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Board of Directors

KNKX is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization governed by an independent Board of Directors. Friends of 88.5 FM is responsible for all governance including fiscal oversight, FCC compliance and policy decisions of KNKX. The board has no authority over music programming, news coverage, or day-to-day operational decisions.

Board meetings are open to the public. The board meetings will be held at KNKX’s offices in Seattle, Tacoma, or on Zoom.

Seattle Office: 1501 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
Tacoma Office: 930 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402

Upcoming Meetings:

  • March 13, 2024
  • May 8, 2024

If members of the community would like to attend and make public comment during KNKX board meetings, you will need to register at least two weeks in advance of the meeting date, to allow us to make the technical arrangements and plan the agenda. Please contact Paige Dahlke at pdahlke@knkx.org to register.

Joey Cohn

President & General Manager

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Joey Cohn has been a public radio fan for many years, dating back to when he was an on-air host at KUAT while attending the University of Arizona in Tucson. Later in his broadcast career, Joey worked in commercial radio and television in Phoenix.

In 1987, Joey joined KPLU and has held various positions, including Director of Content and General Manager. Under Joey’s leadership, KPLU won numerous national accolades including the Edward R. Murrow for news and the Marconi, for Jazz Station of the Year. Joey led the campaign to Save 88.5, raising over $8,000,000 in less than 6-months and transitioned the station to KNKX - an independent, community station.

Sarah Duran

Director

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Sarah Duran is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, with experience in media and entertainment, commercial, and technology transactions; privacy and security; and other complex legal and business issues. She began her legal career as an associate in DWT’s media group, handling public access, First Amendment and general litigation matters. While attending law school at the University of Baltimore, Sarah was a legal intern at National Public Radio and the Student Press Law Center in Washington D.C. Before law school, Sarah was an award-winning reporter at various newspapers, including the (Riverside) Press-Enterprise, Palm Beach Post and Tacoma News Tribune. Sarah lives in Seattle with her retired journalist husband, two teenage sons and two corgis. She is a member of the Filipino Lawyers of Washington.

Claire Grace

Chair

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Claire is a former corporate secretary, assistant general counsel and vice-president for the Weyerhaeuser Company. She retired from Weyerhaeuser in 2013. She was also vice president and associate counsel at Washington Mutual Bank. Claire serves on the board of the State of Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra.

Gayle McIntosh

Director

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Gayle is a communications consultant and writer who served as vice president for communications, chief of staff, and special assistant for strategic initiatives at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA for 20 years. Other professional engagements include director of communications for public television station KCTS 9 in Seattle; managing editor and manager of foundation relations for KETC-TV in St. Louis; and creative services manager for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Keith Seinfeld

Director

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Keith is a communications specialist for Public Health — Seattle & King County. Previously, during a 20-year journalism career, he became a familiar voice to KNKX listeners as a reporter on the KNKX news team, covering the environment and science & health beats. He also served as KNKX’s Assistant News Director. In 2007, he was awarded a prestigious one-year Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.

Claire Spain-Remy, MD

Director

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Dr. Claire Spain-Remy graduated from Duke University Medical School in 1985. She subsequently completed her OB-GYN residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma WA. After a tour of duty in Seoul, Korea, she served on the faculty of Madigan’s OB-Gyn Residency program. After leaving the military she served as a member of the OB-GYN faculty of Tacoma Family Medicine’s residency program and OB Access Fellowship for Family Practice physicians. She subsequently spent 12 years in private practice in Tacoma, WA, followed by the role of Specialty Medical Director for MultiCare Health system, then a 5 hospital healthcare system in the South Puget Sound of Washington. She ended her administrative career after serving as the Chief Physician Officer for MultiCare Health System where she had clinical and operational responsibility for almost 800 employed physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants, more than 100 ambulatory and hospital-based physician practices, and the MultiCare Research Institute. During her tenure as Chief Physician Officer she was responsible for the development and implementation of MultiCare Connected Care, Accountable Care Organization and Clinically Integrated Network, comprising over 1700 physicians and advanced practitioners as well as numerous care sites and ancillary services.

For the past 3 years Claire has served as a healthcare consultant with ValueIQ. Here her focus has been on helping Integrated Healthcare Systems develop and implement care management infrastructure and processes, physician leadership programs and governance that will support successful performance in accountable payer contracts.

Dr. Spain-Remy is married with 3 adult children and lives in the South Puget Sound region of Washington. She serves on the boards of PacificSource Health Plans, the YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties, the Tacoma/Pierce County chapter of Habitat for Humanity and is a member of the Duke Medical Alumni Council.

Stephen Tan

Director & Secretary

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Stephen is a partner at Cascadia Law Group, a regional environmental law firm, where his practice focuses on environmental litigation. He chaired KPLU’s Community Advisory Council from 2013 to 2016. Stephen also serves on the boards of the National Audubon Society, Braided River Publishing, and PCC Community Markets.

John Teutsch

Director

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John is a Seattle-based developer and real estate investor with over thirty years in the Pacific Northwest. Through his firm, Teutsch Partners, John has been the managing general partner in the acquisition, development, leasing, and management of a wide variety of award-winning mixed-use and single-purpose projects, including office, biotech, medical office, industrial/warehouse distribution, apartments, retirement communities, and marinas. John’s professional and community affiliations include President, NAIOP Washington State Chapter 2016-2017; LAW Fund, Board of Directors; Pacific Real Estate Institute, Past President & Board Member; Member Washington State and Texas State Bar Associations. John earned degrees in accounting and law from the University of Texas and a Masters in Environmental Science from Rice University.

David Veterane

Treasurer

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David is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a founding partner of Rainier Investment Management, from which he retired in 2003. He is a founder and current director of The Kossoye Development Project, which works to improve community health in northwestern Ethiopia through gardening education. David also serves on the board of directors of the Harrison Medical Center Foundation. He previously served for twelve years on the board of directors of the Harrison Medical Center Board and 25 years as a probation officer for the Kitsap Court Juvenile Diversion Program. David earned a B.A in Finance and Accounting from the University of Washington.