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Vibhav Nandagiri is a reporter based in Cary and a 2024 summer intern for NC Health News. A lifelong resident of North Carolina, he is pursuing degrees in biology and international comparative studies at Duke University. His writing has also appeared in The Assembly and INDYWeek.

Philip Klinkner is a James S. Sherman professor of government at Hamilton College.

Charlotte Talks Executive Producer Wendy Herkey has been with WFAE since 1998, beginning in the membership department, and has been on the Charlotte Talks staff since 1999.

Eric Whitney is NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief, and was the former news director for Montana Public Radio.

Roger J. Kreuz is an associate dean and professor of psychology at the University of Memphis.

Arie Perliger is the director of security studies and professor of criminology and justice studies at UMass Lowell.

Emily Vespa covers the North Carolina legislature as one of North Carolina Health News' 2024 summer interns. She graduated from NC State University in 2024, and while at NC State, she was the managing editor at Technician, the student-run paper.

Barbara J. King is a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. She is a Chancellor Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary. With a long-standing research interest in primate behavior and human evolution, King has studied baboon foraging in Kenya and gorilla and bonobo communication at captive facilities in the United States.

Connor Finnerty is an account executive on our Corporate Development team.

Joe O'Connor is the former president and chief executive officer of WFAE. Previously, Joe was Rhode Island Public Radio's CEO after working for ABC News for 22 years. He currently serves on the NPR Board of Directors.

Eric Frazier is a communications strategist at The Duke Endowment. He joined the Endowment in 2017 after nearly three decades in journalism, starting at The Charleston Post and Courier and ending at The Charlotte Observer, where he reported on everything from philanthropy and child welfare to education and digital media. He served as associate editorial page editor in his last two years.

Elizabeth McKee is the executive director at Leadership Charlotte. She has led Leadership Charlotte since 2007. For the past 19 years, Elizabeth has worked as an educator and leader for nonprofit organizations. As the former director of Leadership Initiatives at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte, she developed and implemented leadership curriculum programs for both undergraduate studies and MBA programs.