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BACKGROUND
 Gwin Louise Colvert Faulconer-Lippert. Five names, five times the fun! Gwin has been a talk personality on News Radio 1000 KTOK for 25 years. She's also hosted many various talk and information shows including the longest running weekend talk show The Gwin Faulconer-Lipert Show airing Sunday nights at 9. Consumer Reports, Countdown to Kick Off, The Car Care Clinic, Mortgange Matters, and Pet Talk are others as well. Television shows include; OETA Festival and Augustfest, Discover Oklahoma, Cash for College, Candid Campus, Off the Record, and On Line.
Gwin has taught broadcasting at Oklahoma City Community College and has won several awards as such as Professor of the Year 2003, Master Teacher Award, NISOD @ the University of Texas, Faculty Fellow-National Association of Television Program Executives. Gwin has been President of the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association, is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors, Class xvii graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City, a National Board Member of the Broadcast Education Association, and served as OU Rufnek Queen for the Game of the Century, OU vs Nebraska. Gwin has even entertained at the White House Christmas Reception in 2001.  Brian Dougherty is a Licensed Landscape Architect in Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor =s Degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design in 1978 from Oklahoma State University, and returned in 1981 to earn a Master =s Degree in Trade and Industrial Education with an emphasis in Grounds Management. Brian served 15 years with OSU in Oklahoma City as a faculty member and later as the Division Head at the John E. Kirkpatrick Horticulture Center. s Degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design in 1978 from Oklahoma State University, and returned in 1981 to earn a Masters Degree in Trade and Industrial Education with an emphasis in Grounds Management. Brian served 15 years with OSU in Oklahoma City as a faculty member and later as the Division Head at the John E. Kirkpatrick Horticulture Center. In May of 1998 Brian joined the Oklahoma City Community Foundation as a program officer coordinating the AParks and Public Space Initiative@ and the Margaret Annis Boys Trust. Under Brian=s guidance the Foundation has also developed and is currently implementing the Clean & Beautiful Schools project which has assisted more than 100 elementary schools in Oklahoma County with campus improvement and enhancement plans.
Besides Brian’s involvement with the Community Foundation’s activities, Brian also stays very involved coordinating the landscape operations and volunteer components of the Christmas Wonderland and Farmer=s Market activities at The Children=s Center in Bethany. The Children’s Center is a long term pediatric hospital for very medically fragile children. It is currently completing construction of a new traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury unit. Ten years ago Brian took the dream ‘that every child would have a room and every room would have a window’ to a new level. Brian believed every window should have a view. Today Brian is once again dreaming and implementing the dreams that the grounds of the hospital campus will be complete with butterfly gardens, fishing docks, and pet therapy areas for the children to experience the best quality of life possible.
Over the years Brian has also accumulated a large collection of historic books, pictures and other publications documenting the importance and value of planning, planting and maintenance of public grounds throughout our communities. He often makes presentations about the importance of parks and public grounds in our communities.
Brian has served three terms on the Oklahoma State Board of Architects and Landscape Architects and is currently serving as the Oklahoma Trustee of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He also serves as a Trustee of the Oklahoma City Riverfront Redevelopment Authority, Trustee for the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation and serves as the landscape subcommittee chair for the I-40 Cross town Relocation Project.
In 1998, Brian was recognized as the first Landscape Architect Artist in Residence through the Oklahoma State Arts Council. He co-authored a publication by the Community Foundation titled “Parks and Related Public Facilities in Oklahoma County: A Baseline Report” which received a state award through by the Oklahoma Chapter of ASLA. Until earlier this year when WKY radio went to a totally Hispanic format, Brian hosted a 3 hour Landscape and Garden show every Saturday morning. He is currently enjoying the break but has been asked if he would consider hosting the show on a new station in the future.
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