Betty Jo with President Derin
It was a really special honor to have Betty Jo Cugini sitting at our table last Monday evening. A woman of many talents from a family who has continually given back to the community. She is currently on the Board at Westerly Library & Wilcox Park as well as the Babcock-Smith House; she is owner of Weathervane Communications - a Westerly-based multimedia business; and she is Director of New Media at The University of Rhode Island and affiliated faculty member at Emerson College. Her career included "stints at WERI/WRX radio, ABC6 and NBC10, where she rose through the ranks from night assignment editor... to news director" -the first female news director at WJAR in its 60-year history. "Along with Jim Karpeichik of Ocean State Video, she has produced a video series called 'Treasurers Inside the Museum' in partnership with Rhode Island Public Television." "She is a National Edward R Murrow Award winner and was inducted into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New England Chapter, in 2010."
