Personnel Overview

Lindsey Wahlstrom - Program Coordinator
Lindsey joined PCI-Media Impact in the winter of 2009. She spent time in Ecuador and Bolivia researching the relationship between extractive industries and social movements. Additionally, she has spent time collaborating with indigenous populations in Navajo Nation, India, New Zealand, Mexico and Peru. Lindsey most recently worked with youth to promote educational equity in public schools.

Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, MD, MS - Programs & Evaluation Officer
Ms. Valdez Curiel is a radio producer, medical doctor, and professor of research at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. She has conducted qualitative research on entertainment-education radio programs, and later worked as a consultant to Radio Bilinge in Salinas, California. Since 1998, she has worked on a variety of projects involving research and entertainment-education.

Danforth Preston - Director of Development
Dan brings more than 14 years of nonprofit fundraising experience. He has successfully developed strategies and built relationships to assist a variety of social, educational and historic non-profit institutions fulfill their critical missions, including Urban Education Exchange, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

Personnel Statistics

Michael Castlen , Executive Director
Founded in 1985
Employees: 12
Volunteers: 11

Financial Statistics

Budget (2009): 1,596,220
Budget (2008): 2,009,715
Maximum Budget: 5,000,000
Overhead: 25%
Other funding sources: Foundations, major donors, US government
Religious Affiliation: No affiliation