Judges
Take a moment to learn about this years GEPA judges!
Gina Ragusa
Gina Ragusa is currently a news editor at Entertainment Weekly after helping to launch the entertainment arm of Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Gina has worked for outlets like MIC and VICE and is known for her exclusives, especially those in the Bravouniverse.
Mike Morse
Pionaire Network President, Mike Morse, is no stranger to being on a microphone and in front of a TV camera. The skills he developed through being a radio personality and TV host over the years has lead Mike to unprecedented growth at Pionaire and YEA Networks as well as being a key contributor to ratings success with radio stations 106.1 Kiss FM, Mix 101.5, and G105 and as an On-Air Personality; on the TV station WNCN as the Telly Award winning Host of My Carolina Talk; and on the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show as Executive Producer and Show Director. In addition to co-founding the national experiential talent agency, Radio DJs, Mike has also DJ’d for national recording artists like Katy Perry, N’Sync, Salt’N’Pepa, Nelly, Black Eyed Peas and more while he is often requested to perform for celebrities, pro athletes, national brands and professional sports teams like the Dallas Cowboys.
Rob Chickering
A 40 year media professional. Rob Chickering has worked in operations and engineering for Kidd Kraddick and most recently Glenn Beck. Currently Rob is a co owner of No Puppet Productions. Launched in May of 2024, No Puppet was formed with former Cumulus Ticket hosts Dan Mc Dowell, Jake Kemp. Their first show is the Dumbzone with approximately 10,000 daily streams and 6000 + patreon subscribers.
Haley Muse
Haley Muse is an Emmy award-winning producer and Senior Partner Manager at Spotify, where she assists podcasters in growing their audiences. Prior to Spotify, Haley worked as a podcast producer for Crooked Media and as a TV news producer at CNN and ABC News. She has also taught journalism courses for Georgetown University and the New York Times.