General Managers

Maddie Ogletree

Year: Senior

Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia

Studying: Public Relations (Major), Business and Entertainment (Minor)

In WVAU since: Spring 2023

Contrary to popular belief, Maddie Ogletree is not that indie guy standing across the quad in a leather jacket. She is simply a Car Seat Headrest loving self-described “weirdo freak girl” who is trying her best.

Andrew Webster

Year: Senior

Hometown: Avon, Connecticut

Studying: Political Science (Major), Legally Studies (Minor)

In WVAU since: Fall 2022

Andrew, Connecticut native and New England advocate, has the same music taste as your grandma in the year 1994. He listens to a little too much jazz; shoutout Blossom Dearie and Bill Evans. He also loves Playboi Carti, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Aphex Twin. He loves to run, drink coffee, and read. When he isn’t in the studio, or the Dav, or running by you on Massachusetts Ave (bars btw), he is probably working on his DJ set, or sitting outside of the National Cathedral. While he’s studying political science and legal studies, he swears he’s chill and normal

Art Directors

Lela Aragon–Rico

Year: Junior

From: Charlotte, North Carolina

Studying: Film & Media Studies

In WVAU Since: Fall 2023

Lela would like to send their sincerest apologies to everyone who did not receive a wave or acknowledgment back after trying to get their attention in public. They don’t hate you they just have never taken off their noise canceling headphones before. In their free time, they like to doodle. Also while wearing the headphones. They also love screaming. If you approach them, they’ve either been listening to Bad Bunny’s Baile Inolvidable on repeat for 4 hours or to their Kpop girl group mix. Stan Loona

Bianka Gomez

Year: Sophomore

From: Los Angeles, California

Studying: International Studies

In WVAU Since: Fall 2024

Bianka is a second year in SIS aaaallllll the wayyyy from LA. You’ll find them being a #nerd or doom scrolling pinterest for new piercing inspo. As a performative lesbian they listen to the most embarrassing spread of music like kpop, shoegaze, spanish rock, and vkei. So please ask them about Buck-Tick (PLEASE). So if you’re feeling zine-y…. #rushwvau and tell Bianka your fav bagel spot in DC.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Director

Amirah Jamal

Year: Junior

Hometown: Washington, D.C

Studying: International Studies (Major) Anthropology (Minor)

In WVAU since: Fall 2023

Despite having over thousands of minutes logged on airbus, Amirah still opens her ears and most importantly; heart to her amazing friends and family. she’s Okay at school and great at long walks by herself. when’s she’s not chilled out, she’s tweaked out, researchers are still looking for the in-between. she enjoy’s four ingredient sandwiches, finding new artists, and pushing the Apple Music agenda.

Web Directors

Rebbeca Haghnegahdar

Year: Junior

Hometown: Bay Area, California

Studying: Journalism & Economics (Double Major)

In WVAU since: Fall 2023

Rebbeca came out of the womb dancing to her favorite songs. You can now find her doing the same thing in the middle of Katzen, or riding her metro bus of choice aimlessly with her noise canceling headphones (despite promising her mom she wouldn’t). When she’s not writing about music, she is most likely still writing because she’s a journalism major. She grew up in the Bay Area where suburban teenage-hood led to her obsession with creating playlists, and feels connected to Trisha Paytas’s husband in the sense that she identifies as water (she’s a pisces). She really hopes you are reading this right now because trying to rebuild this page was hard.

Caleb Tuckman

Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Rye, New York

Studying: Psychology

In WVAU since: Fall 2024

If you catch Caleb around campus, he’ll most likely be watching a movie with friends, eating Double Stuf Oreos, or both simultaneously. He will probably make a niche reference to a pop culture event that no one else understands in between sleeping in and listening to a new album from beginning to end. He’s happy to chat about anything pop music, comic book movie, or celebrity drama. Caleb loves his two dogs, Stella and Rae, and looks forward to meeting you!

Events Directors

Marley Holister

Year: Junior

Hometown: Abington, Pennsylvania

Studying: Public Relations (Major) Marketing (Minor)

In WVAU since: Spring 2024

Marley loves college radio so much that she’s made it her whole life. If she’s not hanging out with her fellow WVAUrs, she’s probably in the woods somewhere. Marley loves to see live music and go dancing. During the day you’ll see her walking the quad – headphones on – thinking about her four cats. Ask her about witchy electronic music or psychedelic rock, and she won’t shut up. Marley is super-excited to plan events this semester. WVAU 5ever!

Myla Pirmann

Year: Junior

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Studying: Public Relations (Major) Business and Entertainment (Minor)

In WVAU since: Fall 2023

Myla is back again. She’s always up to something and never spotted without those headphones around her neck. Come visit her at Rhizome sometime and see a cool show or stop by Katzen and walk past her awkwardly as you stare into the glass windows as she reads Stone Butch Blues on the clock. Warning: Never ask her about Turnstile or Charli xcx or Gel or Trapped Under Ice or Jivebomb or The Garden or The 1975 of Twenty One Pilots or the WNBA or… you get the point…because she will not stop talking.

Music Directors

Noah Schneider

Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Studying: Audio Tech (Major) Music (Minor)

In WVAU since: Fall 2025

You’ll often find Noah either mindlessly wandering around somewhere strange or deeply engaged in some musical endeavor. If he isn’t out with friends or strolling the woods, you’ll find him in Katzen Arts Center either taking a class, performing for Songwriter’s Hub, rehearsing with a band, or just slewing out chromatic notes on the piano.

Aarsh Raja

Year: Junior

Hometown: Boyds, MD

Studying: Philosophy (major), Environmental Science & History (minors)

In WVAU since: Fall 2023

Aarsh is very excited to help music staff stretch and grow this semester! He enjoys hanging out with friends, playing Magic with his roommate, climbing, flying kites with his dad, and adventuring/exploring. Right now, he can’t stop listening to “NOTHINGG” by Bladee and Wondha Mountain…and it’s getting pretty bad. Besides listening to music you can catch him hanging around campus with friends, studying at the library and/or chilling at his awesome apartment.

Outreach Director

Isabella Polak

Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Miami, Florida

Studying: Journalism & Legal Studies (Majors)

In WVAU since: Fall 2024

You can find Izzy staring at her iPad while indie rock blasts through her noise-canceling headphones, it’s so loud she can’t even hear you standing right next to her. If she’s not doing that, she’s probably hustling at the Georgetown Anthropologie in her worn-down Doc Martens. She hails from the greatest artist’s hometown (Pitbull, obviously) Miami, FL. She loves scrapbooking and publishing articles on WVAU’s website!

Programming Director

Alana Parker

Year: Senior

Hometown: Portland, OR

Studying: Political Science & Journalism (double major)

In WVAU since: Fall 2022

this is alana’s final semester of wvau and she doesnt want to talk about it. she’s from portland, oregon and has a dog named frank, who is everything to her. she is usually in mgc or soc on campus, so if youre looking for her i guess you can find her there. but maybe text her first or she will not know how to react. she loves south park, enlightenmint yerba mates, virgin by lorde, and mac miller. bye! #collegeradio4ever

Promotional Director

Megan McNamara

Year: Senior

Hometown: Shamong, New Jersey

Studying: Public Relations (Major) Creative Writing Minor

In WVAU since: Spring 2023

Megan loves hiking, creating bad art, and making the hearing health on her phone yell at her. If she’s not at her campus job at the Writing Center or coming up with a funny and cool post of the WVAU Instagram, she’s probably busy writing and editing for The Rival and The Eagle. Dirty chais, Diet Cokes and WVAU are the way to her heart.

Tech Directors

Simon Ellerbe

Year: Junior

Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland

Studying:

Audio Technology (Major) Applied Physics (Minor)

In WVAU since: Spring 2024

If Simon’s not in the WVAU or Kreeger Studios, he’s probably in the Kreeger Work Study Office, or chilling. He also enjoys making absurd sounds in PureData or with guitar pedals (guitar not required.) Simon makes abrasive metal as Psychiatric Collapse, and plays guitar/feedback in System Juhasz, and sometimes Suburbanabuse. His few pursuits outside audio and music are coffee, reading about the CIA, and sleeping.

Angel Aldworth

Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Greenwich, Conneticut

Studying: Psychology & Audio Tech (Majors)

In WVAU since: Spring 2024

Hi there!! It’s Angel :D Straight out of the east coast underground scene and into the DMV, I gravitated to WVAU as soon as I got wind of AU having their own radio station. You can find me around campus probably repping some bands merch and my bracelets on my left wrist, if you call my name out from afar I probably won’t be able to hear you because I’ll be BLASTING my music from my headphones. If you want to get into heavy stuff I’m your girl! Mainly growing up seeing screamo and hardcore shows, that was my main influence to my music taste, but I love all genres and will talk about any kind of music given the chance. I play for a couple bands in DC (PB&J and Vellichor) and you can probably catch my bands at some venue one way or another.