Two New Board Members Join WinCity Media

WinCity Media, Inc., the non­prof­it par­ent orga­ni­za­tion of WinCity Voices, has added two new mem­bers to its Board of Directors. Lashana Harney and Rebecca Campomanes offi­cial­ly assumed their new roles at the board’s January 8 meeting.

Lashana (luh-SHAY-nuh) Harney is a for­mer jour­nal­ist-turned-mar­keter with a deep pas­sion for sto­ry­telling in all its forms. She brings sto­ries to life through writ­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy, videog­ra­phy, design, pod­cast­ing, and beyond.

Self-described as “Kentucky-fried,” Lashana has spent her entire life in the Bluegrass State and has called Winchester home for near­ly eight years. She attend­ed Western Kentucky University, where she stud­ied pub­lic rela­tions and Chinese, before build­ing a career that spans print jour­nal­ism, high­er edu­ca­tion, and edtech. She now works on the mar­ket­ing and com­mu­ni­ca­tions team at Shriners Children’s Lexington, help­ing share sto­ries of hope and healing.

Outside of work, Lashana can usu­al­ly be found watch­ing MMA fights, soc­cer match­es, and the lat­est movie with her fiancé; train­ing in pow­er­lift­ing and endurance run­ning; play­ing Dungeons & Dragons with friends; or curled up on the couch with a good book and her two dogs, Vader and Vandal.

“I’ve seen first­hand the impact and growth WinCity Voices and WinCity Media have made over the past near­ly five years,” Lashana told WinCity Voices. “And it’s been incred­i­ble to watch a tru­ly com­mu­ni­ty-first orga­ni­za­tion take shape. Joining the board feels like a nat­ur­al next step, and I’m excit­ed to help make WinCity even stronger, more sus­tain­able, and more impact­ful in the years ahead.”

Rebecca Campomanes is a graph­ic design­er and com­mu­ni­ty advo­cate with over ten years of expe­ri­ence sup­port­ing local orga­ni­za­tions. As Wink Design, her free­lance busi­ness, she cre­ates logos, newslet­ters, and mar­ket­ing mate­ri­als for local busi­ness­es, non­prof­its, and individuals.

As a vol­un­teer, she has worked with mul­ti­ple orga­ni­za­tions to acti­vate com­mu­ni­ty, often focus­ing on the arts or the envi­ron­ment. Her lead­er­ship has result­ed in tan­gi­ble pos­i­tive change in Winchester, includ­ing spear­head­ing brand acti­va­tion for down­town Winchester and cre­at­ing a com­mu­ni­ty gar­den at Legacy Grove.

Campomanes cur­rent­ly serves on the advi­so­ry board of WinCity Voices and is also a contributor.

“WinCity Media bridges the gap between in-per­son and online con­nec­tion, an issue I’ve heard brought up since I’ve moved to Winchester,” said Campomanes. “I’m excit­ed to bring my insight and skills to the board so we can strength­en that con­nec­tive tis­sue and help folks feel they are a part of this community.”

Pete Koutoulas, Executive Director of WinCity Media, explained that the cur­rent board need­ed more voic­es and more diver­si­ty. Before the addi­tion of Harney and Campomanes, the board con­sist­ed of three mem­bers, includ­ing Chuck Witt and Jennifer Koutoulas.

Pete Koutoulas not­ed, “This has been a nec­es­sary expan­sion, due to our incred­i­ble growth over the past year. We need­ed to bring more expe­ri­ence and diver­si­ty to the board­room, and we are thrilled to be adding Rebecca and Lashana. Between Rebecca’s com­mit­ment to the com­mu­ni­ty and her cre­ative prob­lem-solv­ing skills, she brings a lot to the table. And Lashana, being an award-win­ning trained jour­nal­ist who used to write for The Winchester Sun, adds expe­ri­ence, cred­i­bil­i­ty, and a wealth of knowl­edge to the table.”

The board expan­sion is not over. The board seeks to add two mem­bers in 2026 to fur­ther broad­en its skills and diversity.

“The goal is to include more voic­es and dif­fer­ing points of view into the deci­sion-mak­ing process,” Koutoulas said. “It is very impor­tant to us that the com­mu­ni­ty sees that we don’t just preach diver­si­ty and inclu­sion, we prac­tice it as well.”

The next two addi­tions to the WinCity Media Board of Directors will be select­ed from a pool of appli­cants for those posi­tions. More infor­ma­tion about the appli­ca­tion process will be announced soon.