Johanna Zorn is the executive director and founding mother of the Third Coast Festival, and enjoys working with the entire TCF crew on every aspect of this project. Additionally, Zorn takes the lead when it comes to budgeting, fundraising and public relations. Zorn has worked at Chicago Public Radio for more than two decades, including ten years as the executive producer of Chicago Public Radio's acclaimed documentary series Chicago Matters. She continues to contribute to the series as both an editor and a reporter. In her spare time she’s raising three children.