Annual Report 2008

Our mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening

Contents 2 Letter from the Founder & President Our mission is to 3 Access to the StoryCorps Experience 6 Access to StoryCorps Content honor and celebrate 8 2008 Financials one another’s lives 10 National Partners & Contributors through listening. 14 Board of Directors & Executive Team 15 StoryCorps Staff Letter from the Founder & President

This past October, StoryCorps turned from coast to coast, reached thousands StoryCorps is committed five—giving us an amazing opportunity of disadvantaged Americans through our to look back and reflect on how much targeted outreach efforts to more than to becoming a lasting we have achieved since the day in 2003 500 organizations, and continued our national institution. when Studs Terkel cut the ribbon on award-winning broadcasts and podcasts our first StoryBooth in Grand Central to millions. Terminal. I hope you’ll take a moment to read These accomplishments come thanks to about some of the exciting accomplish- Back then we envisioned StoryCorps as a the hard work and guidance of so many: ments of 2008 and to reflect on how ten-year effort. As a time-limited project, our dedicated staff and Board, our far we’ve come together. And we have StoryCorps was made up of a small sup- intrepid institutional funders and part- only just begun to tap the potential of port staff and consultants. We started ners, and our loyal fans and supporters. this project. I look forward to the next with a $400,000 budget and a staff of I am so excited to work with all of you as five years—and beyond—with great four. we continue to weave StoryCorps into optimism and excitement, as well as the fabric of American life and the lives gratitude for all you’ve done on behalf of Today, StoryCorps is committed to of all Americans. StoryCorps. Onward! becoming a lasting national institution. We are now a $6 million organization The overarching priorities for our work in Sincerely, employing almost 80 people across the the coming years are to enhance access country. We’ve recorded nearly 25,000 to both the StoryCorps interview experi- interviews with nearly 50,000 people ence and StoryCorps content, as well as from every state in the nation. We are to nurture the community of listeners one of the largest collections of Ameri- and StoryCorps participants that is grow- Dave Isay can voices ever gathered. ing each day. Founder & President

I am especially pleased to share with you The road ahead promises to present our first StoryCorps Annual Report. As StoryCorps with new opportunities and, you’ll see in the following pages, 2008 undoubtedly, new challenges. In the was another extraordinary year for the midst of the economic troubles now fac- project, and, equally, a year of institu- ing our country, we hope that StoryCorps tion building to lay the foundation for will serve as a beacon of hope. Just as the next five years and beyond. Major the documentary work that emerged 2008 accomplishments include: the from the WPA inspired and uplifted the launch of the first annual National Day of country during the Great Depression, Listening; the release of our best-selling StoryCorps has the capability to do the book, Listening Is an Act of Love, in same. StoryCorps can capture the cour- paperback; our Griot Initiative surpass- age, grace, and poetry found in the sto- ing the Works Progress Administration ries of our fellow Americans and share (WPA) Slave Narratives to become the those stories with the entire nation. largest collection of African American These stories play a particularly critical voices ever gathered; and the successful role during times of economic hardship. restructuring of the organization. We did Through them people are reminded that all of this while we delivered extraordi- their lives matter, and that many have nary service to over 13,000 participants made it through difficult times before us.

StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 2 “StoryCorps is one of the best projects to happen Access to the StoryCorps Experience in my lifetime. I was so pleased to be allowed to We aim to provide all individuals with the StoryCorps recording participate when the experience through a variety of services. All interviews collected MobileBooth was in through our services are archived at the American Folklife Center at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. StoryCorps is committed I am grateful to have had the Library of Congress. to becoming a lasting the chance to express my impression of what I saw MobileBooths national institution. growing up at the end of MobileBooths are Airstream trailers one era and the begin- ning of another.” outfitted with professional recording equipment that travel the country year MJ McMillan round collecting stories. Mobile Tour Alumni In 2008, after three years on the road, our two MobileBooths have stopped in each of the lower 48 states in America.

StoryBooths Throughout the 2008 tour, StoryCorps StoryBooths are soundproof booths with continued to partner with local public professional recording equipment and radio stations and organizations in each operated by trained staff. Reservations of the 28 cities we visited, serving over are open to the public year round. 5,000 participants and giving StoryCorps a true national presence. After recording more than 5,000 inter- views in five years, our very first Story- Our outreach program on the road was Booth in New York City’s Grand Central essential in providing the recording Terminal permanently shut its doors in experience to many Americans who May 2008. The booth relocated might not have otherwise known about to Foley Square in Lower Manhattan StoryCorps, giving many different kinds (pictured above), where it offers a vital of people the opportunity to share public service. memories, stories, and conversations with their loved ones. In January 2008, our first temporary Sto- ryBooth at the Milwaukee Public Library MobileBooth interviews completed its one-year term. The booth 2,728 recorded in 2008 served as a pilot for future spaces that are outfitted as StoryCorps facilities. We 2008 Mobile Tour Stops partnered with the Center on Age & Com- Los Angeles, CA Laramie, WY munity at the University of Wisconsin- Orlando, FL Denver, CO Milwaukee to capture 545 interviews San Antonio, TX Buffalo, NY with more than 1,000 local residents during our stay in the community. Charlotte, NC Grand Junction, CO Camp Lejeune, New Springfield, MA Bern, & Beaufort, Grand Rapids, MN Our second temporary StoryBooth in NC Roanoke, VA the Nashville Public Library completed Abilene, TX Peoria, IL its one-year term in October 2008, after Sacramento, CA Gainesville, FL capturing nearly 500 stories of everyday Georgetown, DE people. Our newest StoryBooth opened Tucson, AZ Boise, ID that same month in San Francisco at the Tulsa, OK Cincinnati, OH Contemporary Jewish Museum, where it Northampton, Glens Falls & will operate through October 2009. Lenox, Greenfield, Saranac Lake, NY MA StoryBooth interviews 1,915 recorded in 2008 StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 3 Door-to-Door Service Organizations, institutions, and compa- nies can sponsor on-site recording days with Door-to-Door. StoryCorps sends trained staff and professional recording equipment to the location of their choice.

Door-to-Door significantly expands our reach by taking the recording experience out of the booth and directly to partici- pants. Without Door-to-Door, achieving our community outreach goals would not be possible.

Door-to-Door allows StoryCorps to reach out to a range of local and national com- munity partners at no charge in conjunc- tion with our special initiatives. Community Outreach Door-to-Door interviews StoryCorps partners with community 1,004 recorded in 2008 organizations to bring the StoryCorps experience to diverse groups of people StoryKits who may encounter barriers to participa- StoryKits are portable packages that in- tion. We dedicate resources for com- clude professional recording equipment munity outreach in each city we visit to and a User’s Guide to record interviews ensure the greatest range of participa- at home. tion by local groups. We aim to hold 25% of our interview slots for these outreach Individuals and families rent StoryKits to participants, engaging people who may record interviews in the comfort of their not be familiar with StoryCorps. In 2008 the StoryCorps own homes. This service strengthens our ability to bring the StoryCorps experience This commitment guarantees that our Community Outreach team to people in hard-to-reach parts of the national archive and broadcasts include partnered with 500 country, including Hawaii and Alaska. the voices of individuals from all walks of life and all parts of our nation—voices organizations nationwide. StoryKit interviews not traditionally heard in mainstream 465 recorded in 2008 media.

National Day of Listening StoryCorps launched the first annual National Day of Listening on November 28, 2008, to encourage everyone in America to record and archive stories, conversations, and favorite memories with their loved ones using our free Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide. School and libraries across the country were also encouraged to bring StoryCorps to their communities by using our National Day of Listening Teacher Toolkit and Library Toolkit. We inspired tens of thousands of people and hundreds of schools and libraries to celebrate the National Day of Listening, and the campaign received attention from national media, including NPR, the Associated Press, and CNN.

What people are saying about the National Day of Listening “It was one of the best things I have ever done. We chose to do it on Thanksgiving afternoon because all of our family was together. Each interview lasted about 40 minutes, and we all sat in the room and listened to all of the conversations. I learned things about my parents that I never knew before. There was laughter and tears. I am so thankful that we had the opportunity to do this.” StoryCorps Initiatives The Memory Loss Initiative The September 11th Initiative StoryCorps initiatives are coordinated national programs that deliver The Memory Loss Initiative (MLI) encour- StoryCorps launched the September 11th StoryCorps to specific populations. ages those affected by Alzheimer’s and Initiative to honor and remember the other memory loss disorders to preserve stories and people affected by the events StoryCorps Griot and share their life stories, leaving a of September 11, 2001. Throughout 2008, legacy for future generations. In June A Griot is a storyteller, a position of in partnership with the National September 2008, MLI completed its first year as a honor in West African tradition, who 11 Memorial & Museum, we recorded 217 national program, and MLI participant, hands down family and community stories of World Trade Center and Penta- listener, and partner responses have history from one generation to the next. gon survivors, firefighters, police officers, been overwhelmingly positive. StoryCorps Griot is an ongoing initiative rescue workers, MTA workers, witnesses, to ensure that the voices, experiences, volunteers, and anyone closely impacted by In 2008 we recorded 591 MLI stories, and and life stories of African Americans will 9/11. In September 2008, StoryCorps was we have worked with over 100 organiza- be preserved and presented with dignity invited to the Pentagon to collect over 30 tions to date. MLI was invited to many for generations to come. stories from office staff and family mem- national conferences and conventions bers of the victims of the Pentagon attack. in 2008, including the New York City In February 2008 StoryCorps concluded a Alzheimer’s Association 8th Annual Early yearlong Griot MobileBooth Tour, which All stories and interviews collected as part Stage Memory Disorders Conference, traveled across the nation to partner of the September 11th Initiative are also and the Los Angeles Alzheimer’s with radio stations, historically black archived in a special collection at the Association First Early Stage Conference. colleges and universities, and cultural National September 11 Memorial & Museum. organizations to record and distribute the stories of African Americans. In 2008, Total MLI interviews Total September 11th 1,255 recorded to date 849 interviews recorded to date 385 stories were recorded through Griot.

StoryCorps Griot is now the largest StoryCorps Alaska collection of African American voices ever gathered, surpassing the Slave StoryCorps Alaska is a six-month initiative to capture the rich heritage of Alaskans, Narratives recorded by the Works including many individuals from the Alaska Native population. The initiative launched in Progress Administration in the 1930s, October 2008, collecting interviews in Fairbanks, Nome, Barrow, Dillingham, Unalaska, and is the first national partner of the Juneau, and other remote areas. StoryCorps Alaska partnered with Alaska Public Radio Smithsonian National Museum of African Network, the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and other institutions to distribute and American History and Culture. share these stories.

Total Griot interviews Total Alaska interviews 2,858 recorded to date 692 recorded to date StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 5 Access to StoryCorps Content StoryCorps sees the widest possible distribution of our content as a key component in building awareness of the value in every life, and a move- ment around our principles of careful listening and respect for all stories.

We are working to expand distribution Award-winning broadcasts on and access to StoryCorps content by NPR, public radio, and beyond exploring a variety of new channels Our award-winning production team edits beyond public radio, including the select interviews into highly crafted StoryCorps Listen Pages on our website, segments that are widely distributed podcasts, YouTube, local and national through many channels. These stories archives, and print titles. are broadcast to 14 million listeners each Local & national archives week on NPR’s top-rated program, , which has an average StoryCorps is creating a remarkable oral daily audience 60% larger than Good history of America that will serve to doc- Morning America and one-third larger ument and define the character of this than the Today Show. Individuals can nation. These interviews, housed in the listen to these stories on storycorps.org, American Folklife Center at the Library of .org, and as free weekly podcasts Congress, will soon make up the largest By the Numbers available on iTunes. oral history archive ever collected. Best-selling book 14,000,000 In October 2008, Penguin Press released the paperback edition of our first book, number of people Listening Is an Act of Love, which quickly reached with our NPR became a New York Times best-seller. The broadcast each week paperback builds upon the success of the hardcover edition, further expanding our reach, reputation, and impact. StoryCorps also archives interviews in 189,760 a growing number of other national and local archives in partnership with librar- copies of Listening Is ies, museums, and other organizations an Act of Love sold across the country to offer access to StoryCorps stories within the communi- ties where they were recorded.

111,000 In addition to our national archive partners—the National September 11 StoryCorps was widely featured number of podcast Memorial & Museum at the World Trade in the media in 2008, including downloads per month Center and the Smithsonian National CNN, the Associated Press, and Museum of African American History and Culture— StoryCorps has nearly 100 the Today Show. StoryCorps was archives with local partners, from the also featured in the New York 100 Abyssinian Baptist Church, a historic Times, Boston Globe, Chicago African American church in Central Tribune, Christian Science number of local Harlem, New York, to the American Farm Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. StoryCorps archives Bureau in Indianapolis, Indiana. in America StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 6 From the StoryCorps Archive

“I just tried to stay in the background...”

Joe Buford recorded an interview with his literacy tutor, Michelle Miller, about what it was like not knowing how to read.

Listen online: www. storycorps.org/listen/stories/ joe-buford-and-michelle-miller

Joe Buford received hundreds of emails and letters following this Listen to more stories broadcast, and continues to receive them to this day. “Each time he reads a letter,” his tutor, Michelle Miller, told us, “his shame StoryCorps stories are melts away a little more.” Here’s one of them: broadcast weekly on NPR’s Morning Edition. Mr. Buford, and will return this fall for my graduate degree. I know I would have never accom- The Listen Pages feature I am sitting here in my office, overlook- plished any of this without my mother’s hundreds of stories at ing Houston’s skyline, listening to your encouragement and support. Thank you www.storycorps.org. wonderfully inspiring story. I think I was for reminding me of my mother’s struggle. five or six years old when I discovered that I think I will call her and tell her how much my mother could not read or write. I I love and appreciate her. Download the weekly remember the hardships she went StoryCorps podcast, available on iTunes. through because of it. At twenty-nine, I You are the perfect example of now understand her unwavering dedica- the power of the human spirit. tion to my education. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive StoryCorps Kind regards, I have gone on to finish high school, stories by weekly email at graduated cum laude from the University Refugio “Fugy” Trejo www.storycorps.org. of Houston with an engineering degree, Houston, Texas

StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 7 2008 Financials In 2008, StoryCorps prudently managed its expenses while significantly enhancing its capability to provide services to participants and access to our content. In addition, we positioned the organization to further diversify its sources of funding, including our fee-based services. StoryCorps’ proactive approach to managing its finances is essential given the challenges associated with the downturn in the economy. We extend our thanks to all of our generous supporters!

Revenue

Revenue Amount Percentage Corporate!" $572,291 10% Foundations#" & Major Donors $1,858,113 33% $" Government $2,174,448 38% %" Individuals $250,781 4% &" Donated'" Services & Materials $281,334 5% Other Income $562,391 10% Total Revenue $5,699,358 100%

Expenses

!" Expenses#" Amount Percentage StoryCorps$" Program $4,317,405 77% Management & General $781,544 14% Fundraising $489,606 9% Total Expenses $5,588,555 100%

StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 8 2008 Financials December 31, 2008

Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents $1,017,948 Unconditional Promise to Give $1,857,872 Miscellaneous Receivables $6,800 Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets $54,814 Property & Equipment, At Cost (net of accumulated depreciation) $551,601 Security Deposits $26,437 Total Assets $3,515,472

Liabilities & Net Assets

Liabilities

Accounts Payable & Other Liabilities $201,513 Deferred Revenue $133,650 Book Advance $127,500 Note Payable $509,520 Total Liabilities $972,183

Net Assets

Unrestricted $937,851 Temporarily Restricted $1,605,438 Total Net Assets $2,543,289

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $3,515,472

StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 9 National Partners

Contributors Organizations

$500,000 and above $5,000 — $9,999 The Harnisch Foundation The Edward S. Moore Family Foundation The Milton and Beatrice Wind Foundation

$1,000 — $4,999 The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation*, The M. Bernard Aidinoff and Elsie V. Aidinoff Fund which is funded through Community Development The Carter Fund Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund and Urban Development Halcyon Hill Foundation New York State Governor The MacArthur Foundation (Matching Gift Program) David A. Paterson The Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg The New York Times Co. Foundation (Matching Gift Program) LMDC Chairman The Jan and Glenn Piercy Family Charitable Fund Avi Schick The Public Welfare Foundation (Matching Gift Program) LMDC President David Emil Qualcomm (Matching Gift Program) Roll Giving (Matching Gift Program)

$100 — $999 Citi Foundation (Matching Gift Program) $100,000 — $499,999 The Daffy’s Foundation The Atlantic Philanthropies, Inc. The Ford Foundation (Matching Gift Program) The Ford Foundation* Google (Matching Gift Program) The Marc Haas Foundation Harcourt, Inc. (Matching Gift Program) The Kaplen Foundation* The Lewis M. and Esther Perlstein Family Foundation Open Society Institute* The Standard (Employee Giving Campaign)

$25,000 — $99,999 In-kind supporters The BayTree Fund Consulting services generously donated by Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Bloomberg L.P. The Hewlett-Packard Employee Product Giving Program The Charina Endowment Fund* Legal services generously donated by Latham & Watkins and The Fetzer Institute’s Campaign for Love and Forgiveness Holland & Knight The National Endowment for the Arts Maxell is the official CD of StoryCorps This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the StoryCorps is grateful to our local station partners on the 2008 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs* Mobile Tour: Boise State Radio, , Cincinnati Public Radio, KACU, KAXE, KCRW, KUAZ, KXJZ, North County Public Radio, Public Radio Delmarva, Public Radio East, Public Radio Tulsa, Texas Public Radio, WBFO, WCBU, WFAE, WFCR, The New York Community Trust* WMFE, WUFT, WVTF, Public Radio

$10,000 — $24,999 The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation *Denotes a multiyear gift. The Roth Family Foundation StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 10 Contributors Individuals

$500,000 and above Judy Wise Wynn Miller Anonymous Jo Minow $250 — $999 Stephen Morrison $100,000 — $499,999 Helen Amatrano Matt Mullarkey Anonymous Dennis Andrulis Edward Murphy Joseph & Carol Reich Ellen Baker and James Sweeney Michelle D. Nelms Jessica Bauman Greg and Kelly Nuckowski $10,000 — $24,999 Betsy Birchenough Dr. M. Kim Oh Jane Phillips Donaldson Deborah K. Blackmore Richard Orris Peter B. Lewis William Blitzer Natalie Parks Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Mary Beth and Bernie Buescher Kate Pew Wolters Billie Tisch Doug Burack Emily May Richards Brian I. Byrd Carey Roberts $5,000 — $9,999 Karen Callahan Shelley Rubin Paul Balser Gladys Chen Philip E. Ruppe Senator Bill Bradley Victoria Chen Alison Schumacher Edgar Bronfman Jr. Rebecca Christner Lori Coates Shannon William H. Donaldson Doris Conant Jonathan Silver Richard Isay Mary Coyle Jeffrey and Eileen Simon Deborah Leff Joseph Dobzynski Susan Solomon Tom Moore Amy Drendel Karen Steentofte Tracy Nagler Holly C. Finn Sharon L. Steindam Woodward Wickham Debra Fox Anne Stuart Bell Carol Gendler Richard J. Susalka $1,000 — $4,999 Saul Goldfarb Tracy Swedlow Anonymous Michael Gonnerman Diane R. Tomar Dick and Diana Beattie Matthew Groth Vanessa von Hessert Tom and Andi Bernstein Karl Haller Catharine E. Wall Susan Dryfoos Lisa Hamilton John Fujii John J. Heinsius $100 — $249 Dan Heath Ross L. Horowitz Rosana Acosta Richard Hecht Claire Hughes Brenda Aiken Jane Isay Dave Isay Elizabeth Allan Sidney Lapidus Lloyd Walker Jary, FAIA Michael Alt Connie Lee Elena Karplus Phyllis Amerikaner Caroline Maness Judy Heymann Kazan Elizabeth Anderson Elizabeth Marshall-Beasley Wendy Kreeger Stephanie Anderson Guy Molinari Margaret Lampert Dan Andrews James Moore David B. LaRoche Kathy Nunnally Anemogiannis Kenneth and Marjorie Moore Sarrea Layton Meg Ansara Joseph and Kathrina Proscia Eugene Lee Judith and Alan Appelbaum Jack Rosenthal Ken Lehman Susie Armstrong Adele Silver Brent Marsh Mary Arnett Ruisanchez Cheryl Wall Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Eugenia Athan John C. Whitehead Bruce McNamer Bill Ayers Roger and Judith Widmann Sharyanne McSwain John and Georgia Bancroft Emilio Bandiero Jay Dinowitz Kim Herman Joanne Bannon Irene Dorrier Carol Herrick Maxine Barish-Wreden Jennifer Doucette Carol B. Hillman Joey Barnes Kelly Dougherty Andrew Hollenhorst Lisa Barnes Rick Dove Stephen Horney Juana Barrios Holly Dawson Driggers Adam Conrad Hostetter Douglas Alan Bass Gordan Earle Jody Houston Judith Baughman Sarah Edlin Joan Huiner Ranzini Jennifer C. Beachell Eric Elfner Bill Hume Eileen Beehan Maurice J. Elias Hamish and Andrea Hume Jules Belkin Cynthia Ker Elrod Thomas Huntington Charleen Bethart Robert Emmons Ellen Edith Huntley Dube Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann Lestel Escorcia Michael Hurwitz Holly Black Mark D. Eskanos Mary Huttner Sheryl I. Bloom Jane Evans Milton Isay Tom Bodett John C. Fagan John Isidor Teresa Boemio Kara Fagan Jeff and Jane Istvan Valerie Bolger Beth Falk Jennifer Jennings Robert Bowles Wayne J. Ferguson II Charles Jerdonek Jennifer Boyd-Mullineaux Paul R. Finch Julia Jerolaman Frankie Brewster Peter Finch Helen Johnson Leonard P. Brittain, Jr. Elizabeth M. Flynn Jerry Avila Johnson Sally Broido Paula D. Foster Mary Johnson Kathryn Brown Joanne Foster Christian Jones Deborah Burt Carolyn Shealy Freligh Christopher Juhl Eliza Byard Ira Galtman Michael and Lorie Kaplan Berena Cabarcas Danny Gampe Jennifer Karsh Dan and Cathy Callahan Mary Todd Ganzenmuller Diane Keating Ted Cancila Anthony Gargagliano Steve Ketcham Theresa Canning Zast Sonya Geis Kathryn Keyes Mary L. Caplan Andrew Gersh Jennifer Sils and Paxon King Michael T. Carlile Bob Gersten Wendy King Malcom N. Carmichael Janine Getler Maureen Kling Gracy Feiber Castine Marty and Roger Gilbert Catherine Kohanek Sharon Catledge Ardian Gill Deborah J. Kopacz Martha Catt-Starrett David Giovannoni Mickey Kross Kathy Chandler Penny Gold Bangalore Lakshman Marguerite Chandler Sarah Gonzalez Francine Lange Hugh Chatfield Megan Grafton Patricia Cirigliano Larkin Minnie Cheney Sybil Graham Karen Larsen Sidney Cooley Steven Greenberg Susan Laskey Glenda Copperman Gwendolyn Griffith David Lazarus Gisele Crawford Linda Hahn Jo Anna Lee Fuller Christy Cutler Dan Hanessian Richard V. Lee Flinn Dallis Loren Chodosh Harkin Alison Leff Tyrone M. Davenport Jennifer Harper Gert Lepine John and Adele Davenport Muriel B. Harris Patricia Lewis Williams Genna Davis Pamela Harrison Trudy Little Colin Day Diane Hartman Jane Llewellyn Dan Delany Janet Hasegawa Andree Lockwood Jane Delzer Kate Hawkins Jane Loggins Sam Losh Bret Randle Andrei & Carmen Vermont Nancy Lucas Kevin Ransom Madeline Wake Gene Mahon Polly Rattner Cheng Wang Carole Margetson Nicole Shaw and Yair Reiner William Wathen Robert Markelz, Jr. Charlene Richards Steve Weinbaum Ann Marsh Ayers Christine Rico Patricia H. Weiner Donna Martin Beverly L. Riffle Tina Weiner James S. Mathis Judith Rinearson Max Weintraub Francesca McBride-Carter Tom J. Robbins Alan Weisman Michael McConnell Kay Roberts The Weiss-Saperstein Family Marty McGowan Charity Robey Teresa L. Werth Sarah McGuire Joan P. Roche Eric Whiteside Dolores Joan McQuillan Angela Rodante Pat Wiggins Tatjana Meerman Michelle and Mark Rogovin Nancy Williamson Aimee Mehl Lisa Samar Linda Wilson Glenn Meloro Brett Saunders Jane P. Wiseman Melody Meyer Susan Sawyers Carrie Wolfe Erica and Charlie Miller Yasmine Scallan Emily Wolfe Linda Moody Edmund Schemitsch Larry Wolfson and Dave Fong Scott Patrick Moyers Elliot Schewel Loyd J. Wollstadt Mike Muhm Steven Sconce Barbara Wright Danialle Munroe Steven Seltzer Barbara L. Wyckoff Joynal A. Muthleb Sarah Shamel Sonia Yamada Davia Nelson Billye Proctor Shaw Molly Jean Young Mark Nelson Charles M. Shelton Sr. Mort Young Michaela Nguyen Jennifer Shiman Mary Rose Zink Marlene Nichols Michael Shuman Jonah Zuckerman Michael Norwich Margaret Siegel Carol Zwick Judy Olsen Kristin Siegener Peter and Susan Osnos Rachel Simmons Melissa Otis Patterson Sims James Ottaway Thomas L. Slovis Albert Paduano Elizabeth Smith Jennifer S. Page Elsie Spencer Kim Parent Jeanette Spires Traci Patterson Kathy Sreedhar Richard A. Pecorella Beth Stephens Michele Peel Louisa Scioscia Stephens Lena Perelman James Stevenson Karen Perez Carol Stone Anthony C. Pescatore John L. Stritzinger Ellen Petersen Roberta Strnad Nicole J. Pirani Mary Jane Sturgis Maria Goodridge-Pisterzi Isaac Thomas, Jr. Lisa Plescia Judy Thoms Laura Potash Martin Tim Thornton Hilary Potkewitz Tina Tinkham Garrison Patricia Potts Beth Torstrick Clement A. Price Lynne Tower Combs StoryCorps strives to acknowledge our donors Theresa Proctor Greg Trupiano accurately. If we have misspelled or omitted your name, please accept our apologies and contact us Stephanie L. Quade Katy Varney at [email protected]. Board of Directors

Chair Dave Isay Deborah Leff Founder & President, President, StoryCorps The Public Welfare Foundation Tom Moore Treasurer Former Group Vice President, Richard Hecht Procter & Gamble Co. Partner, Marks, Paneth and Shron Jack Rosenthal President, Secretary New York Times Company Jim Moore Foundation Senior Vice President for Business Affairs, Michael Shuman Fresh Direct Founder & Principal, MASdesign Senator William Bradley Managing Director, Nicki Newman Tanner Allen & Company LLC Trustee, WNYC Public Radio, and oral historian Jane Phillips Donaldson Co-Founder & Principal, William H. Wright II Phillips Oppenheim Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

StoryCorps is proud to have 100% Board participation in our fundraising efforts.

StoryCorps mourns the loss of our Founding Chair, Woody Wickham (1942 — 2009), whose wisdom, heart, and presence surrounds us always.

Executive Team

Founder & President Director of Development Dave Isay Kara Fagan

Director of StoryCorps Executive Assistant Donna Galeno Kathrina C. Proscia

Director of Finance & Administration Sharyanne McSwain

StoryCorps couldn’t exist without the dedicated work of our staff, interns, and volunteers.

StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 14 StoryCorps Staff

Administration Human Resources Recording & Archive Stephanie Roth, Manager Chris Shutzer, Manager Nick Yulman, Manager Kenisha Fearon, Office Manager Megan Thiele, Generalist Desiree Leary, Sr. Coordinator, Archive Talya Cooper, Coordinator, Archive Business Development Information Technology Mike Dougherty, Coordinator, Recording Alissa Pelc, Manager Dean Haddock, Manager Abby Lesnick, Coordinator Mike DeFalco, Coordinator StoryBooth Michael Brigham, Manager Community Outreach Marketing & Communications Veronica Ordaz, Site Supervisor, NYC Adam Wilson, Manager Dalton Rooney, Webmaster StoryBooth Melvin Reeves, Planner Katie McGowan, Sr. Coordinator, Sarah Geis, Site Supervisor, San Dina Zempsky, Sr. Coordinator, MLI Participant Relations Francisco StoryBooth Perri Chinalai, Coordinator, MLI Sacha Evans, Assistant, Jalylah Burrell, Facilitator, NYC Rachel Daniell, Data Analyst Participant Relations John White, Facilitator, NYC Andy Hollenhorst, Data Assistant Marisa Karplus, Sr. Coordinator, Frank Kingman, Facilitator, San Francisco Communications Alex Lyon, Facilitator, San Francisco Development Stacey Edelstein, Coordinator, Heather Burke, Deputy Director Marketing Per Diem Facilitators Viviana Bianchi, Manager, Foundation & Michael Brodlieb, NYC Corporate Relations Mobile Kasha Ho, San Francisco Jessica Benjamin, Associate Eliza Bettinger, Manager Susan Lee, NYC Christa Orth, Associate Mitra Bonshahi, Sr. Coordinator Daniel Littlewood, NYC Deborah Dimasi, Assistant Jenna Weiss-Berman, Sr. Coordinator Eloise Melzer, San Francisco Mitra Keykhah, Administrative Assistant Sara Esrick, Site Supervisor Cambra Moniz-Edwards, NYC Whitney Henry-Lester, Site Supervisor Lottie Porch, NYC Door-to-Door Jeremy Helton, Facilitator Lena Richardson, San Francisco Elaine Davenport, Manager Chaela Herridge-Meyer, Facilitator Helen Rubinstein, NYC Sylvie Lubow, Coordinator Alexandra Kelly, Facilitator Katherine Brook, Facilitator Nina Porzucki, Facilitator Kate Brown, Facilitator Carl Scott, Facilitator Carolina Correa, Facilitator Anna Walters, Facilitator Rose Gorman, Facilitator Naomi Greene, Facilitator Print Matt Herman, Facilitator Lizzie Jacobs, Editor

Finance Production Ed Schemitsch, Manager Michael Garofalo, Sr. Producer Malaika Langa, Associate Katie Simon, Producer Nadia Reiman, Associate Producer Vanara Taing, Associate Producer Chanda Khatso, Production Assistant Lily Percy, Production Assistant Eve Claxton, Researcher

StoryCorps Annual Report 2008 | 15 “StoryCorps is history in the richest sense of the word. It is a bottom-up history, history that will make people feel like they count.”

Studs Terkel (1912 — 2008)