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Meet Our Volunteers

Penny AbshirePenny Abshire is a busy voice actor, producer, coach, director, and copywriter in San Diego, CA. She and her partner, James R. Alburger, are the owners of The VoiceActing Academy - a school for aspiring voice actors. She co-teaches The VoiceActing Academy workshops with James. She is a gifted director and loves the opportunity to guide others on their performance paths. Penny is the recipient of the prestigious Omni Intermedia Award for excellence in copy writing, the Communicator Award, and multiple Silver Microphone Awards, among others for her work as a voice actor. She is also the author the very popular book, Demo and Marketing Magic for Voice Actors.
Deborah AkbarDeborah (Liz) Akbar is a married, stay-at-home mom who juggles home-schooling her children with launching her voice-over career and website. Parents Magazine was a logical choice to podcast because she enjoys parenting even though her youngest is now a teenager. Liz enjoys talking even when people wanted her to be quiet, so she's looking forward to a long and successful career.
Tansy AlexanderTansy Alexander is a native Californian and has called Los Angeles her home for almost 2 decades. She started doing voiceovers several years after her arrival and has voiced countless projects including commercials, narrations, promos, industrials and voice prompt systems. She also performs regularly on-camera in films, plays, commercials, hosting and red carpet assignments. In addition to acting, Tansy plays guitar and sings in 2 local rock bands. She enjoys Pilates and Yoga, cycling at the beach, movies, animals, cooking, the outdoors and her newest hobby, acrylic painting. She also volunteers for Wheels For Humanity and other charities during their yearly fundraising efforts. Tansy is thrilled to be part of the AIRS-LA Volunteers, delivering the weekly Entertainment SDP on Thursdays.
R.J. AmadorRobert John "R.J." Amador - A recent graduate of the University of California, Irvine, with a BA degree in International Studies and Corporate Management, has myriad interests and skills. Besides his academic pursuits, which focus on energy development in developing countries, he was a Division 1 athlete, locally acclaimed saxophonist, and has volunteered locally and internationally. R.J. is a Crew Leader with Habitat for Humanity. For the past few years, he has volunteered his time to work with the rural laborers of Leon, Nicaragua, building an infrastructure for agricultural education. R.J.'s job experience includes working at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain, working with local real estate developers, and founding an internationally recognized non-profit project. He is extremely excited to read National Geographic from his new seat at Cambridge University in the U.K. - AIRS's first international volunteer!
Janet AultJanet Ault - After 20 years as a successful account executive for such companies as United Telecommunications, 3M, and Bell Atlantic, Janet got off the corporate merry-go-round to be an at-home mom to her only child, Natalie. When Natalie entered first grade, Janet decided to try her hand at her life-long dream: voiceover. After training for a solid year, she slowly, but surely, built up a clientele. Being a freelance talent allows her the flexibility to pursue the career she always dreamed of yet be available as wife and mother. Janet has voiced projects for Disney, Six Flags, Hasbro, Dial Corporation, CSK Auto, Fisher-Price, Pei Wei Asian Diners, as well as scores of local and regional clients. She adds her talents to the monthly podcast of the Reader's Digest coordinated by Bobbin Beam.
Melissa BairdActress Melissa Baird comes to us from Seattle where she graduated from the University of Washington Drama program. In addition to her stage and voiceover work there she also volunteered as a reader for the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. In Los Angeles Melissa has appeared in the recent CBS television series, "The Fugitive" and on stage in "Proof" and "Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarden." She is committed to serving the community and dedicates her volunteer work to her father, who had special needs himself. She reads Real Simple Magazine for AIRS.
Roger BakerRoger Baker - resides in beautiful western North Carolina, where he has lived all of his life. "I wouldn't want to live anywhere else," he tells us. Having only been involved part-time in voiceover for about 5 years, he has found voiceover work to be extremely fun, very fulfilling, and has worked with and met lots of great people in the VO world. His full time career is in the electronics industry where he is employed by Tyco Electronics as a Metrology Specialist. When he's not working on voiceover, he loves writing and producing his own award-winning (someday...) music. In addition to AIRS, he can also be heard weekly on The News from the WWW, carried by the Illinois Radio Reader Association, and as "Blake in the afternoon" on a local Christian rock radio station. Roger currently produces the Friday Health SDP for Daily AIRS.
Alice BaptisteAlice Baptiste began her career as a voiceover actor in October, and has changed a hobby into a passion! She hails from Butler, Pennsylvania, works full time as the Circulation Supervisor at the Butler Public Library, and babysits grandkids. She's not sure where she gets the time to record Ladies Home Journal for AIRS... but somehow it all works.
Bobbin BeamBobbin Beam's professional career from behind a microphone began in Milwaukee in 1970, while she was still in high school, making her one of Wisconsin's first female radio broadcasters. Bobbin's broadcast career includes seven major-market radio stations, and two television stations. In 1984, Bobbin became a full-time voiceover talent and moved to Southern California. Since then, her voice has been heard in many countries, in thousands of commercials, narrations, audio books, documentaries, trailers and promos. ABC, Disney Channel, and Fortune 500 companies have featured Bobbin's Voice... warm, friendly, professional, and sincere. Bobbin enjoys reading Readers' Digest for AIRSLA.
Cynthia CitronCynthia Citron has lived and worked on every continent except Antarctica as a journalist, communications specialist, documentary screenwriter and theater reviewer. She was Director of Publications at Boston University, serving as editor of Bostonia, the University's award-winning alumni magazine; an associate vice president of the University of Hartford; Communications Director for CARE, the international relief and development agency; and Public Relations Director for City of Hope. At Boston University she also served as public relations director for the School for the Arts. She is also the co-founder of Earthwatch, the scientific research expedition organization. Her honors and awards include: the Haile Selassie Gold Medal for services to the Ethiopian Empire, the Exceptional Achievement Award for Bostonia Magazine, medals from the International Film Festival of New York for Fighting Famine in Africa and the Chicago Film Festival, for Man in Ethiopia.
Tom ConklinTom Conklin brings more than 15 years of experience behind the microphone to AIRS-LA. He began his career in radio in 1996 after twelve years working in the healthcare field. Starting off at AM1420 WBEC in Pittsfield, MA, Tom has worked as a news reporter, disc jockey, and talk show host at different times in his career. Currently he provides news on a daily basis for a cluster of radio stations in the communities of Pittsfield, Great Barrington and North Adams, MA. Tom began his journey into voiceovers in 2004 while also continuing his radio career. Tom is also a guitarist/songwriter and plays in his local area with his band "The Matchstick Architects". Tom produces the Daily AIRS Saturday podcast, "This Day in Oldies Music History".
Dave CourvoisierDave Courvoisier is an Emmy Award winning writer/producer and on-air talent. He is one of the most recognizable faces in Las Vegas by virtue of his 20 years anchoring the news and reporting on children's issues. Currently, he anchors 3 newscasts/day for the CBS affiliate: KLAS-TV. For the last 5 years, Dave has been doing VoiceOvers for such clients as JetBlue, McDonalds, Abbott Labs, and the EPA. He has also voiced a number of audiobooks and is a member of the AudioBook Publishers Association, The Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists, and recently lectured at an voiceover industry conference on the topic of "Leveraging Social Media for Your VoiceOver Business." He has been married to his wife, Victoria, for 27 years and has a daughter in high school and two in college. Dave is a proud member of the team producing The Reader's Digest podcast for AIRS-LA.
Jason DavisJason Davis has been working behind microphones since 1995, including 7 years as the afternoon drive host at WQMZ-FM in Charlottesville, VA and part-time work with WWFS-FM in New York City and WMGQ-FM in New Brunswick, NJ. Currently, Jason works as a full time voice over artist, doing commercials, corporate and documentary narrations, TV station promos, dubbing English for foreign language films and TV shows, e-learning, phone systems and more. He also hosts team trivia nights at several NJ restaurants and sometimes works as a DJ/MC at weddings, corporate and charity events and other parties. In his spare time, Jason enjoys spending time with family and friends, pop culture, trivia, music, social networking, and baseball. He reads Baseball Digest for AIRS-LA.
DC GoodeDC Goode has been a VO pro since 1984 and was in radio for 10 years before that. After 20 years in Los Angeles and Orange County, Ca. working in radio, TV, as an actor, VO and variety artist; he moved to Northern California in 1995, where he has a VO studio with ISDN and phone patch serving VO clients all over the world. Most recently he can be heard on radio spots for Time Warner, Frontier Airlines and TV commercials for Microsoft, GMC, Cadillac, Rush Copley Hospital and many more. He also can be heard in Documentaries, audiobooks, narrations, MOH and IVR for several companies and he provides characters for Interactive games. In the Looping and ADR department, his most recent work is in the movie Zodiac, now out on DVD. He also coaches talent and, of course, reads for the Reader's Digest Series for AIRS.
Darrayl HamptonDarrayl Hampton is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, and has resided in Los Angeles since 1992. He is a proud graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (Go Bears!), and when not working as a sales manager for a small telecommunications company, enjoys sporting events, trivia contests, and recording the ESPN Magazine podcast for AIRS-LA!
Tom HathawayTom Hathaway is a dual Canadian/US citizen. For the past 13 years, he's resided in San Diego and considers it home. His past accomplishments include: Creator, producer and host of the syndicated radio program 'Maximum Blues,' Director of televised City Council meetings on Community Television, Producer and host of 'Maximum Blues Presents' on Community Television, Host of 'Plugged In,' a currents TV show on Community Television, and a Juror for the Juno Awards (Canadian Grammy) in the Blues and Gospel category. He reads Canadian opinion articles for the Daily AIRS SDP.
Jean Hilde-FulghumJean Hilde-Fulghum is a recovering divorce lawyer who is thoroughly enjoying her latest incarnation as a voice-over artist! She is honored to be reading for AIRS-LA, and tickled to be part of such an amazing and talented group of narrators. She reads from a small studio in her home, mostly at night when the air traffic from SeaTac airport is at a lull and the neighborhood dogs are asleep. Through the magic of the interwebs, she has recorded voice-recognition files for a client in Beijing, automated kiosk commands for a company in Mumbai, a gig as an FBI agent for a movie storyboard in L.A., meditation guides for a yogi in Denmark, and an online education course for the University of Delaware. She is in the process of creating an animation and video-games demo, with the goal of working in the gaming industry and really truly embarrassing her 21-year old twins at last. Jean can be contacted at jmhilde@earthlink.net.
Harlan HoganHarlan Hogan - has been a full time voice actor for over 30 years. You might recognize his voice from many classic ads. Hallmark: "When you care enough to send the very best." Raid! "Kills bugs fast - Kills bugs Dead." Even Quaker Life’s immortal: "It’s cereal even Mikey likes." Today, you hear him on commercials for Cracker Barrel and Ford trucks and documentaries like "The Life and Tragedy of Louis Sullivan" and "Storm Warriors. Heroes of the shipwreck Coast." Harlan is also that voice that thanks you for you generous contribution to PBS. He lives in the Chicagoland area and contributes his talents to Readers Digest series for AIRS.
Caroline Jaden StussiCaroline Jaden Stussi is an international actress who is fluent in 5 languages and has a Master of Law. She is fairly new to the voice-over community and enjoys combining her passion with a good cause. When not working on set, she loves to spend time with her fiancé, laugh, hike, swim, surf, sail and go fishing. She is very proud to record the Entertainment Weekly magazine podcast for AIRS-LA - especially because she is often teased for her "playful & sultry" voice and her accent.
Bob JordanBob Jordan studied piano as a young man at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. He began his professional 'behind the mike' career 31 years ago, hosting a successful radio morning show in Southern California. From there Bob moved into production were he spent 20 years writing, voicing and producing thousands of commercials and promo's for major clients such as Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Universal Studios, Sea World, Ford, Walmart and Media Matters. Bob has been a method actor for the past 15 years performing lead roles in many Christian and community presentations. He has also been the master of ceremonies for several big city Beauty Pageants in California. Currently, he performs the voiceover services described on his web site at www.voices.com/people/bobjordan. Bob is honored to be on the AIRS-LA volunteer team, podcasting feature articles from Money Magazine.
Martha KahnMartha Kahn - As a versatile, gifted and talented voice actor, Martha will bring your project to light! Experienced in Narration, Commercials, Promos, Phone Messaging, Audio Books, and Documentaries, she has trained with the best in Los Angeles and San Diego. For the past 7 years Martha has been the voice of Jenny Craig International’s phone messaging system and can be heard as the new voice for SportsBidding.com and FashionistaBids.com. Her clear authorative voice has led to numerous medical narration clients, while her tranquil tones have led to meditation CD’s. Martha’s Motto: YES I Kahn!
Steve KrattigerSteve Krattiger - Born and grew up in the San Fernando valley in Southern California. He graduated from Cal-State Northridge with a B.S. in Computer-Science/Computer-Architecture, and has been designing embedded digital systems for many years now. His career has spanned across wired/wireless networking, routers, power systems, and aviation at Xircom, Capstone Turbine, Malibu Networks, and Eclipse Aviation. He also has a pilot's license he earned when he was 20, has owned two planes, and flown many aircraft over the years from antiques to jets. Steve has been married to his wife Cyndi for over 20 years now, and they live in Northridge with their four kids. He is currently the Director of Hardware Engineering at a hi-tech wireless start-up in Thousand Oaks, Xirrus, Inc. But don't let the title fool you, his love of high-speed digital electronics has him wearing a second hat as the lead engineer for the company, designing their multi-core motherboards, and even writing some software too. He is fairly new to the voice-over community, and is active on several voice-over websites, including reading weekly podcasts from Smithsonian and AARP magazines for AIRS-LA.
Roy LawRoy Law - London-born Anglo-Irish, who has been described as an unstuffy cut-glass Brit. He started his corporate life as a Scientific Civil Servant in England, but escaped into the commercial world after eleven years; his longest stint in a vertical market was with Housing Associations and Health Authorities. Data integrity is his game (in which he also includes investigative accounting and proofreading!) with a patience born of a boyhood untangling fishing lines. Self-employed for over fifteen years, he’s seeking both a publisher for a book on relationships and a companionable female barrister "to test a hypothesis." Roy thrives on audience reaction "I've been commentating for more years than you can shake a polo stick at..." which he misses during sound booth sessions. He reads British Satire for AIRS-LA.
Danielle LescureDanielle Lescure is an actor and model on the rise. She's very proud to be working with such wonderful, talented folks and a great organization, for which she has found time to read LA Times articles and fill-in as scheduler (the most demanding of the volunteer job categories at AIRS).
Cyndee MaxwellCyndee Maxwell's broadcasting career includes stints at rock-formatted radio stations in Los Angeles and San Diego, and the trade publication Radio & Records. She was the company's Rock Editor for 10 years, and then became Vice President of Editorial and Music Operations before rising to Associate Publisher/Editorial Director over the print and online publications. Today, Cyndee enjoys the voiceover business, including of course, hosting "This Week in History" for AIRS-LA.
Mike McGonegalMike McGonegal started his corporate life as hybrid IT administrator and customer service representative in the hotel services industry. After he and his family moved back East, he became a contract desktop support engineer (it's not nearly as glorious as it sounds) at one of the world's largest institutional investment firms, where he quickly became THE support person for the entire executive staff at the company's Boston headquarters. After that contract ran out, Mike got a job closer to home at a software company, where he provided support and training for both in-house and paying customers. He's provided what would eventually be termed 'e-learning' to such companies as Merck, Scotts Lawncare, CitiGroup, and the US Army Signal Corps long before there was a word for it... However, all things must come to an eventual end and since then, Mike has focused on building his voice-over business using both his 'geek' and customer service skills to his clients benefit. Mike makes his home in New Hampshire with his family and reads Motor Trend for AIRS.
Darla MiddlebrookDarla Middlebrook is a transplanted Ohio girl who has lived in Saskatchewan Canada most of her life. She usually shares her home with a cat or two. Originally from Mansfield, Ohio; Darla recently retired from 40 years as a Speech Pathologist (SLP) working with children. While working as an SLP, she found time to perform on stage in operas, musicals and dramas. Retirement has allowed Darla to re-invent herself as a Voice Over talent specializing in narration of audio books. She brings to this new career a background in speech, language, singing and acting. Since retiring, Darla has also been able to devote time to volunteer work. She volunteers through the local hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to deliver meals to out-patients and reads to residents at one of the local nursing homes. Darla is happy to be able to lend her voice to AIRS-LA.
Ken MillerKen Miller - A forty-six year broadcasting veteran whose career has included local and national sales and general management positions in radio. During those 46 years, Ken has had sales management and marketing responsibilities for the California Angels, Los Angeles Rams, UCLA Football and Basketball and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Currently, he is a consultant to the Los Angeles Dodgers and KABC for the Dodgers Radio Network. A longtime resident of Woodland Hills, Ken and his wife of 51 years, Marlene, have four grown children and eight grandchildren. Ken presents "Dodger Time" for AIRS-LA.
Ted MulderTed Mulder - Ted has studied with some of the best voice teachers in the business and is currently pursuing a career in audio book narration. But basically, Ted is just an easy-going guy with a pleasant voice - who enjoys lending that voice to help others. Telling the story so the listener becomes engaged in its dream, fantasy, or theme is his primary desire. Ted hails from San Diego, California and supports AIRS-LA by reading selections from Readers Digest.
Riva NelsonRiva Nelson - is a recently retired clinical psychologist and professor at U.C. San Francisco. For many years she was able to have the best of both professional worlds - teaching and private practice. She was born in San Francisco, has traveled far and wide and lives in the S.F. Bay Area which will always be "home." She is married to a retired law professor who has enjoyed the wandering life the last 8 years as a visiting professor all over the U.S. and since Riva's retirement, she is able to join him in his travels. She records for Learning Ally in both their N.Y. and Palo Alto studios and also records for Librivox. Part of her love of reading aloud stems from her many year passion for being read to - whether in person or by audio and the great joy she experienced reading to her one son - now 23 years old and still an avid reader.
Linda O'BrianLinda O'Brian - is a voice actor with 20+ years experience and a client list that includes SONY, the Beverly Hills Hotel & Spa, Arm & Hammer Tooth Paste, CVS Pharmacy, Fantastic Sams, Verizon, Century 21, NAPA Auto Parts, Johnson & Johnson, Bell Helicoptor, Focus on the Family, Compassion International, Mercury Records, Way Out West Stores, Midwest Mechanical, Dallas Community Colleges, Vartec Telecom, GTE On-Call, Dollar General, Coca-Cola Bottling, Relax the Back Stores, Budget Rent-A-Car, Southwestern Bell, Sprint, MCI, Texas Instruments, Hills Science Diet, Hewlett Packard, Turbo Tax, American Heart Association, Walmart, Geico, ABC Radio Network, WOOD-TV(NBC), Family Life Radio and many more! She is the host of United Stations Radio Network's American Christian Music Review and reads articles from Reader's Digest for AIRS.
Jody OlsonJody Olson - Jody grew up on an acreage, five miles from the middle of nowhere in North Central Iowa. He joined the Navy straight out of High School and spent the next 20 years traveling the world, serving on four different submarines and various shore commands. After that He bounced around the Defense Industry, in various rolls to protect our men and women in uniform. He is proud to be a part of the AIRS-LA Reader's Digest Project.
Derek PartridgeDerek Partridge started narrating BBC TV documentaries in 1961. He's a TV and radio talk show host, been a news anchor for Financial News Network, (now CNBC); Rhodesian TV and Radio. He was chief news reader and managing editor for NewspapersForTheBlind.org. Spokesman for, eg: Microsoft, Apple, Intel, Hughes Missiles, Lincoln, Mercedes, Jaguar, BMW, Walt Disney, Mattel, Coca Cola, Ritz Carlton, Getty Oil, Callaway, BP, UK Ministry of Defence. Recently he hosted and narrated: "Leslie Howard - The Man Who Gave a Damn" and "The Mystery of Flight 777" about Howard's death, which gave Derek his life. see story at www.derekpartridge.com; "Betrayal of the American Investor"; Massey Ferguson Tractors in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Irish; "Magical Egypt" (12-part series); "Wallet Roulette" (ABC); "Adventures Abroad", a 26-week Outdoor Channel series and, a documentary about Charles Lindbergh. Along the way, he was fortunate enough to receive 2 PBS Emmys, 2 Tellys for narration and a Voicey Lifetime Achievement Award. His third marriage has lasted 18 years and he and Joyce dote on their "kids". two Bengal kitties! His hobbies are international trap shooting (former British Team member) and golf.
Arthur PellmanArthur Pellman has disproven the adage "While you can take the boy out of Brooklyn; you can't take Brooklyn out of the boy." He is still a BROOKLYN Dodger fan! He is an actor and teacher of acting, currently, at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury on Long Island. He is a Yale Drama graduate and has appeared on stage, TV, and radio commercials in New Haven, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Off-Broadway as Conrad, a Nazi who escaped to Canada in "A Refuge of Lies," and as Ahab, in "Moby Dick, Rehearsed." In a recent film, "The Devil's Tale," which won five independent film awards, he played a retired Texas border patrol officer with a heart of gold. Among the roles he has played with various Shakespeare companies in NYC and Cambridge, MA are Falstaff (Henry IV, pt. I), Northumberland (Richard II), Sir Nathaniel (Love's Labours Lost) and Holofernes (Love's Labours Lost). His voice can be heard at the National Museum of Jewish American History, the Harpers Ferry Museum, and in documentaries about pollution in the Ganges and the internment of Japanese American citizens during WWII.
Tony PettitTony Pettit brings more than 25 years of voice over and radio broadcasting experience to AIRSLA. His voice has been heard on numerous television and radio commercials, corporate instructional programs, e-learning programs, book recordings and telephone on-hold messages. Among his clients are: The National Geographic Society, Houghton Mifflin, The Walt Disney Company, Red Lobster Restaurants, NASA, Nickelodeon TV, Amtrak, Bank of Montreal, Harcourt Publishing, Thomas Nelson Publishers, and Compass Learning, to name just a few. A native of New Jersey, he and his wife now make their home in Florida. Tony enjoys traveling, cooking, model railroading and, of course, recording Time magazine for AIRS-LA.
Danielle RayneDanielle Rayne has been a working actress for more than 20 years and is grateful to be recording National Geographic Kids for AIRS LA. For more info on Danielle, please visit www.daniellerayne.com.
Donna ReedProfessional voiceover talent Donna Reed specializes in narration and broadcast promos. A native New Yorker, she is currently the voice for tv news stations and documentaries for the travel industry. Before working as a voiceover talent and her career in broadcasting, Donna served in the United States Coast Guard in Operations and Public Affairs as a photojournalist. She is a graduate of Florida State University whose professional memberships include American Women in Radio & Television and Women in Film & Television. Donna reads Redbook Magazine for AIRS-LA. She is also a mom who knows the value of frozen dinners.
Ludim Marie SanchezLudim Marie Sanchez (who is happy to go by "Lu") resides in Orange County, California with her husband of 18 years and their two children. She is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton (B.S. Child Development). An educator, she has worked for 15 years with the Anaheim City School District as a Special Education Instructional Assistant. Currently she works in a preschool Special Day class, assisting with children dealing with issues ranging from autism to speech and language disabilities. Within the past year she has begun to focus her aspirations on becoming a Voice-Over talent. She also enjoys volunteering her time at her church in the Worship Arts Department singing on weekends. Recently, she has begun to play the Ukulele, leading Circle Time and Music and Movement activities with the children in her class. Finally, one her most cherished activities is reading aloud to her own children, as well as children in the classroom.
Bryan SaulsburyBryan Saulsbury is a native Californian through and through. Born and raised in Northern California, there is no place he would rather be! When Bryan is not working as a mortgage broker, he spends his time with his wife, Jennifer, and their amazing dog, Barley. Dock diving, obedience competitions and water trials keep everyone busy! Sailing is another passion the three share, and weekends on the San Francisco Bay is where you will find them unwinding from the pressures of daily life. Bryan is studying voiceover acting at Voice One in San Francisco and is currently reading Cooks Illustrated for AIRS-LA.
Connie TerwilligerConnie Terwilliger is a full-time voiceover talent based in San Diego. She provides voice tracks to clients around the world working out of her professional home studio. In a prior life, she was a producer/writer and on- and off-camera spokesperson for major corporations, both independently and in-house. You hear her voice in retail stores from coast to coast and overseas. She does radio and TV spots, corporate marketing pieces, long form narration and e-learning, as well as cartoon voices. She is the voice of Carol, the Secretary in the Dilbert animations and Miss Bliss in the Cul de Sac animations, as well as many other characters for the New Yorker animated cartoons. Connie is a part of the Reader's Digest team at AIRS-LA.
Linda ThompsonLinda Thompson retired from her fourteen year aerospace engineering career to be a stay-at-home mom to her and husband Richard’s two kids. One of the real joys of this rewarding new job was reading stories to Scott and Bryn. Now that both are in high school, they run in horror from Mom when she follows after them trying to get them to listen to the still delightful (to Linda) books. Much to their relief, Linda is now reading for AIRS LA instead. You can hear her health news selections weekly, but, sorry, no Goodnight Moon.
Eila UlyetEila Ulyett trained as an actress at Corona Stage School in London for 6 years. After working in film and television she decided to see what life was like on the other side of the camera and pursued a career in Casting, working for Pemberton's Advertising Agency and London Weekend Television. In 1994, Eila and her family moved from England to California, for what was supposed to be a 3 year business transfer. But 3 years turned into 5, and 5 turned into 15! Now they are American citizens loving every second of their Southern California lives. Eila started her voice over career in 2008 and is delighted to be an AIRS volunteer in such esteemed company. You can hear her reading weekly articles from Business Week magazine.
Paul J. WarwickPaul J. Warwick hails from Boston, Massachusetts but now calls Orlando Florida his home. He's been married to his wife Lori for 17 years, and has a 16 year old beagle, and two cats, one 13 the other 8. When he's not recording and editing the PC World Magazine podcast for AIRS-LA, Paul's busy marketing his voiceover business through social networks.
Larry WayneLarry Wayne is currently on the air in the evening with the nationwide K-LOVE radio network. Residing near Sacramento, CA. with his wife of 27 years, he spends his time with his adult children, being grandpa to his 7 grandkids, traveling, and reading Readers Digest for AIRS! Growing up near Chicago, Illinois, Larry remembers often reading Readers Digest, when it would show up in the mail - addressed to his parents! He always read the jokes first! Larry has been involved in radio broadcasting and voice narration work for over three decades.
Julie WilliamsJulie Williams is celebrating her 30th year in voice-overs. She has voiced thousands of commercials, narrations, video games, infomercials, documentaries, and other types of voice-over. Julie has been heard all over the world, and nationally on HGVT, WE, and other media outlets. She has served such clients as Coca-Cola, Pampers, Pizza Hut, Billy Graham, The US Army, US steel, Imperial Sugar, Sunny Delight, Dominos Pizza, Adobe, and thousands of others. Currently, Julie is heard on national Eyeglass World commercials, The New Body Shaper infomercial, and Skincerity Skin Care Product ads. She’s the voice of the video game "Stevie Learns Pool Safety." Last, but not least, she's working on several new podcast projects for AIRS.
Dan WorenDan Woren - For the last two decades, Dan has made his income primarily as a voice-over artist. He has been heard commercially as the spokesman for Pacific Life Insurance, Hertz Car Sales, the National Realtors Association, and Robinsons-May. Recently, Dan started recording books-on-tape for Random House - titles include: "Brother One Cell," "Under The Baseball Moon," "The Inner Game Of Tennis," and "Three Signs Of A Miserable Job." Dan is also very active in the cartoon/anime world, providing voices for numerous characters, including the tragic-hero Roy Fokker, on the "Robotech" series, Jagi, in "Fist Of The North Star," and Wilbur D'Anclaude, in "Armitage Poly-Matrix." Currently, he can be heard as the voice of Byakuya Kuchiki in the anime series, "Bleach." Dan spends some of his free time writing poetry, prose, and the occasional happy song.
Margo ZinbergAs a veteran publicist and writer in Los Angeles, Margo Zinberg has touted the talents of NBC stars, sung the praises of Nickelodeon’s top tweens and toons and penned untold press releases and magazine stories. Eager to cross over to voice-over she has studied with noted coaches during the past year. Her initial foray into the field actually occurred many moons ago when she narrated an adaptation of The Song of Hiawatha at age 10 for Detroit’s PBS channel. She holds a B.A. in communications from the University of Michigan and a Masters in journalism from UCLA. An avid tap dancer, she performs with the Diane Davisson Dancers and voices "radio spots" linking musical numbers of the troupe’s "Spec-tap-ular!" shows. She also enjoys recording audio books for RFBD (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) and LibriVox.org as well as LA Magazine for AIRS.

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