Libba Beaucham has had a lifelong love for history and education. She was born and raised in Newnan, Georgia, a city rich with historical architecture, by two teacher parents. Her mother, a drama teacher, also inspired in her a love for theater. She attended Converse University’s Petrie School of Music on a scholarship to study…
Andrew Shearer
Andrew Shearer was born and raised in Atlanta. He went to Cross Keys High School. Growing up, he worked in his dad’s lithography shop. After high school, he moved to Athens when his then girlfriend, now wife, got into UGA in 1997. After getting fired from his job at the Eastside Blockbuster, he got an…
Rick Dunn
Rick Dunn was born in Washington, DC and graduated from Calvin Coolidge High School. He was attending Ohio University in Athens, Ohio when he came to Athens, Georgia in 1971 for an internship at WGTV Channel 8. While on the University of Georgia campus, the admissions department learned he was here and at the time…
Ron Carson Jr.
Ron Carson Jr. was born and raised in Athens. He graduated class of 2014 from Cedar Shoals High School and spent a few years at Savannah State University where he majored in Mass Communications. He has always had an interest in graphic design and video production, and while a student at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School was…



