Ron has been involved with community media for over 25 years and in 2006, he became the Executive Director of MATV, Malden’s Media Center. Ron also served on the MATV Board of Directors from 1992-1998 including two years as Board President. In 1993, he became the Program Director at Wakefield Community Access Television (WCAT) where he served for 3 years and then became Director of Production and Outreach at Salem Access Television (SATV) for 6 years. In 2003, Ron returned to WCAT as the Executive Director until 2006 when he came back to his hometown of Malden to work at MATV.
Ron’s passion for community media has been evident throughout his career and especially with his work with youth and video as his originally designed “Kids Video Adventure” Workshop has won many regional and national awards. Ron also enjoys swimming, sailing and surfing. Recently widowed, Ron has two wonderful grandchildren, Connor and Sean and a lovely daughter, Kristen.