Sandy Dhuyvetter

Artist/Entrepreneur

Sandy received a degree in Art/illustration and taught Art in Pico Rivera, near Los Angeles for 4 years. She then relocated to San Francisco where she started her art career. Most people know Joe Johnston, either through his work on Star Wars or his later work as a director of his own movies. In comparison, few people know Sandy Dhuyvetter’s relationship to Boba Fett, but her contributions to the iconic bounty hunter are just as significant and perhaps even more well-known! If Joe Johnston is Boba Fett’s “dad” (No Jango Fett jokes, please), then Sandy is surely “Momma Fett”.

Radio

Dhuyvetter started her radio program in August 2001 as an online program after her media company went public. In December 2001, TravelTalkRADIO added conventional radio stations to its distribution. Today, TravelTalkRADIO and BusinessTravelRADIO are heard in 185 countries. The show combines "regional, national and international travel topics, up-to-date travel news and interviews with travel experts," according to an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

In December 2001, Dhuyvetter debuted on television on KNBC in Los Angeles during the midday news programming. She continued her work on NBC for 18 months and then moved to local CNN, where Dhuyvetter continued to bring the good news of travel to TV viewers. She called her TravelTalkRADIO program one of the first Internet radio shows.

In 2006, TravelTalkRADIO was awarded with the Tanzania Tourist Board's Media Award at the 31st African Travel Association's (ATA) International Congress in Ghana. In 2007, Chinese radio station Voice of Jinling Radio honored Dhuyvetter for her work in co-producing a program dedicated to Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The program was jointly produced in China and called "Sandy and Dr. Sun Yat-sen". It was awarded first prize for the 2006 Final Radio Report Contest at Jiangsu Radio Station.

Today, TravelTalkRADIO can be heard on conventional radio in the United States, China and the United Kingdom, via satellite in the Western Hemisphere, South America, North America and the Pacific Rim, and online worldwide.

TravelTalkMEDIA, an affiliate of TravelTalkRADIO, encompasses the radio, television and web presence of the company, which is based in Encinitas, California.

Web

Dhuyvetter, who has a degree in illustration and design from Arizona State University, became involved in web design and computer graphics in the early 1980s. In 1985 she launched the Electronic Pen, creating computer graphics for corporate clients. With the advent of the Internet, Dhuyvetter's company began developing corporate websites, and eventually merged with another online business to form CommerceWave.

Writing

Dhuyvetter is the illustrator of the children's book Wiggle-Butts and Up-Faces, which is recommended by the National Swim School Association.

Accomplishments

Dhuyvetter serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee and as a member of the board of advisors for Christelijke Hogeschool Noord (CHN) University's Department of Media and Entertainment Management. CHN University is headquartered in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.