Detroit Public TV Names Three New Members to Board of Trustees

Detroit Public Television’s board of trustees recently elected three new members. They are Jaylen Bradley, Dr. Sanford H. Koltonow, and Kelley J. Kuhn.
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Detroit Public Television’s board of trustees recently elected three new members. They are Jaylen Bradley, Dr. Sanford H. Koltonow, and Kelley J. Kuhn.

“It is an honor and a privilege to welcome these bright and experienced professionals to our board,” says Rich Homberg, president and CEO of Detroit Public Television (DPTV). “With their leadership, deep experience, and strong commitment to public media, they bring the passion and energy we need as we head into the future and double our efforts to engage the community in innovative ways.”

Jaylen Bradley
Jaylen Bradley

Bradley works in the city of Detroit Mayor’s Office as the policy and program advisor for the Community Violence Intervention Initiative, ShotStoppers. In this role, he supports the administration with the development, data analysis, and strategic planning of the program featuring six non-profit organizations whose tasks are to reduce gun violence in various neighborhoods across the city.

In addition, Bradley is an adjunct faculty for Southern New Hampshire University, teaching online undergraduate social science courses tailored around cultural awareness, civic responsibility for social change, and social issues and decision-making.

Previously, he was a college prep instructor in the University of Michigan Wolverine Pathways program that motivates and prepares under-represented Detroit metro high school students to pursue higher education. In addition, he was a White House Intern in the Biden administration and has participated in various government fellowships (state, local, federal, and international) and public policy research fellowships for various non-profits/think tanks across states – focusing on juvenile justice and foster youth.

Bradley graduated from Detroit Renaissance High School, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, his Master of Public Policy degree at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He currently resides in St. Clair Shores.

Dr. Sanford H. Koltonow
Dr. Sanford H. Koltonow

Koltonow is a lifelong resident of southeast Michigan, who graduated from Cass Technical High School in Detroit and received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing before attaining his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.

For 34 years he was an attending physician and residency faculty member in Emergency Medicine at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, and an associate professor at the OU/WB School of Medicine, retiring in 2017.

He also completed a specialist degree in humanistic education and psychology, in 1998, at the Center for Humanistic Studies in Detroit. This led to his creating and directing the physician well-weing program for Beaumont, as well as a private practice of psychotherapy, focusing on the emotional experiences of health-care delivery.

He actively supports the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Jazz Festival, and the jazz studies divisions of the music schools at Wayne State and Michigan State, and public media including DPTV, WRCJ and WDET. He and his family reside in Beverly Hills.

Kelley J. Kuhn
Kelley J. Kuhn

With nearly 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Kuhn has worked in project management, creating sustainable relationships, growing membership, and developing communication tools.

She currently is president and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA). Prior to her tenure at MNA, she was an independent consultant, providing expert advice to improve the strategic planning, grant writing, fund development, and board education and governance of many nonprofit organizations. She and her family reside in Saline.