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Krystal Cleaver is a Projects Manager at CET. She has had ample opportunity to learn new things as new projects have come her way. She has learned to love science through her work on many CET projects. She has always loved history and literature, and she also loves to learn. So, she thinks she has an interesting and exciting job. Krystal was a classroom teacher for 15 years before coming to CET. She has also knocked around and done early childhood education, social work and book selling.

John T. (Jack) Dominic is Executive Vice President and COO of CET. He has enjoyed almost 30 years working in Public Television. Dominic has been involved with several technology related projects in the Cincinnati area as well as on the national level. His interest in using technology to expand and enhance instruction and learning has resulted in several innovations at CET including the nations first multi-channel on-demand educational service for K-12. Dominic has been involved in the development of Tri-State On-Line, one of the first free on-line services in the nation, Netwellness, a UC Based medical information service, the RISE early Childhood Education Satellite Network and several other local educational projects. He was a founding member of the Smithsonian Interactive Technology Project in Washington, D.C. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Northern Kentucky University.

Lauren Hess has worked in the Arts Education field in various capacities for more than 15 years, from teaching music in high school in her hometown of Buffalo, N.Y., to working on arts integration programs here in Cincinnati. For almost four years Lauren has been the Arts ProjectsManager in Learning Services at CET. She is passionate about delivering high quality arts education and enjoys working with teachers. Lauren serves on the Board of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education. She enjoys being a soprano in the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus, where she has been a member for ten years.

Grace Hill is a 45-year veteran of CET. She has served as Executive Producer for many of CET’s local programs, including the weekly public affairs program, Focus, and Lilias!, CET’s nationally distributed series featuring Lilias Folan, the “First Lady of Yoga.” Mrs. Hill’s work has been recognized both locally and nationally. Cincinnati Reflections received two regional Emmys and two national Telly Awards. Zinzinnati Reflections received national Telly Awards. She has been a past member of the Ohio Educational Broadcasters’ Program Advisory Committee, the Lawrence Welk Advisory Committee and the Caillou Advisory Committee; has served as past Chairman of the Eastern Educational Network Programs Managers’ Council; and has served on the Board of Governors of the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Susan Howarth is President and CEO of CET, Greater Cincinnati’s public television station. CET is the first licensed educational station in the nation and one of the largest providers of educational services for teachers and students in Southwest Ohio. Prior to moving to Cincinnati in January 2001, Susan was the Executive Director of the Arkansas Educational telecommunications Network. She began her thirty year career in public television as a student intern at Connecticut Public Television and has held production and programming positions at the public broadcasting stations in Springfield, Missouri; Gainesville, Florida; and Buffalo, New York. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut. Susan has served in many public television leadership positions including Vice-Chair of the national PBS Board of Directors, the highest ranking industry position for a PBS station CEO. In Arkansas, she was recognized as one of the “Top 100 Women in Arkansas” and was a member of the Arkansas Women’s Leadership Forum. She has been a member of the International Women’s Forum since 1998. In Cincinnati she has served as a member of the leadership team for Cincinnati CAN, and was the founder of the Cincinnati Media Collaborative. She serves on the Boards of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), and the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education at Hebrew Union College. She is a graduate of Leadership Cincinnati and has chaired the Introducing Greater Cincinnati program of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. In 2005 Susan was recognized as one of Cincinnati’s Leading Women.

Diane Smiley, as Director of Learning Services, oversees all the educational activities of CET. Diane came to CET from Cincinnati Public Schools, where she served as a K-8 teacher/librarian. Before that, she was a reference librarian with a Northern Kentucky public library. First hired as CET’s Instructional Media Manager, Diane managed instructional television programming on broadcast and cable and provided multimedia resources for schools across Southwestern Ohio. As Director, she works with CET’s Learning Services and Production staffs to develop CET content and educational materials for broadcast, cable, web and print media.

Ricardo Ang is Operations and Traffic Manager of CET. He recently celebrated his 10th Anniversary at the station. Ricardo grew up in the Philippines and lived in Guam for 6 years. At the age of 3, he would cry if his mother didn’t allow him to sit in front of the TV set when Sesame Street was on. He credits S.S. as his stepping stone towards learning the English language at such an early age. He’s a technology-loving, healthy/fitness-living nut; a pop culture aficionado, music-lover (schizophrenically, in taste), whose genre interest spans from the east to the west… Probably the reason he carries at least two iPods on a given day.

Brian Snape, CET Promotions Producer, was born at an early age and is best known for organizing the infamous 4th Grade Spitball Rebellion of ‘79 at Cheviot Elementary. A 1998 graduate of Northern Kentucky University, Brian discovered quite early in his broadcast career that promotion departments tended to have the most toys and be the most fun. He is a husband, father and wacky uncle. In his spare time, Brian is an avid Whovian as well as a fan of the many Britcoms that can be found on CET. Brian’s opinions, comments and wisecracks do not necessarily reflect those of CET.

Barbara Walker, Projects Manager and Ready To Learn Coordinator, has been a teacher over 15 years from preschool to high school. Pictured here is her inner child with whom she still talks daily. As a big person, Barbara just has more children’s books, and she has learned not to chew on them anymore because she is modeling good behavior for her 2 year-old son.                                             

Katie Weitkamp is Promotions Assistant for CET. She helps take photos of CET events, writes press releases and helps put together newsletters. She is a former newspaper reporter, a 2004 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University (Go Colonels!) and a 2000 graduate of Highlands High School (Go Birds!). She blushes at the mention of her favorite Bengal, TJ Houshmandzadeh, and enjoys the soothing sounds of Elvis Presley’s voice. She also has a sweet tooth the size of Canada.