Danielle Chynoweth

Danielle is a leader in political, arts, business, and non-profit sectors. She is currently a Director at the Prometheus Radio Project. In 2010, she managed the successful campaign to pass the Local Community Radio Act, opening up the airwaves for thousands new community radio stations in the U.S. She has been a Vice-President at OJC Technologies for 12 years and served on Urbana's City Council for 7 years spearheading public arts and broadband projects. She co-founded the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, negotiating its purchase of the downtown Urbana post office building and overseeing its conversion into a community media and arts center. She has taught throughout the world, most recently in Thailand, Burma, and Italy and as an Evans Scholar at Evergreen State College.