Meet The Team

Gray DC Bureau

Jon Decker
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor

Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995.

Peter Zampa
Peter Zampa
Multimedia Journalist

Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.

Brendan Cullerton
Brendan Cullerton
Multimedia Journalist

Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee.

Rhyan Henson
Rhyan Henson
Anchor and Multimedia Journalist

I started working at Gray TV’s Washington D.C. bureau in May of 2023. I found my calling for news while attending Butler University during the Ferguson Riots after the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. During the chaotic times is when I realized how facts and storytelling can really impact a community.

Molly Martinez
Molly Martinez
Multimedia Journalist

Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D.

Ashonti Ford
Ashonti Ford
Multimedia Journalist

Ashonti Ford joined Gray Television in August of 2023. Ford is a well-traveled watchdog journalist who has worked for newsrooms around the nation, including; Tampa, Kansas City, Decatur, Wichita and Salisbury.

Stetson Miller
Stetson Miller
Multimedia Journalist

Stetson Miller joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in February 2023 as a multimedia journalist after working at WTOP, WJZ in Baltimore and WCBD in Charleston, SC.

Josh Rultenberg
Josh Rultenberg
Multimedia Journalist

Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist.

Annie Andersen

Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. Before that she worked at local stations in Louisiana and Virginia.

Joshua Crompton

Joshua worked at several local stations before moving to Washington, D.C.. There he launched a national morning show, "The National Desk" for Sinclair. He now works as a producer for the Gray Washington News Bureau.

Leah Vredenbregt

Leah Vredenbregt joined the Gray Washington Bureau team in June 2023 as a weekend producer. She is a recent University of Missouri grad who worked for three years in mid-Missouri news, with internships across the country in both local and national news outlets.

Michael Estrabillo
Michael Estrabillo
Video Journalist

Michael is a born and raised Ohioian who got his photojournalism start at his alma mater Ohio University working for PBS in 2007. He has gone on to work for several media outlets both locally and nationally, shooting award winning news and documentary stories, garnering him an Emmy and Edward Murrow award.

Tyler S. Smith
Tyler S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor

Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.

Sarah Meklir
Sarah Meklir
Production Assistant

Sarah Meklir joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2023 as a production assistant after working as an intern for the DC Bureau in the summer of 2023. She is currently studying journalism at the University of Maryland.

Investigate TV

Lee Zurik

Lee leads Gray Television’s National Investigative Team. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE.

Jamie Grey
Jamie Grey
Managing Editor of Investigations

Jamie is InvestigateTV's managing editor. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education.

Joce Sterman
Joce Sterman
Investigative Reporter

Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the failures of government agencies, product flaws and other transparency issues.

Greg Phillips
Greg Phillips
Executive Producer of Investigations

Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs.

Rachel DePompa
Rachel DePompa
Consumer Investigative Reporter

Rachel is an investigative journalist with more than 20 years’ experience.

Heather Graf
Heather Graf
InvestigateTV+ Reporter

Heather Graf is an award-winning journalist for InvestigateTV+, working as a national reporter based in Washington, D.C.

Caresse Jackman
Caresse Jackman
National Consumer Investigative Reporter

Caresse Jackman is a national consumer investigative reporter with a focus on exposing scams and digging into consumer concerns.

Jon Decker
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor

Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995.

Jill Riepenhoff
Jill Riepenhoff
Investigative Producer

Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption.

Emily Featherston
Emily Featherston
Investigative Producer

Emily is an investigative journalist with a background in several forms of media and an MBA in business management.

Owen Hornstein
Owen Hornstein
Investigative Videographer and Editor

Owen tries to bring a modern and cinematic look to investigative storytelling with dynamic and engaging animations and videography.

Scotty Smith
Scotty Smith
Investigative Photojournalist

Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC.

Daniela Molina
Daniela Molina
Investigative Producer

Daniela is a bilingual investigative producer for InvestigateTV.

Daniel Heffner

Daniel Heffner is a Special Projects Producer for NBC12. He started his career in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010, and joined NBC12 in 2013.