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2 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Oregon pot supporter makes statement with big rooftop joint ... Bald eagle injured in Central Oregon faces long recovery ... Study: Oregon school-test standards average to below-average ... Oregon pot supporter makes statement with big rooftop joint ... Bald eagle injured in Central Oregon faces long recovery ... Study: Oregon school-test standards average to below-average ... JPR Foundation names new executive director The JPR Foundation announced late Thursday that it has hired Randy Bobst-McKay of San Jose, Calif., as the new executive director of Jefferson Live! Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Feb. 1, 2013 at 2:00 AM Updated Feb 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM Posted Feb. 1, 2013 at 2:00 AM Updated Feb 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM » RELATED CONTENT • Kramer files suit over JPR termination • JPR Foundation focuses on Holly Theatre • The Holly in transition • JPR Foundation 'basically' broke • SOU takes charge of radio stations • JPR, SOU divorce urged as means to end fight • Double duty for JPR chief • Interim director named for JPR transition • Kramer says he'll step down • Kitzhaber steps in to calm JPR storm • Mayors ask for reason in JPR battle • An Uncertain Future • Deal splits JPR from foundation • SOU threatens JPR Foundation with lawsuits • Holding pattern at the Holly • JPR leadership mediation talks set to start • JPR's Kramer challenges audit • Conflicting signals • Kramer terminated as JPR executive director • JPR Foundation decides to mediate with SOU over leadership issue... • JPR audit initiates a debate over role of leader » Social News The JPR Foundation announced late Thursday that it has hired Randy Bobst-McKay of San Jose, Calif., as the new executive director of Jefferson Live! Bobst-McKay will lead the effort to restore Medford's historic Holly Theatre and manage the Cascade Theatre in Redding, Calif. He begins his new job on March 18. "Randy has a combination of experience and expertise that meshes perfectly with managing the Cascade Theatre's ongoing successful operation with spearheading the work necessary to restore the Holly Theatre in Medford," JPR Foundation President Steve Nelson said in a news release. "We are excited to get the Holly Theatre project back on track." Bobst-McKay was hired after a three-month national search overseen by a committee made up of representatives of the JPR Foundation, the Holly Theatre Restoration Committee, and the Cascade Theatre Advisory Committee. Bobst-McKay is vice president for marketing and finance at Symphony Silicon Valley in San Jose. Formerly he was general manager and executive director of the Empress Theatre in Vallejo, Calif., where he oversaw a fundraising campaign to restore the 1911 building. He managed all restoration/construction activities and established operating systems and programming following the theater's restoration. Bobst-McKay holds a Bachelor of Arts in Drama degree with an emphasis in technical theater and management from San Francisco State University. He has lived in several Pacific Northwest cities and has numerous family members who live in the Klamath Basin. Bobst-McKay was selected from a field of 26 local and national candidates, many of whom had extensive experience managing historic theater restoration projects. Paul Westhelle, who has been acting as interim executive director of both the JPR Foundation and Jefferson Public Radio after his predecessor, Ron Kramer, was fired from the university in June, will continue as director of the radio stations. 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