Celebrities
Staci Matthews - KS95
Staci Matthews is one half of the Moon & Staci Afternoon Show on KS95 FM (www.moonandstaci.com). Staci has been an animal lover her whole life but has a special weakness for cats. She and her husband of 5 years, Tony, live in Fridley with their gaggle of felines. Loki (who also answers to "Fattie" or "Puppy") is a big, noisy, chunk of black & white love rescued from a no-kill shelter. Lily is a calico from the humane society who enjoys naps in the sun and coughing up the occasional fur ball. Phoebe is their tortoiseshell who is a champion snoozer and whom Staci credits for alerting her to her breast cancer 5 years ago. Phoebe began a persistent lounging habit on Staci's chest prompting her to notice a lump leading to her eventual surgery and a full recovery. Staci and Tony expect to someday add a dog to their hairy brood.
This is Staci's third year participating in the Pet Haven Fall Benefit.
Lena Svenson (co-host, The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show, 101.3 KDWB)
Lena Svenson is the newest addition to the Dave Ryan in the Morning Show. She’s been acting and performing since the age of four, and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Theatre Arts. Working at KDWB is Lena’s first foray into radio; before that, she worked in theatre, film, and improv around Wisconsin and the Twin Cities. Lena is one hundred percent Norwegian, was raised by a hippie and a Lutheran in western Wisconsin, and has a horrible sense of direction. She hopes to one day own a large group of dogs that she can knit matching sweaters for.
Donna Valentine
Morning Show Host at K102
Just celebrated her 15 year at K102! She has 14 year old long haired orange tabby kitty cat named Hank.
Jason DeRusha
WCCO-TV News Anchor
Before coming to WCCO-TV, Jason spent three years as a reporter at WISN-TV in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he anchored the weekend news at KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, reported for WREX-TV in Rockford, Illinois, and interned at "ABC World News Tonight" in New York. In the Twin Cities, Jason serves on the Board of Governors of the National Television Academy. He also spends time mentoring future broadcasters. A proud graduate of Marquette University (magna cum laude), Jason lives in Maple Grove with his wife Alyssa (a Wayzata High graduate), sons Seth and Sam and their dog, Baxter.
Cheryl Kaye
Cheryl Kaye is the co-host of the Kevin and Cheryl morning show on 102.9 Lite FM. She has done morning radio in the Twin Cities for the last twelve years. In her free time she enjoys the company of her horse, William, her two rescue Dobermans, Ursula and Elwood, and her long-suffering boyfriend, Bart. One of these days he'll like it enough to put a ring on it.
