Radio Active Magazine

Bess Wallerstein Huff shares her vision for KKFI with Radio Active Magazine regulars Craig Lubow and Spencer Graves. Ms. Wallerstein Huff joined KKFI as Executive Director on August 12, roughly four months ago. She is an experienced executive, creative strategist, and community builder with over 20 years of leadership in the arts, media, and nonprofits. She has guided teams through brand evolutions, organizational change, and multimillion-dollar engagements. She was a founding team member of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. She spent over a decade in that role developing programs, marketing strategies, and partnerships that welcomed broad and diverse audiences into the arts. Her leadership in crisis communications during COVID-19 helped build community trust and organizational resilience. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Starlight, one of the nation’s largest outdoor performing arts venues. That effort saw record-breaking sales growth with new strategic init