Core Publisher, built on Drupal 7 by NPR Digital Services

Suzanne Brendle, Director of Client Services
Suzanne takes care of you, our clients. For this project, she leads: product pricing, contracts, external communication, and contributes to product design based on years of experiences with clients.  Ask her where to eat in Boston, and you won’t be sorry.

Doug Gaff, Director of Technology
Doug runs the Application Development and IT Operations teams for Public Interactive. Doug helps define the technical architecture and deployment strategy for PI’s suite of web products. When not in front of his computer, Doug enjoys adventures with his family, politics, music, electronics, home improvements, tinkering, and getting outside.

Dan Gurin, Product Consultant
With more than a decade of public radio station experience, Dan is brings a diverse and station centric perspective to the Core Publisher project. He helps with product ownership responsibilities and station rollout as well as interdepartmental and third party integration. Dan also enjoys playing classic guitar, skiing and sailing depending on the weather.

Keith Hopper, Director of Product Strategy and Development
Keith develops the vision and sets the strategy for the suite of PI products and how they work together – with a special emphasis on Core Publisher. When he’s not booking meetings or noodling in Powerpoint, Keith has his hands full with twin boys.

Dave Moore, Senior Web Application Developer
Dave has been doing soup-to-nuts web development for non-profits for nearly 10 years. For the past 3 years, he has specialized in Drupal back-end development. He’s very excited to be working at Public Interactive on the Core Publisher project. In his free time, he enjoys even more web development, cooking, the Red Sox, and fly-fishing.

Steve Safran, Editorial Consultant
Steve brings 20 years of journalism experience to our project, helping to guide the editorial side of the process. His website, Lost Remote, was one of the first in the industry to cover online media. He lives outside Boston with his family and a dog named “Fenway.”

Ki-Min Sung, Editorial Project Manager
Ki (pronounced Kee) is the primary editorial contact for Core Publisher pilot stations. She provides editorial guidance to stations and offers best practices around the news destination format. She often thinks about running a fifth marathon, but is at peace with having a back-bending yoga practice.

Angie Tung, Product Manager
Angie oversees the evolution of Core Publisher and works closely with various teams to help guide product planning, execution, and delivery. She is also the primary go-to person for our pilot stations. Her time away from droids is full of music, food, hoops, and pedal-powered choppers.