Bios

Eric Jansen Founder, Co-Executive Producer and Host, is a veteran broadcaster and print journalist. A former news anchor, producer and reporter at KQED-FM, San Francisco; KLIV-AM, San Jose; and Minnesota Public Radio, Eric's award-winning reports have been heard on many NPR programs and PRI's "Marketplace." His print work has been in The Mercury News, The Business Journal, and gay magazines Genre and The Advocate, among other publications. He co-produced the June 2007 PBS documentary Why We Sing!, about GLBT choruses and their role in the civil rights fight. In addition to producing Out in the Bay, Eric is a principal consultant specializing in PR, communications planning and media training with MGH Consulting, LLC.

Marilyn Pittman Co-Executive Producer and Host, is a veteran broadcaster. Her radio career spans 30 years and includes two national radio programs, talk show stints at KQED-FM and KGO-AM in San Francisco, as well as a daily comedy/talk show in the year 2000 on GAYBC.com which became Sirius radio's OUTQ channel. She teaches broadcast performance at UC Berkeley and has been the leading voice coach and talent consultant for NPR stations since 1989. The recipient of a 1991 GLAAD Media Award for her work as an openly gay stand-up comic and radio commentator, she has lived in San Francisco for 21 years.

Website: http://www.marilynpittman.com