Ele Ellis, an experienced executive with a significant record of leadership in public radio, has been named Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Blue Ridge Public Radio. She’ll join BPR April 2, taking over from Interim CEO and General Manager Tim Roesler.
Ellis has spent the past five years working in various roles at WUWM, Milwaukee’s NPR affiliate, overseeing the station’s content and programing, among other duties. During her 25 years in radio, Ellis has worked at stations across the country, from Idaho to Georgia.
She began her career with an eight-year stint at WNCW in Spindale, N.C., where she was an announcer, marketing specialist, operations director and program director…