Scholarship recipients for this year’s Rising Through the Ranks program, presented by RAB and Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. (MIW), have been selected.
As previously announced, this year’s program will be hybrid, starting with a virtual session taking place on August 12, leading up to the in-person event August 19-21 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The following is the list of 26 individuals attending this year’s program:
2025 Scholarship Recipients
Mallory Bouslog
Marketron Broadcast Solutions, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jennifer Butman
Community Broadcast Partners, Abilene, Texas
Rebecca Carroll
Rockey City Broadcasting, Huntsville, Alabama
Kadie Daye
Adams Radio Group, Valparaiso, Indiana
Bridget England
WFTK 96.5/Cumulus Media, Cincinnati, Ohio
Nicole Eubank
WSM, Nashville, Tennessee
Margie Goehring
Ottumwa Radio Group, Ottumwa, Iowa
Amanda Long
Broadcast House Media/NRG Media, Lincoln, Nebraska
Meredith McDermott
Connoisseur Media, Farmingdale, New York
Lauren Merrill-Stakelon
Audacy, San Francisco, California
Jess Palmer
iHeartMedia, Cleveland, Ohio
Wanda “Wanda P” Patterson
Cox Media Group – Hot 106.5 FM, Jacksonville, Florida
Cassie Reimold
Salem Media Group, Tampa, Florida
Judy Remy
Salem Media Group, Sacramento, California
Laura Roberts
Illini Media Group, Champaign, Illinois
Lori Roberts
Seven Mountains Media, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Jillian Sagat
Cox Media Group, Jacksonville, Florida
Kate Savage
Audacy, Farmington, New York
Kayla Schneider
Hubbard Radio, Alexandria, Minnesota
Lauren Smith
Cox Media Group, Watkinsville, Georgia
Kari Stoddard
Midwest Communications, Nashville, Tennessee
Slone Terranella
Beasley Media Group, Las Vegas, Nevada
Susan Terwilleger
Saga Communications, DBA Charlottesville Media Group, Charlottesville, Virginia
Michelle Truong
Audacy, Brooklyn, New York
Whitney Zarder
North Central Florida Media, Saga Communications, Ocala, Florida
Sheena Ziegler
Hubbard Broadcasting, Brainerd, Minnesota
Featured speakers include Cox Media Group President Rob Babin; Seven Mountains Media owner and operator Kristin Cantrell; Xperi SVP of Broadcast Radio and Digital Audio Joe D’Angelo; RAB immediate past president and CEO Erica Farber; Guaranty Digital Media Director Kelli Frieler; Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Executive Director Amanda Fontaine; Davis Broadcasting Inc. VP Geniece Granville; MIW President Sheila Kirby; RAB VP of Professional Development Kim Johnson, SVP of Membership Brooke Williams, and SVP of Professional Development Jeff Schmidt; former Audacy COO Susan Larkin; Urban One Houston/Dallas Accounting Manager Erika Sylvia; Audacy President/CEO Kelli Turner; Salem Media Group EVP/Operations & Revenue Development Linnae Young; and country music recording artist Trisha Yearwood.
