A new board member has been elected to the Friends of Public Radio Inc. Board of Directors, according to a news release.

Stephanie Meyers was elected at the board meeting in late June. She is a founding member Humanity-Now: Direct Refugee Relief, a nonprofit that focuses on the needs of refugees in Greece, and a former WHQR board member, officials said in the release.

Meyers joins current board members Jeff Barnes, Kathleen Berkeley, Andre Brown, Joseph Conway, Tim Costello, Samantha Dooies, Brenda Esch (secretary), Christopher Fikry, Stephen Fortlouis (treasurer), Doc Jarden, Kelly Luckhaus (vice chair), Jon McLamb (chair), Nicolas Montoya (treasurer), Kristine Moore, John Scherer and Robert Waxman.
 
Rob Zapple, a New Hanover County commissioner, retired from the board.