A community media hub for Williamstown and the Berkshires we call home.

Teri Yuan is the Executive Director of WilliNet, the community media center serving Northern Berkshire County, where she is excited to help expand local storytelling, civic engagement, and digital media access. A nonprofit executive and operations strategist with an MBA from Columbia Business School, Teri has spent her career building organizations, leading complex initiatives, and creating partnerships that strengthen communities.

Teri is also the founder of the Engendered Collective, a platform that brings together survivors, practitioners, and allies through education, advocacy, and dialogue on gender justice. She organizes the International Coercive Control Conference, hosts the en(gender)ed podcast, and believes that community media and thoughtful conversation have the power to foster understanding, amplify diverse voices, and inspire positive social change. She is honored to join WilliNet and looks forward to working with residents, producers, local organizations, and Williams College to celebrate and strengthen the stories that make the region unique.

You can reach Teri directly at teri@willinet.org.

Public access TV is an invaluable tool for a community that thinks globally and acts locally. As Production Manager at WilliNet, I am proud to facilitate community engagement in Williamstown and throughout the Berkshires, whether we’re broadcasting municipal meetings, co-producing arts, politics, or culture-related shows with local citizens, or running media-making workshops with local schoolchildren.

Favorite documentary:
The Atomic Cafe (1982)

The book I’d bring if stranded on a deserted island: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Favorite gear:
It may be the recency bias talking, but I’ve been enamored with the Holland Lark M2 wireless bluetooth mics.

My vision for Willinet in 5 years is that we’re still going strong as a hub for all of Williamstown and Northern Berkshires’ civic, social, and artistic enrichment.

Peter has worked in local media for nearly 40 years. He is Director of the TV Studio at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) and covers events for Gateway Media Collaborative and WilliNet, as well as Williams College sports for Northeast Sports Network.

Over his career, Peter has covered or produced more than 1,000 sporting events and hundreds of municipal meetings, concerts, lectures, parades, and news programs. He has also taught and mentored dozens of aspiring television technicians and journalists. He holds a BA in Communications from MCLA.

Peter lives in Cheshire with Tara and his two stepchildren, Kie and Emma. In his rare spare time, he enjoys keeping tropical fish, gardening, and working on his cars.

Favorite documentary: Rats (2016) by Morgan Spurlock.

Desert Island Book: Any U.S. President biography.   I especially like Theodore Roosevelt, Willian McKinley and Warren G Harding.

Favorite filming gear:  The wirecast PC based switcher.

Vision for WilliNet:  It astonishes me all they/we do now.  Honestly, folks here don’t know what a jewel they have here!  The programing and coverage, innovation, live events, is better than most access studios with five times the budget and three times the paid staff.  Bravo Willinet!!

Nolan Smith is a Production Technician at WilliNet with a BA in Media & Screen Studies/Film Production from Northeastern University. He brings a passion for filmmaking and production in all its forms. As a municipal employee in Pittsfield, Nolan understands the importance of making local government accessible through coverage of municipal meetings and community events.

Favorite documentary: Free Solo. Nolan is fascinated by the pursuit of a self-imposed challenge that pushes against fundamental human instincts.

Desert island book: A collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s works. A horror fan, Nolan admires Poe’s distinctive mastery of the genre.

Favorite filming gear: A tie between Ronin gimbals and Sony cameras. He appreciates Ronin’s straightforward, effective stabilization and Sony’s combination of accessible setup and sophisticated controls.

Vision for WilliNet: Nolan would love to expand coverage of nonprofits and events throughout Williamstown and the Berkshires, helping capture, preserve, and share more of the remarkable things happening across the county.

Court Chatelier is a podcaster, poet, and assistant producer at WilliNet Community Television. They’re a fan of media that teaches them something new, whatever the format.

Favorite documentary: Ask E. Jean, though they are pretty sure You Can See Everything will take the top spot.

Desert island book: A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth by Daniel Mason.

Favorite gear: A laptop!

Vision for WilliNet :Would love to see WilliNet produce more original, independent programming and help people across the Berkshires bring their creative ideas to life. Their local community television studio in Broward County, Florida, helped them grow as a creator, and they hopes WilliNet can do the same for others.

Danielle Dominguez is a production assistant intern at WilliNet and a nontraditional student at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Music Industry and Production.

At WilliNet, she brings her skills in audio engineering, video production, and editing to projects from pre-production through the final cut.

Outside of WilliNet, Danielle enjoys reading, hosting a radio show, riding her bike, and taking aerial silks classes on weekends.

Isabel Meng is a first-year student at Williams College planning to double major in History and Economics. As a Live Fundraising Event Intern at WilliNet, she coordinates live shows, drafts engaging scripts, and supports community-driven broadcasts.

Outside of her work in local media, Isabel is actively involved in campus life as a member of Williams Amnesty, The Record, and CISSA. In her free time, she enjoys film, reading, tennis, and playing card games.

Favorite documentary:
Fire of Love (2022), directed by Sara Dosa

Desert Island Book:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Favorite filming gear:
Don’t have a favorite just yet, but I’m excited to keep exploring!

Vision for WilliNet:
WilliNet will continue to be the heartbeat of Williamstown’s civic life. Moving forward, we will sustain our commitment to elevating local storytelling while expanding our accessibility and community impact!

I joined the WilliNet board because I believe in its mission – to provide citizens free access to video technologies and training for telling their stories and to be an accessible and vital connection to Town government and democratic engagement.  Additionally, I’m proud of the dedicated staff and producers who ensure that community stories are told, underscoring the profound importance of local community media. 

I’ve been active in our community having served on the boards of Williamstown Chamber of Commerce, Williamstown Community Chest, Elder Services of Berkshire County, Williamstown Historical Museum and as a clerk at Chapter Two Books.

Currently retired, my professional work had been primarily in banking, having worked at MountainOne Bank, in various capacities for over twenty years.

To me, Willinet is three things: a portal, a witness, and an archive. In all these ways, Willinet educates us and sustains our sense of community. Our function as a town, a democracy, and a home depends on this work. Willinet holds the thread that connects us, reminding us of who we are, who we have been, and who we might become.

I am enthusiastic about promoting Willinet’s worthwhile civic objectives and about supporting its wonderful team of folks dedicated to the profound importance of our local community television.  Willinet — just like our local government, local schools and local cultural offerings — is all about the meaningful partnerships we create that knit us together.

Martin has been an active participant in local community life, having served as an elected select board member, elected library trustee, conservation commission member, and board of health member as well as having been a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) in southern Berkshire County.  In addition to his WilliNet board role, he currently volunteers with the Friends of Milne Public Library, helping sort donations for Chapter Two Books.  Martin’s professional work was in corporate, municipal and personal finance.

When I interned at Willinet in 2005, I immediately felt that it was special. The people—the Willinet staff and all the community members that contribute to the programming—all want to make their community a better place. As I continue to strengthen my roots in Williamstown, I hope to share my community vision and help others to realize theirs.

As the go-to communication person at the Milne Public Library, I understand the importance of civic engagement and how communication plays a role in building community connections. I am ecstatic to be on the WilliNet board as community television is an important way to continue fostering town knowledge and belonging.

Serving on both the WilliNet and Milne Library boards, I focus on expanding access to local stories and media-making tools. WilliNet’s production resources are essential for helping more residents tell their own stories and engage with local media.

I joined the WilliNet board because I believe a strong community thrives when people are empowered to speak, learn, and connect. Technology mediates our speech: I’m passionate about making media access a space for inquiry, dialogue, and civic participation, helping bridge technology and humanity so that everyone in our community can share, receive, and engage with information that matters.