Station Management

David Lowe
President & General Manager
David was named KVIE's sixth President & General Manager in May 2008. He joined KVIE in 2001 as Vice President of Marketing and assumed the role of Vice President of Marketing & Development in 2002. Previous positions include director of marketing communications with two operating companies of Fortune 500 Transamerica Corporation, director of market development for Unify--a publicly traded company, and director of marketing for Orchestria--a venture-funded startup. Lowe received his B.A. in English, magna cum laude from Northern Arizona University. He has served as an Executive Committee member of the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Asian-Pacific Chamber of Commerce; Sacramento Metro Chamber Board of Directors, the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the PBS Communications Advisory Committee, and the PBS Development Advisory Committee. David is a graduate of the Leadership Sacramento program, UC Davis Executive Program, and American Leadership Forum (ALF) Mountain Valley Chapter class XIII. [Facebook Profile]

Arcelia Chávez
Vice President of Community Relations
Arcelia joined KVIE in 2000. Her responsibilities at KVIE have included human resources management and oversight of the station's education and outreach initiatives. Her previous experience includes human resources and administration management for the corporate sector, including Apple and Bank of America. Chavez holds a B.A. in Liberal Studies with a multiple subject teaching credential specializing in multicultural and bilingual education from California State University Sacramento. She is a board member of Las Americas Cultural Arts.

Kevin Smith-Fagan
Vice President of Development
A career nonprofit fundraiser with 20 years of development experience, Kevin came to KVIE in 2004. Prior to relocating to Sacramento in 2003 from Philadelphia, Kevin worked in hunger relief and inner-city education. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston University and completed fundraising studies at University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the Leadership Sacramento program. An active member in the community, Smith-Fagan volunteers with his Rotary Club and the Sacramento Estate Planning Council and serves on the boards of the Planned Giving Forum of Sacramento, College Glen Little League, and Womens Empowerment.

Christy McDonald, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Christy joined KVIE in 2008 after spending more than four years in public accounting as an auditor with Gilbert Associates, Inc. Her audit experience focused substantially on non-profit organizations. Christy is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and received her B.A. in Business Administration, with a concentration in Accounting and a Minor in Economics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Mike Sanford
Vice President for Content Creation
Mike joined KVIE in 2003. He has more than 25 years of experience in television news, programming and production. He previously served as the editorial producer for Business Now, a half-hour program airing on ABC affiliates in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. In 1987, Sanford served as reporter/producer for News Travel Network, the San Francisco-based company specialized in providing consumer travel reports to about 75 affiliates across the U.S. for regular use in their daily newscasts. His reporting took him to such far-flung and fascinating places as Bali, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Tahiti, and New Zealand, as well as across Europe and the U.S. Mike was promoted to Managing Producer of the division and also produced television segments for CNN, the Discovery Channel, and the Travel Channel.