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The Election Hub's mission is to strengthen democracy — starting in Charlotte, NC — by making it easy for every citizen to find, understand, and act on clear, nonpartisan information about their local government and elected officials.

Sam Whitehead is a reporter with GPB News.He has worked with “Here and Now,”NPR News, “State of the Re:Union,”WSKG News, andWRVO News. He also co-foundedWRFI Community Radio Newsin Ithaca, New York.He hasn’t won any awards yet.In his free time, he tries to become a better storyteller. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán is Nashville Public Radio’s political reporter. Prior to moving to Nashville, Sergio covered education for the Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden, Utah. He is a Puerto Rico native and his work has also appeared on NPR station WKAR, San Antonio Express-News, Inter News Service, GFR Media and WMIZ 1270 AM.

Rebecca Kruth is a reporter interning with Aspen Public Radio over the summer of 2013. Originally from Eaton Rapids, Michigan, Rebecca is thrilled to be spending her summer making radio in the mountains. Though she's always been a public radio fan, Rebecca explored several other career paths including teaching high school English before making her way to the airwaves. During her graduate studies at Michigan State University, Rebecca decided radio was where she needed to be and squeezed some journalism courses into her American Studies degree program. After graduation, she snagged internships on the news desk at WKAR, East Lansing and the arts and culture desk at WBEZ, Chicago. When she's not chasing stories, Rebecca enjoys cycling, photography, listening to This American Life and wandering around the country with her husband, James.

Robin A. Webb has worked in digital news and news editing at The Washington Post, USA TODAY, The Palm Beach Post, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and more.

Nick Mott is an reporter who also works on the Threshold podcast.

Tom Bullock decided to trade the khaki clad masses and traffic of Washington DC for Charlotte in 2014. Before joining WFAE, Tom spent 15 years working for NPR. Over that time he served as everything from an intern to senior producer of NPR’s Election Unit. Tom also spent five years as the senior producer of NPR’s Foreign Desk where he produced and reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Haiti, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon among others. Tom is looking forward to finally convincing his young daughter, Charlotte, that her new hometown was not, in fact, named after her.

A self-proclaimed Public Radio Nerd, Chris Jones began working as a Weekend Host here at WFAE in 2021.

Bob August has been with WFAE since 2010 and can be heard most Saturdays between 2 p.m. and midnight.

Rob Keith possesses many years of successfully packaging and selling millions of dollars in sponsorships and media for properties and events. He started his career selling TV, radio, print and signage sponsorships for the LA Lakers and LA Kings, winning 2 NBA Championships with the Lakers, and then went on to sell nationally for TBS and TNT. He has been VP, Sponsorships and Business Development for the Seattle Supersonics, Tampa Bay Lightning and for Richard Petty Motorsports. Rob also sold sponsorships and digital activations for Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

Penda Howell is WFAE's chief revenue officer. He oversees the membership and marketing, underwriting and major giving teams.

Joel Sprouse brings nearly 30 years of sales experience to WFAE, with 25 of those years devoted to media advertising.

Sophia Franklin is an Accounting Specialist at WFAE.

Prior to joining WFAE, Bob spent 20 years in radio and media sales and management. Beginning his career as an account executive with Cox Communications, Bob worked his way up to Sales Manager for multiple radio groups before transitioning to print media sales for Cox Communications.