About KHOL

Emily has served as executive director of KHOL since June 2019, leading the station’s transformation into a dual-format broadcaster with an award-winning newsroom and a growing audience across the Rocky Mountain West. She brings a multidisciplinary background in ecological design and urban planning, and has worked as a teacher on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, a policy analyst in Washington, D.C., and a land use planner in Wyoming. Outside of public media, Emily is an avid fiddler steeped in Appalachian old-time and other traditional folk styles. Her creative work includes projects for the DC Fringe Festival, MIT’s Listening to the City Conference, and the Megapolis Audio Festival. She also spent more than a decade performing as a supernumerary with the Washington National Opera. When not playing tunes or playing in the snow, she is working to tell the story of America’s favorite poor gal, Li’l Liza Jane.

emily@jhcr.org

Born and raised in North Carolina, Evan has been sharing his love for independent music with KHOL and the Jackson community since 2022. Evan is a graduate of Drexel University’s Music Industry Program, where he started a record label with his roommates, produced albums, booked tours, and hand-crafted physical media for their bands. Now living in Teton Valley, Idaho, Evan hosts KHOL’s local music program “Intermountain Best“. When he’s not out at a show, Evan can be found fly fishing, hiking, or skiing through the beautiful landscape he’s lucky enough to call home.

evan@jhcr.org

Reed joined the station in May 2023 and has since made significant efforts to expand strategic partnerships, grow underwriting and membership revenue, creatively pursue grant funding, amplify station outreach and captain a merchandise strategy. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Reed studied English literature, anthropology and creative writing at Kenyon College, where he also played lacrosse. Now graduated from the NCAA grind, he pursues more “freeride” forms of recreation, including backcountry snowboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing, and kitesurfing. After an adventure, you can find him at home with a Michalada in one hand and his guitar in the other, peering over his computer for the next day’s forecast.

reed@jhcr.org

Dante Filpula Ankney comes to KHOL as a lifelong resident of the Mountain West. He made his home on the Eastern Montana prairies before moving to the Western Montana peaks to study journalism and wilderness studies. Dante has found success producing award-winning print, audio and video stories for a variety of publications, including a stint as a host at Montana Public Radio. Most recently, he spent a year teaching English in Bulgaria through a Fulbright Fellowship. When he isn’t reporting, you can find Dante outside scaling rocks, sliding across snow or winning a game of cribbage.

dante@jhcr.org

Jenna McMurtry joins KHOL from Colorado where she picked up audio journalism at Colorado Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio. She attended Pomona College in California where she studied History and edited her award-winning college newspaper. When she’s not in the newsroom, she’s probably out in the field. But, there’s an equally good chance she’s going up and down mountains on skis and bikes.

jenna@jhcr.org

Before leading news coverage at KHOL, Sophia was a politics reporter at the Jackson Hole News&Guide. Her reporting on elections, labor and land use has earned state, regional and national awards. Sophia grew up in Seattle and studied human biology and English at Stanford University.

sophia@jhcr.org

cclemen7@uwyo.edu

Zoe was born and raised in Jackson Hole and now resides in the PNW. They studied Psychology and Religious Studies at Vassar College. It was there that they began DJing with the Vassar College Sound System and college radio station WVKR 91.3. After returning to the valley in June 2022, they sought a similar impassioned music community, quickly joining KHOL as a volunteer DJ. Zoe brings skills from their time at VCSS, WVKR, and as Layout and Outreach Coordinator at Grey Matters Journal, an undergraduate journal on neuroscience and psychology. When they aren’t spinning fresh electronica, Zoe can be found trying a new coffee spot, biking, or dancing in a low-lit bar.

zoe@jhcr.org

Alex brings energy and a passion for music to his role as Event Coordinator at KHOL. A graduate of Indiana University, he holds a strong background in event planning and was actively involved in the university’s vibrant radio and music scene. Following his studies, Alex spent time living and working in Germany and Guam before moving to Jackson Hole in 2020, where he quickly developed a strong connection to the local community and the surrounding Teton landscape. When he’s not curating events for the radio station, you’ll find him tearing up Teton trails with a gritty indie garage punk soundtrack blasting through his headphones.

Born and raised in the heart of Arizona, John is thrilled to bring his passion for music and vibrant energy to the airwaves. A proud graduate of Northern Arizona University, John made the journey to Jackson in 2018 as a summer wilderness guide. After a couple years of honing his skills and building a connection with the community; John finally made the move to the valley in 2024, eager to share his love for Jackson and great music with even more listeners. When not on-air, John enjoys all the joys the great outdoors has to offer. Some of his favorites are slacklining, skiing, packrafting down the canyon and riding bikes with friends.

You can catch D’’John’s show, “The Morning Mustard”, Monday through Friday, 7-10 a.m.