HEAR Now Festival

Margaret Silver is a seasoned digital entertainment executive serving as the Head of Strategic Marketing for Podium Audio, an audio-first entertainment company that finances, develops, produces and distributes immersive audio content. Margaret oversees all marketing and brand development functions as the company scales its catalogue of 1300+ sci-fi/fantasy audiobooks and expands into original content craf... Read More →

Karen Commins is an award-winning audiobook narrator, producer, publisher, and leading curator of info about the audiobook industry. Karen is a 4-time audiobook juror for the Voice Arts Awards competitions. She’s spoken about audiobook creation and marketing at VOAtlanta, on ACX... Read More →

Alexis Bourbeau is the Director of the Literature Community and Audiobook Quality at Learning Ally, a national non-profit dedicated to changing education by making the printed word accessible to all. He leads the production team responsible for bringing literature and YA fiction to life via audio. Working with volunteers at all stages of their voice-work journey, from newbies to aw... Read More →

Michael Kinsey has worked at Learning Ally for the past 20 yrs in the production department, most recently as their Voice Talent Recruiter. He is a 2-time SOVAS award winning audio book producer. He has also been playing the drums semi-professionally for the last 30yrs... Read More →

Emily Labes is the Communications Manager of Soundbooth Theater as well as a freelance Creative Communications Specialist. Like many members of the SBT team, she loves to tell stories as much as she loves to listen to them; though her stories are frantically typed rather than lyrically spoken. For Emily, storytelling takes a variety of forms... Read More →

Judith Kampfner trained as a career coach at NYU and then with Dr Eric Maisel the originator of the field of creativity coaching.A lecturer and broadcaster with thirty years of experience, she's been a radio maker for BBC, WNYC, WBEZ, NPR, and Australian Broadcasting. Since 2005... Read More →

Russell McGee received his Masters in TV/Film Production at Indiana University, in 2013 and his Bachelors in Theatre from Indiana State University, in 2001. Trained as a Meisner actor under Elaine Schatzline-Behr and trained as a Director/Editor under Robby Benson.His awards include... Read More →