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Meet Our Team

Hosts and Correspondents

Kimberly Adams

Kimberly is the co-host of Marketplace’s “Make Me Smart.” She also covers the intersection between politics and the economy, with a special focus on how federal policy affects the bottom line for businesses and individuals.

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Sabri Ben-Achour

Sabri is a host and correspondent for Marketplace. He’s based in New York City.

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David Brancaccio

David anchors five “Marketplace Morning Report” newscasts each weekday from New York. He spends a lot of his time interviewing, reporting stories for the show and moderating public policy discussions.

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Leanna Byrne

Leanna presents Cast One of the “Marketplace Morning Report,” which is produced by the BBC World Service. She’s based in Salford in the north of England.

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Mitchell Hartman

Mitchell is a national economics correspondent based at the Marketplace bureau in Portland, Oregon. He covers employment and labor, workforce demographics, and macroeconomics.

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Reema Khrais

Reema is the host of “This Is Uncomfortable,” a narrative podcast about life and how money messes with it. She’s based in Portland, Oregon.

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Nancy Marshall-Genzer is a correspondent in the Washington bureau, covering the Federal Reserve and the intersection of Wall Street and Washington.

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Jennifer Pak

Jennifer is Marketplace’s China correspondent, based in Shanghai. She tells stories about the world’s second-biggest economy and why Americans should care about it.

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Kai Ryssdal

Kai hosts the flagship “Marketplace” program from Los Angeles.

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Nova Safo

Nova is a correspondent for Marketplace and co-host of the “Marketplace Minute” newscast.

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Amy Scott

Amy is the host of “How We Survive,” Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast, and a senior correspondent covering housing, climate and the economy. She’s based in Baltimore.

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Reporters and Writers

Samantha Fields

Samantha Fields is a senior reporter at Marketplace. She’s based in New York.

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Henry Epp

Henry is a reporter based in Burlington, Vermont. He joined Marketplace in 2023.

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Stephanie Hughes

Stephanie Hughes is a senior reporter at Marketplace focused on education and the economy. She lives in Baltimore.

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Justin Ho

Justin is a reporter based in Southern California. He joined Marketplace in 2011.

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Matt Levin

Matt mostly covers artificial intelligence, but he also dabbles in crypto, housing and the Fed. He is always polite to the robots, just in case.

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Savannah Maher

Savannah is a reporter based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her reporting centers on Indigenous communities and rural economies.

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Meghan McCarty Carino

Meghan reports on workplace culture for Marketplace and is based in Los Angeles.

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Janet Nguyen

Janet is a reporter with the Marketplace digital team.

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Ellen Rolfes

Ellen is a newsletter writer at Marketplace.

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Kristin Schwab

Kristin covers the consumer economy. She is based in New York and joined Marketplace in 2020.

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Elizabeth Trovall

Elizabeth Trovall covers energy and immigration for Marketplace. She’s based in Houston.

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Editors

Carrie Barber

Carrie Barber is a digital editor based in Los Angeles. She joined Marketplace in 2015.

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Amir Bibawy

Amir is Marketplace’s managing editor and the New York bureau chief.

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Jon Gordon

Jon is Marketplace’s deputy managing editor. He works in the Pittsburgh area with a team of Marketplace reporters stationed around the country.

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Noia Karr

“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.” – G. Chaucer

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Zoneil Maharaj

Zoneil Maharaj is the director of social and engagement at Marketplace. He joined Marketplace in 2023 and is currently based in Las Vegas.

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Olga Oksman

Olga Oksman is the digital assistant managing editor for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau. She joined Marketplace in 2017.

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Amanda Peacher

Amanda works with freelance contributors as the senior acquisitions editor. She’s based in San Diego, California, and joined Marketplace in 2021.

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Diantha Parker

Diantha is a senior editor based in New York.

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Stephanie Siek

Stephanie is a senior editor at Marketplace. Based in Brooklyn, New York, she joined the team in 2022.

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Ed Silver

Ed is a copy editor at Marketplace based in Los Angeles. He joined the organization in 2020.

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Virginia K. Smith

Virginia is a digital editor on the Marketplace web team, based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Tony Wagner

Tony Wagner is a digital editor based in Minneapolis. He’s been at Marketplace since 2014.

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Producers

Jesús Alvarado

Jesús is an associate producer for “Marketplace Tech” based in Los Angeles. He joined Marketplace in 2019.

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Courtney Bergsieker

Courtney is an associate producer based in New York. She joined Marketplace in 2022.

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Antoinette A. Brock

Antoinette works across brands at Marketplace to produce, shoot and edit content for Marketplace’s Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube channel. She is based in Los Angeles.

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Bridget Bodnar

Bridget is the director of podcasts at Marketplace. She also hosts and co-created the Marketplace podcast for kids, “Million Bazillion.” She is located in Los Angeles.

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Marissa Cabrera

Marissa Cabrera is the senior producer for “Make Me Smart,” Marketplace’s daily business news and culture podcast, along with “Million Bazillion,” a Webby Award-winning podcast that answers questions kids have about money. She is based in Los Angeles.

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Andie Corban

Andie is a producer based in Los Angeles. She joined Marketplace in 2019.

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Caitlin Esch

Caitlin Esch is the senior producer of Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast, “How We Survive,” and its investigative podcast, “The Uncertain Hour.”

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Nancy Farghalli

Nancy is the executive producer of the daily radio show “Marketplace.” She is based in Los Angeles.

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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Meredith works as the senior producer for “Marketplace Morning Report.”

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Hayley Hershman

Hayley is the senior producer of podcast development. She’s based in Los Angeles.

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Maria Hollenhorst

Maria is a producer based in Los Angeles. She joined Marketplace in 2017.

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Rosie Hughes

Rosie is an assistant producer for “Marketplace Tech” based in Washington, D.C. She joined Marketplace in 2022.

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Jamila Huxtable

Jamila Huxtable works across broadcasts and podcasts to create digital content for Marketplace social media channels and accounts. She’s based in Washington, D.C.

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Emily Macune

Emily Macune is an associate social producer for Marketplace. She’s based in Los Angeles.

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Sean McHenry

Sean is an associate producer on “Marketplace.” He joined Marketplace in 2017.

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Jordan Mangi

Jordan is an assistant digital producer based in Chicago.

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Dylan Miettinen

Dylan is an associate digital producer based in New York. He joined Marketplace in 2021.

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Daisy Palacios

Daisy is the senior producer for “Marketplace Tech.” She is based in Los Angeles.

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Sophia Paliza-Carre

Sophia Paliza-Carre is a producer with Marketplace’s podcast department, working on the climate solutions podcast “How We Survive” and other long-form projects. She is based in Los Angeles.

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Nic Perez

Nic Perez directs the live “Marketplace Morning Report” airings each day. He is based in New York.

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Ariana Rosas

Ariana is a producer for “Marketplace Morning Report.”

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Zoë Saunders

Zoë is a senior producer based in New York. She joined Marketplace in 2022.

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Alex Schroeder

Alex is a producer for the “Marketplace Morning Report” based in New York. He joined Marketplace in 2020.

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Kelly Silvera

Kelly is the showrunner for “Marketplace Morning Report” and “Marketplace Tech.” She joined Marketplace in 2023.

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Daniel Shin

Daniel helps produce the daily “Marketplace Tech” show and podcast.

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Erika Soderstrom

Erika works with a group of extraordinary producers to chase business and economic stories heard on “Marketplace Morning Report.”

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Alice Wilder

Alice is a producer for “This Is Uncomfortable.” She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with a small dog.

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Media Production

Brian Allison

Brian is a technical director based in Oxford, Ohio. He’s been with Marketplace since 2016.

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Jayk Cherry

Jayk is an audio engineer at Marketplace.

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Jesson Duller

Jesson is an audio engineer at Marketplace.

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Pablo Garcia

Pablo is a broadcast engineer based in Los Angeles.

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Drew Jostad

Drew Jostad is a technical director in the Los Angeles bureau. He has been at Marketplace since 2017.

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Gary O’Keefe

Gary O’Keefe is an audio engineer based in New York. He joined Marketplace in 2021.

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Jeff Peters

Based in Los Angeles, Jeff is Marketplace’s manager of media production.

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Mingxin Qiguan

Mingxin is an audio engineer.

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Charlton Thorp

Charlton is Marketplace’s senior technical director.

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Juan Carlos Torrado

Juan Carlos is an audio engineer for Marketplace.

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Bekah Wineman

Bekah Wineman is a Grammy-nominated, Michigan-based audio engineer working at Marketplace as a technical director.

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Interns & Fellows

Aleezeh Hasan

Aleezeh is a PM fellow at Marketplace.

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Olivia Monforte

Olivia supports the social team, writing copy and creating social posts to promote Marketplace stories. She lives in Berkeley, California.

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Katie Reuther

Katie is a podcast fellow at Marketplace.

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Elissa Castles

Elissa is an intern at Marketplace’s bureau in Washington, D.C.

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Devlin Epding

Devlin is an intern with Marketplace’s digital team.

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Administrative, Marketing & Technical Support

Rafeena Ahmad

Rafeena is the marketing manager for Marketplace. She’s based in New York.

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James Cao

James provides IT support at Marketplace.

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Ana Dapuetto

Ana is Marketplace’s human resources coordinator.

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Kameshia Duncan

Kameshia is the manager of talent acquisition at APMG.

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Eva Fryscak

Eva is the administrative assistant in the New York office. She joined Marketplace in August 2015.

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Marcus Galamay

Marcus assists with special projects within the business and broadcast operations departments. He also oversees office management and staff events in Marketplace’s LA, D.C. and New York bureaus.

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Erick Langarica

Erick is Marketplace’s staff accountant.

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Danielle Lopez-Lugo

Danielle assists Neal Scarbrough, Marketplace’s vice president and general manager, and Mark Crowley, Marketplace’s chief operating officer, at the Los Angeles bureau.

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Kristin Makholm

Kristin stewards major and planned gifts to Marketplace from individuals. She also does this more generally for Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. Kristin lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Michelle Mencio

Michelle Mencio is the finance manager at Marketplace. She is based in Los Angeles.

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Steven Skullr

Based in Los Angeles, Steven manages the software, hardware and infrastructure used to produce, distribute and archive at Marketplace.

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Leadership

Mark Crowley

Mark is the chief operating officer of Marketplace. Based in Los Angeles, he’s been at Marketplace since 2017.

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Francesca Levy

Based in New York, Francesca is the executive director of digital and on-demand.

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Neal Scarbrough

Neal has served as the vice president and general manager of Marketplace since 2021. He oversees a team of broadcast and digital journalists, editors and producers.

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Donna Tam

Donna Tam is the executive editor of Marketplace, overseeing the newsroom’s editors, reporters, producers and hosts. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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