The Board of Administrators of Heritage Radio Community (HRN) has named RJ Bee as its subsequent Government Director. Bee’s appointment follows a nationwide search led by Koya Companions, the chief recruiting agency centered on mission-driven management. As Government Director, Bee will lead all facets of HRN, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit media group devoted to amplifying the voices of farmers, cooks, servers, activists, and entrepreneurs working to enhance the meals system. Based in 2009, HRN has supplied greater than 80 podcasts with a various array of hosts and matters.
“RJ’s expertise creating excellent content material that evokes audiences and builds neighborhood makes him the perfect option to be HRN’s subsequent Government Director”, mentioned Liza Hamm, Chair of NRN’s Board of Administrators. “His ardour for HRN and his entrepreneurial spirit will assist drive a brand new wave of progress and influence for HRN and for the broader meals system.”
RJ is the co-founder of Osiris Media, the biggest unbiased podcast community centered on music. As co-founder, Bee led a workforce of 15 audio music trade professionals in all facets of content material creation, income era, and organizational growth. Below his management, Osiris has grown to achieve a whole bunch of hundreds of followers per thirty days.
Along with his work at Osiris, RJ served as Senior Vice President of Hattaway Communications, main everyday operations on the agency, together with shopper service, enterprise growth, technique and operational management. At Hattaway, he led the design and execution of communications methods for such mission pushed organizations as Metropolis 12 months, the Ford Basis, the Gates Basis, and USAID. In collaboration with the Rockefeller Basis, he additionally created the Storytelling for Good platform, a multi-year initiative to boost the storytelling capability of advocates engaged on a spread of points across the globe, together with agriculture and meals points.
Most not too long ago, RJ has served as Director of Operations for World Scenario Room, a public relations agency specializing in thought-leadership and disaster communications methods, together with concern advocacy campaigns, podcast and content material creation, and occasion planning.
“I couldn’t be extra excited by the prospect to guide HRN on this subsequent chapter,” mentioned Bee. “I’ve lengthy admired HRN’s podcasts. There’s by no means been a extra vital time to raise the voices, points, and forces shaping our footways and meals techniques, and I sit up for working with the HRN neighborhood to develop our attain and our influence within the years forward.
