President and CEO of DCTV since 1994, Nantz is also one of its founders, having worked for DCTV since 1987. She provides visionary and strategic leadership and management to DCTV in the realms of public policy, legislation, and cable franchises. Nantz ensures that DCTV’s mission is supported with excellent capacity at all levels. For Nantz, being at DCTV isn’t a job – it’s her calling and an opportunity to fulfill a long-held vision. She loves supporting a really unique mission that empowers people and communities, plus the opportunity to work with a talented and knowledgeable team.
Staff
Executive Management
Nantz Rickard
President & CEO
Hafeez A. Kazim
Chief Financial Officer & Vice President
Hafeez A. Kazim is the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration with the Public Access Corporation of DC. He has over 40 years experience in both nonprofit and for profit arenas. His expertise encompasses full service accounting — from financial management and tax preparation to budgeting, auditing, administration and investment activities. Hafeez believes in DCTV’s mission especially with regard to youth training. In between crunching numbers, he loves to tell jokes, travel, play golf and fish.
Angela Harris, MBA
Vice President, Community Engagement
Programming and Communications
Angela is an experienced and accomplished marketing communications, media, and education professional who has held leadership roles at some of the most iconic global brands to include: Apple Inc., Black Entertainment Television, Discovery Communications Inc., XM Satellite Radio, and The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History & Culture where she was instrumental in creating the branding and communications strategy for its opening. She comes to us most recently from serving as a journalism and communications professor at some of the leading Universities in our region to include Howard University, The George Washington University and Trinity Washington University.
LaVern Whitt
Vice President of Creative & Production
Whitt, as she is known by, comes to DCTV from Los Angeles, California where she has spent three decades in the film, television & entertainment industry. She has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry to include Will Smith at Overbrook Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey on films to include A Wrinkle in Time, Whoopie Goldberg and many others. She is an award-winning independent filmmaker in her own right, and we are thrilled that she has chosen to bring her talent and resources to DCTV.
Administration
Robin Waley
Finance and Administration Manager
Robin is the Finance and Administration Manager for DCTV. In addition to her extensive background in financial management, particularly the nonprofit sector, she is also the former Executive Director of a homeless transitional program in the District of Columbia, as well as the founder of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and an ex-officio officer to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.
Outreach, Communications and Membership
Julia Reardin
Manager of Community Engagement and Associate Producer
Julia Reardin, manager of Community Engagement and Associate Producer. As a photographer and digital media artist, her work encompasses portraits, landscape, environmental photography and video production. Julia is also an avid filmmaker and has worked on several film productions and digital art projects. Most recently, Julia packed up her life in Yosemite National Park, where she was teaching photography at The Ansel Adams Gallery, to persue her career in media production in the nation’s capital.
One of Julia's lifelong dreams has been to work for a non-profit organization. At DCTV, she desires to engage the community using media as a tool to share information, express ideas and learn in creative ways.
When away from the office you can catch her exploring new places and learning local history, especially if it involves camping, long hikes and the great outdoors.
Production and Training
Mark Leeke
Senior Multimedia Specialist
As a Senior Multimedia Specialist, Mark loves working with such a diverse group of members and their projects. Every day is different! With a broadcasting career that spans over 25 years, he has covered every aspect of broadcast production and has worked for companies that include CNN News, Reuters and Comcast. In his spare time, Mark enjoys tinkering with computers and is an avid fan of science fiction.
Carmen Stanley
Operations Assistant
Hailing from Dallas, TX, Carmen started out as a DCTV intern and now assists the Programming, Operations, Training and Production departments as a Media Operations Specialist. She enjoys working along side the team at here while furthering her knowledge in TV production. When not supporting our staff, she can be found on the couch binge watching her favorite TV series or in the studio volunteering on shoots.
Shaun Rosa
Digital Producer - Instructor
Shaun began his career with DCTV in the Fall of 2015 as an intern with the production team. He now works as a Digital Producer - Instructor, regularly collaborating with the Production and Outreach teams. Prior to entering the television production world, Shaun spent the last twelve years as a professional disc jockey which he continues to pursue in his spare time. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, Shaun stayed in the area and graduated with a degree in communications from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Linda Lawson
Education Manager
Linda Lawson is DCTV’s Education Manager. For more than 20 years, Linda has partnered with numerous nonprofit organizations, public health agencies, government programs, and small to medium-sized businesses as a digital media specialist, project manager, and trainer. Her personal and professional endeavors are ignited by her passion for protecting the environment, human rights, ending homelessness, promoting education, and expanding access to health care.
Programming
Karen Beasley
Manager Programming
Since 1998, Karen has served as the Programming Manager at DCTV. Her duties include developing monthly program schedules, assigning series and individual time slots, reviewing program submissions, and providing support to our producers. Karen loves meeting and collaborating with people to bring their visions, issues, and points-of-view to the airwaves.
Jacque Rearden
Master Control Coordinator
As Master Control Coordinator, Jacque monitors signals, troubleshoots signal failures, oversees community bulletins and maintains logs of playback activities. She began as a DCTV volunteer playback technician in 1996. As an attorney for over 20 years, she is the former Director of Legal Services for the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; and was the coordinator at Hart & Chavers for the “Introduction to the Practice of Entertainment Law” CLE Course. Jacque enjoys learning new techniques to enhance the quality of telecasting.
