Transitions Radio Magazine

TRM Team

LEVI ("Lay-vee") BEN-SHMUEL, associate producer and co-host of TRM. Levi's road to radio was unusual. After spending close to 20 years in the computer business (plus earning a master's degree in economic development from MIT during that time), he left his profession to create projects that fulfill his spiritual vision. While in business, Levi explored spiritual traditions from the East and West. A Tai Chi student since 1985, he taught Tai Chi and workshops on grounding in Israel and the U.S. In 1996, he started studying with his Kabbalah teacher Hadassah Ben-Yishai in Jerusalem. Levi started writing devotional songs in 2000. He recorded his debut CD, Take a New Road, in Santa Fe in 2004. Levi's music was the bridge that introduced him to Alan and Elizabeth. A friendship developed that led to Levi becoming part of the TRM Dream Team in January of 2007. The activist side of Levi was ignited with the revelation that the Bush administration was illegally wiretapping the American people. He wrote his first protest song called "How Many Lies" in 2006. The song became the core of a YouTube music video that can be seen here. Levi's first book, Kabbalah and the Fire of the Divine Romance, will be available in 2008. Levi brings his passion for truth, humor, and optimism to TRM. He lives with his wife and son outside of Santa Fe. You can learn more about Levi and his work as a singer-songwriter, writer, and speaker at his web site www.nomad4all.com.

BILL GEORGEVICH joined the TRANSITIONS RADIO MAGAZINE team in 2002 as Operations Director, on-air science editor, and occasional co-host and announcer. He now hosts and produces the weekly feature Evolution Minute and liaisons with our TRM webmaster Jim Craig. Bill is the YouTube video content provider and blogger for OprahEckhart.com and continues his lifelong career as science educator in astronomy and the war between big energy & renewable alternatives. Georgevich has been gazing at the heavens since he received his first telescope at age seven. A recipient of a National Science Foundation grant, he studied under Clyde Tombaugh, the only living discoverer of a planet (Pluto). Trained as a physicist in the University of Texas system, Georgevich made a personal commitment to build his own observatory. During the twenty years it took to realize his dream, he branched out. As a radio syndicator, he promoted educational science programs like Stardate, which started at his alma mater, University of Texas. As a young man in Dallas, Texas, Georgevich worked for the local PBS affiliate and introduced Monty Python to America. He hosted an all-night call-in talk radio show for Gordon McClendon’s fleet of FM radio stations in Dallas. Later, as an Assistant Engineer at Twin Oaks Studio, he was a recording engineer and sound man for the Rolling Stones, Ted Nugent, Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Moody Blues, and Paul Simon, among others, when they did concerts and in the recording studio in Dallas. Georgevich moved to Santa Fe in 1979 and worked as engineer and sweetener for Minnesota Public Radio, which broadcast the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Others clients included the NM Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Desert Choral, and other classical groups in the Southwest. He founded THE AV COMPANY in 1982 to provide complete audio-visual technical support and equipment for events taking place in Santa Fe at the convention center and all 17 hotels. Georgeovich moved to Arizona in 1992 to build his observatory in the Sonoran Desert on the Mexico-Arizona border and conduct astronomical research in transient cosmic phenomena. Windowpane Observatory, a privately owned facility, is dedicated to the discovery of comets, supernovae, and asteroids that might hit the earth. After launching a website for his own observatory, Bill continued to explore the world of the Internet, launching websites for a variety of clients in fields ranging from personal growth to pure science. He continued to do recording projects, from classical concerts to industrial videos, and returned to Santa Fe in 2002 to join forces with Alan Hutner and the TRM team. " Finding your place in the universe and expanding one’s awareness beyond the confines of this planet gives us the cosmic perspective to cope with our daily problems here on Earth," says Georgevich.

CLIFFORD CARNICOM is a professional computer consultant in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He provides unique on-site personal services to small businesses and individuals including system analysis, networking, software development, website consultation design, and implementation services. He originated, developed, and maintains a high traffic environmental and socially conscious web site and public discussion forum. Clifford was a federal employee of the United States government for 15 years within 3 agencies, including the Department of Defense, The Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Forest Service; he held a Top Secret/SCI clearance. He provided the US Defense research industry with original solutions to system development and modeling problems, including application of higher mathematics, statistics, computer programming, information management, task scheduling, product development, and computer graphics. He was appointed for and completed two years of intensive graduate level studies in mathematics, statistics, computer science, and geodesy under the auspices of the Department of Defense. Clifford was the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center Employee of the Year, Supervisor of the Year, and he received the Geodetic Sciences Departmental Award for outstanding technical, managerial, and cost effective performance. In addition to computer, design and website management skills, Clifford holds a variety of other skills and expertise from his prior careers, including his work as a Cadastral Land Surveyor and research scientist in support of public domain lands of the Bureau of Land Management where he developed original software to assist in the automation and efficiency of large scale database operations. His Bachelor of Science Cum Laude degree was attained in the field of Surveying and Photogrammetry from the Civil Engineering Department at California State University at Fresno, California. His post-graduate studies were conducted at The Ohio State University and Washington University. He also possesses an Associate of Sciences degree and a Forest Engineering vocational degree from College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California. His education encompasses a wide variety of disciplines, including geodetic science, advanced mathematics, engineering, statistics, physical sciences, computer science and the life sciences.

GERARD McTERNAN is an Executive Producer/Producer/Creative Director for large scale shows and special events. His main career has been in ‘live’ production, although he also has produced in television, radio, print, and recording studios. McTernan began his life in the entertainment industry on stage at age 12 and moved behind the scenes in his 20s. Since then he has produced extensively throughout the US and Canada and in Germany, Switzerland and Great Britain. He has produced properties not only in English, but also in French, Italian and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). At present, McTernan is focused on creative projects that have both television appeal and publishing opportunity. Current projects tend to be large-scale national events with production budgets in the millions and staff in the thousands. As Executive Producer, McTernan oversees the development of the creative process and then brings together the staff and forces required to realize the objective, all within the constraints of time and budget. He has created projects for various sports and entertainment properties as well as communications projects for a number of corporate and governmental entities. As an entrepreneur, he has created two successful companies, Gazebo Productions and Trimedia International Inc. - both providing state-of-the-art services to a wide range of corporate, social and governmental clients. As a consultant, McTernan has provided his expertise to many entities including World Cup Soccer, Disney Special Events and the National Basketball Association. McTernan has worked in many branches of the entertainment industry, including the concert music industry, large-scale fashion show production, commercial musical theater, corporate communications, entertainment special events, and dance. He took time out for a very successful stint as a teacher of Marketing, Economics and Law in the secondary school system. Some of his projects have included: 2002 Cultural Olympiad & Navajo Nation – Salt Lake City, Executive Producer/Producer/Creative Director; PoliticalFest: A Celebration of the American Presidency – Philadelphia, 2000 (Philadelphia 2000 Host Committee and RNC Committee on Arrangements), Executive Producer/Producer/Co-Creator; Major League Baseball's All Star FanFest – 1991-2000 (Dallas, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Diego, Toronto, Cleveland, Boston, Atlanta, Denver), Co-creator/Producer/Director of Production & Operations; Super Bowl XXX Street Spectacular - Tempe, Arizona, Executive Producer; First Night Toronto - 1992, 1993, Director of Production & Operations, Co-Creator; Friends of Gilda - Elgin/Winter Garden Theater Complex, Producer; Toyota Motor Manufacturing - Grand Opening Events & Ceremony, Executive Producer; Mattel Fantasy Tour, Mattel ToyFair (Various Years), Executive Producer; Super Bowl XXVII - Radio City Music Hall – Half-time Show with Michael Jackson & 4,000 member cast, Stage Manager.