GHS-TV Executive Staff
ALLISON LONG – Executive Producer
Allison Long is a 1994 graduate of Germantown High School. After 10 years of teaching Communication Arts and Introduction to Film and Video at Germantown High School, Mrs. Long now serves and Executive Director of GHS-TV and Chairman of the Department of the Creative and Performing Arts. Mrs. Long attended Baylor University where she received a B.B.A. in Broadcasting. Before returning to Germantown, she worked with Susquehanna Broadcasting, CBS Promotions Group and ABC Radio in Dallas. She is the former state director for the Tennessee chapter of the Educational Theatre Association, currently serves on the Leadership Germantown board of directors and is involved with various organizations in the surrounding area.
LEONID MAZOR – General Manager
Leonid Mazor began his work as a professional theatre director in 1976, when he became the producer and director of the Student Theatre at the Moscow Technology University in Russia. Leonid has been involved as an actor and director in over 70 major television and theatre productions in Russia and America. His credits include assignments as both a director and performer for the popular Russian comedy show Club of Jokers (KVN). Mazor also directed numerous plays from the classic and modern repertoire of both American and Russian theatres.In 1995, Mr. Mazor became a full-time theatre arts and video instructor at Germantown High School. From 1995 – 2004, he directed the Poplar Pike Playhouse’s fall productions and also served as co-director for the Playhouse’s musicals. After leaving Germantown High School in 2005, he returned to Moscow, Russia, where he started work as independent producer, director and screenwriter for numerous cinema productions in Russia. His works include several adaptations of American sitcoms, such as “Grace under Fire”, “Suddenly Susan” and “Sanford and Son”. He also created a Russian adaptation of classical American novel “ American Tragedy ” by Theodore Dreiser, which became an award winning TV series “ Life that never exists…”, and adapted version of American TV series “House”, called “Doctor Tursa”. For several years he served as Chief Executive Officer of Production and Creative Services of Ukrainian Independent TV-corporation, “Inter TV-channel” in Kiev, Ukraine. In 2006 he organized “Interschool” - the first school in Ukraine that specialized in TV. It functions as a high-class TV specialists training center and provides training for producers, directors, scriptwriters, journalists and cameramen. Mazor served their as Chairman of School. His works can still be seen on major Russian television networks. His TV series and TV movies have received important television awards, and are well known and highly recognized among viewers and critics. Leonid Mazor is an honorable member of two major television Academies in Russia - Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio and Russian Academy of Television.
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MICHAEL WHEELER - MSCS videographer
CHELBI TALLEY -MSCS Content Producer
Chelbi Talley is a 2021 graduate of Germantown High School. During her time at Germantown, Chelbi was heavily involved at GHS-TV. She produced and directed several shows and was General Manager her senior year. After graduation, she attended Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Video and Film Production with a minor in Sports Media. During her time in college, Chelbi produced several independent projects including short film “Musically Found” and music video “Kit-Kat” which can be found on YouTube. Chelbi joined the GHS-TV staff in 2026.
JEFF HALFORD - Film & Video and Communication Arts Teacher
Jeff Halford is a native of Memphis, TN. He is a graduate of White Station High School. Halford attended Middle Tennessee State University, where he received his Bachelors degree with a major in Mass Media/Communications Broadcast Journalism and a Minor in Art. Halford is planning on completing his Masters in Education at Union University Dec., 2026. Jeff Halford is the Theatre Arts Intro/Film 1 teacher and co-teaches Production & Broadcast.
BOB RAMSAY– Broadcast Engineer
Bobby Ramsay is a 2004 graduate of Germantown High School. As a senior in the GHS Fine Arts Department, Mr. Ramsay served as general manager of GHS-TV and as lighting director of Wake Up, Germantown!, won a National Student Television Award of Excellence from the organization that presents television’s coveted Emmy awards. In 2008, Mr. Ramsay graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Media Production. Mr. Ramsay served as an intern for News Channel 5 and has worked freelance in the Nashville area. Some of his freelance projects include the 2008 Nashville Regional Emmy awards and Soundcheck: Season 2, which highlights musical groups from the Nashville and Murfreesboro area.
Michael Wheeler is a graduate of Surabaya International School in Indonesia. He joined the high school theater department as an actor and stage hand. After graduation, he studied a year of radio broadcasting at John Brown University in Arkansas and then moved to Sydney, Australia. He continued his studies as a TV and Media student at Hillsong International Leadership College. He learned cinematography, stage cameras for live music events, directing, as well as producing. Upon completion in 2005, Wheeler moved to Memphis, Tennessee to earn his BA of Fine Arts in video production in 2009. He also started his broadcast news career gaining 13 years of experience. He has covered major sporting events, weather disasters, hard news, as well as special sweeps story reports. Wheeler has spent time in the backseat as a helicopter camera operator. He became a certified satellite truck operator and HD drone camera operator for Raycom News. Outside of news, Wheeler has freelanced wedding photography and videography for local brides. Wheeler is also a certificated airplane pilot and flies small propeller airplanes in his free time. Wheeler is also a musician and plays electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, and piano. when he is not doing any of these things, he enjoys travelling, going to the movies, visiting the local theater, and ultimate frisbee. As a long time Memphian, he is eager to add his international experience to GHS-TV.
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CALEB SUGGS - Supervising Producer
MALLORY KENNEY – MSCS Senior Content Producer
Mallory Kenney is a 2004 graduate of Germantown High School. She went on to attend the University of Missouri's School of Journalism where she received a Bachelor of Journalism with an emphasis in Broadcast News. Before coming to GHS, Mrs. Kenney spent 7 years at FOX 13 here in Memphis, including 5 years as a producer for the station's morning new program Good Morning Memphis.
Caleb Suggs returns to our station after starting his career in media and entertainment with us back in 2016 as "The Voice of GHS-TV." Caleb was a CAPA student at GHS singing in choir, acting in spring musicals, and eventually coming to GHS-TV senior year as an on-air talent and host of Wake Up, Germantown! After graduating high school, Caleb became an on-air personality for local jazz station, WUMR 91.7 and went on to study Broadcast Journalism and Film & Video Production at the University of Memphis. His final year, Caleb also won 1st place in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards Audio News and Features Competition.
After earning his BA, Caleb co-founded his own independent film production company, Studio Suggs, with his brother which has produced several award-winning narrative films and documentaries and continues to this day. Over the years, Caleb has worked in film, TV, news, and marketing for various organizations such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Peer Power, and Amazon. He also began working as a youth mentor and instructor through organizations like Indie Memphis, House of Prayer Youth Arts Academy, and Princeton James Productions for young people interested in film and acting.
Caleb earned his Master's Degree in Film & Video Production in 2026 from the UofM, and now aims to inspire and empower a new generation of top-tier students who can only be produced at GHS-TV.