Tony Coles Named Senior VP at Clear Channel
Communication studies alum Tony Coles has been promoted to senior vice president of programming for the west region of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.
William Hornyak
Department of Communication Studies
whornyak@mymail.marylhurst.edu
Education
BA, Marquette University
Classes Taught
Storytelling for Communication & Business Professionals
About
Will Hornyak has worked as a full-time professional storyteller, speaker and teacher of storytelling since 1994. He graduated from Marquette University with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and history.
Hornyak worked as a newspaper reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and as a correspondent for the Inter-American Press Association in Lima, Peru. While living and working in South America he became interested in poetry, folk art, storytelling and mythology.
Living in San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Hornyak worked as a carpenter over the next 12 years while slowly developing his craft as a storyteller. He developed a repertoire of myths, fables, legends, tall tales and personal stories, performing and teaching in a variety of communities including the Oregon Department of Human Resources, the American Cancer Society, Oregon State Penitentiary, Intel, Johnson Controls, Doc Martens Shoe and at numerous schools, libraries, festivals and conferences.
