Ryan Wood
WFAA
Director of Community Impact
Dallas Texas
Ryan Wood is the Director of Community Impact at WFAA in Dallas, Texas. A longtime producer and executive producer, Ryan now manages WFAA’s community outreach, partnerships, and non-profit grant-making. Ryan also oversees Santa’s Helpers, one of the largest holiday toy drives in north Texas serving more than 50,000 children. His passion areas include storytelling, innovative journalism, and editorial ethics. He’s a mix between Seymour Krelborn and Henry Higgins. Ask him about the time he caught a cross-country kidnapper or how he led a project to resolve a middle school’s food insecurity. EMMY, National Murrow, and Gracie Award recipient.