was Director of Public Programs at Reynolda House Museum of American Art from 2002 to 2015. In 2002-2003 Archer acted as representative during the Museum's first major expansion and co-directed the Exhibit, Design and Interpretation Project, including the restoration of the historic house and the creation of associated semi-permanent exhibits, audio tour, orientation video, logo, and signage. In 2010 he was named one of 40 Leaders Under 40 by The Business Journal. In 2012 he developed a companion exhibition with the Enrichment Center received the Arts Knowledge-Sharing Award from the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, and in 2014 he developed a play about Reynolda's African American farming village that received the Arts Council's Arts Development AwardArcher curated the 2011-12 exhibition Wonder and Enlightenment: Artist-Naturalists in the Early American South, which was published as an article in American Art Review in January 2012, co-authored by Martha Severens. In 2013 he curated Partisans: Social Realism in American Art. In 2014 he was co-managing curator for The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design. Archer is co-chair of the biennial Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes Conference. Hobbies include gardening, making miniature replicas of garden temples in wood, and fixing up a 1908 house in downtown Winston-Salem.Term expires December 31, 2021.