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Charger 360

Charger 360 - Season 4, Episode 6: Don Fertman '76

Don Fertman ’76 reflects on being a “shy kid, squared” who joined a group of students that in 1973 launched WNHU, which has become an award-winning radio station. “It was the music that comforted me in my isolation,” he said. He talked about his 1970s new-wave rock band “The Crayons” writing a jingle for the Subway restaurant. That ultimately led to a 40-year career with the chain, culminating with him serving as chief development officer and two appearances on the hit reality show “Undercover Boss.” Today, he continues to host a weekly radio show on WHNU, he’s active with a nationwide organization that supports substance-abuse recovery, and he’s an adjunct professor in the Pompea College of Business, teaching a course he developed on franchising.

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Two-Time GRAMMY® Award-Winning Record Producer and A&R Veteran Joins University of New Haven as Executive in Residence

Pete Ganbarg, a two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning A&R Executive who served as president of A&R at Atlantic Records for 16 years, working with such stars as Twenty-One Pilots, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Warren, Christina Perri, and Melanie Martinez, among others, is teaching two special topics courses that examine the history of A&R in the music industry and the history of record production.