The WilliNet Board of Directors is excited to announce Theresa “Teri” Yuan as the next Executive Director of WilliNet, Community TV for Williamstown. Yuan is a northern Berkshire resident who brings 15 years of executive and operations leadership experience building mission-driven organizations and public facing programs.

As CEO of Equality Labs, Yuan led operations for a rapidly scaling civil rights, education, and advocacy organization. Yuan produced and co-hosted en(gender)ed podcast and describes herself as a storyteller but: “I’m strongest in roles where the work requires both vision and follow-through: building partnerships, running day-to-day operations, supporting creators, and steadily improving systems so the organization can do more of what it exists to do.”

After a competitive job search this spring, WilliNet Board Chair Mary Strout reports: “The Board is elated to find someone with Teri’s background in media storytelling, and community programming to further WilliNet’s mission as an avenue of free speech for the people of Williamstown to engage, connect and create.”

Teri Yuan starts on June 22, “I am excited to help WilliNet step into its next chapter- strengthening civic life in Williamstown while making the station even more accessible, relevant, and energizing for the people it serves.”

Yuan will overlap with current Director Deb Dane, who is retiring on June 30 after 20 years at the helm. Dane’s spirited leadership was recognized in 2021 when WilliNet received the Scarborough Salomon Flynt Community Service Award in recognition of “extraordinary dedication, excellence, and integrity in service to Williamstown.”