John Heckmann

John Heckmann currently serves as the MATA Transit Advertising Sales Manager at the Memphis Area Transit Authority since May 2024. Prior to this role, John worked as a Corporate Support Account Executive at WKNO Public Media for the Mid-South from April 2022 to May 2024, focusing on securing corporate partnerships for sponsorship marketing that supports educational programming. John also held the position of Managing Partner at Power Marketing Company of Memphis from February 1993 to April 2022, where efforts included collaborating with Memphis Light Gas and Water and the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association to raise funds for the Plus-1 Utility Assistance Program. John earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Advertising from The University of Memphis, where studies were completed between 1984 and 1991, and graduated from Christian Brothers High School in 1983.