Chris Prioli – AD2CS – WRVB352 <\/em><\/strong><\/td>| Team Leader and ARRL Liaison<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> | Chris has been a ham only a short while, taking all three license exams and earning his Amateur Extra license on 18 August 2021.\u00a0 He currently serves as the GCARC VE Team Liaison and Team Leader.\u00a0 While having a life-long interest in electronics and having been hobbying in that arena for many years,\u00a0 Chris, now retired, has spent his adult life working in the Trucking Industry.\u00a0 There, he has held positions at various levels up to and including executive positions.\u00a0 Chris is the father of two and the step-father of five, all of whom are grown and on their own.\u00a0 He is also now the grandfather of eleven, some of whom are also grown and on their own. He is an avid electronics enthusiast, a prolific writer, an active life member of GCARC, and he maintains a personal electronics website at www.ad2cs.com<\/a>.\u00a0 He is an SJRA member, an ARRL life member, an RSGB member, a BCRC member, and he also serves on the BCRC, GLAARG, and SJRA VE Teams.<\/em><\/td> | ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/veteam.w2mmd.org\/wpve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CPP-Head-Shot-2.jpg\") <\/td><\/tr>Angela Metzger – KE2DRJ <\/em><\/strong><\/td> | Team Member<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> | Angela Metzger has been an amateur radio operator since 2024. She earned her general license in 2025 and her Amateur Extra license in 2026. She is an ARRL member, as well as the ARRL Section Youth Coordinator for Southern New Jersey. | Angela has been an educator for 26 years at Woodruff Middle School in Upper Deerfield Township, where she currently teaches 7th grade mathematics and serves as the STEM Club advisor. Her passion for amateur radio centers on introducing young people to the fascinating worlds of radio, electronics, communication, and STEM. She especially enjoys helping students discover how the skills they learn in the classroom can connect to real-world technology and amateur radio. She is an active member of ARES, acting as net control operator when needed and supporting our amateur radio community through emergency communications and service. Outside of amateur radio and teaching, Angela enjoys spending time with her family and, most of all, spoiling her grandchildren!<\/td> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/veteam.w2mmd.org\/wpve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KE2DRJ-cropped.jpg\") <\/td><\/tr>Courtney Smith – KD2SPJ<\/em><\/strong><\/td> | Team Member<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> | Courtney was first licensed in 2019 and now holds an Amateur Extra Class license. He enjoys kit building, learning basic electronics, exploring keyboard\u2011to\u2011keyboard digital modes, and staying involved in EMCOMM. CW is the next skill on the horizon and an active personal goal. | <\/em> Professionally, he is a network engineer with over 25 years of experience in service\u2011provider environments, with a focus on peering and routing security. He currently works in network architecture, helping to design and build a viable next\u2011generation network \u2014 a role that blends deep technical expertise with long\u2011term strategic planning. <\/em> Outside of work, Courtney serves as an American Red Cross disaster services volunteer and previously spent three years as an EMT, experiences that reflect a strong commitment to community service and public safety. <\/em> He is a member of the Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club (GCARC), OMIK Amateur Radio Club, and the South Jersey Radio Association (SJRA), and serves as both an ARRL and GLAARG Volunteer Examiner. Supporting new operators and helping them feel comfortable during the exam process is one of Courtney\u2019s favorite parts of being a VE. <\/em> Amateur radio continues to be a place of curiosity, learning, and community \u2014 and Courtney enjoys being part of that journey with others.<\/em><\/td> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/veteam.w2mmd.org\/wpve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KD2SPJ-cropped.jpg\") <\/td><\/tr>Mike Thompson – KG4JYA – WRUG816<\/em><\/strong><\/td> | Team Member<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> | Mike is a software engineer with over 30 years of experience, including a 20-year focus in the industrial, medical, and specialty gas industry. While he\u2019s spent decades navigating the world of code, his real passion lies in the “how things work” side of life\u2014whether that\u2019s digital, mechanical, or celestial. | He is a tinkerer whose hobbies often involve a mix of hardware and software. His workbench is usually occupied by a rotating cast of projects involving digital fabrication in the form of 3D printing and laser engraving, music and technology as related to synthesizers and hobby electronics, retro computing involving exploring and maintaining vintage hardware, and the physical world, comprising his activities in programming, astronomy, and the technical side of radio. Though you won’t often find him active on the airwaves, Mike has maintained a steady progression in the amateur radio world since 2000. He moved from Technician to General in 2010 and earned his Amateur Extra license in 2022. He contributes to the hobby primarily through the organizational and educational side, as a GCARC VE, as a GCARF board member, as a STEM Club advisor, and through his membership in ARRL.<\/em><\/td> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/veteam.w2mmd.org\/wpve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KG4JYA-headshot.jpg\") <\/td><\/tr>Joe Gadoury – N2JJG<\/em><\/strong><\/td> | Team Member<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> | Joe has been a ham for just a few short years, first earning his Technician-class license in December 2022 and finally upgrading to the Amateur Extra level eleven months later, in November 2023, thanks in part to Chris AD2CS and the excellent GCARC license upgrade classes. | Joe’s interest in Ham Radio includes Parks on the Air (POTA), 13 Colonies, and both Winter and Summer Field Day event participation. He currently belongs to two clubs, GCARC and Burlington County Radio Club (BCRC), and serves as treasurer for BCRC along with being their POTA chair. His other activities include belonging to two Community Emergency Response Teams, Burlington County CERT and Pinelands CERT. Ham radio has been useful with the CERT teams during events and disaster relief operations. He is a former paramedic with 35 years of experience and 41 years overall as an EMT, having taught the paramedic program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital from 2000 to 2023. He has also assisted with teaching programs for incoming interns and renewal for physicians needing review of Advanced Cardiac Life Support per the American Heart Association.<\/em><\/td> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/veteam.w2mmd.org\/wpve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JoeG-Head-Shot2.jpg\") <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is your opportunity to learn more about the members of the GCARC Volunteer Examiner (VE) Team. As more bio’s are submitted, they will be added to this page for your enlightenment. Chris Prioli – AD2CS – WRVB352 Team Leader and ARRL Liaison Chris has been a ham only a short while, taking all three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-324","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n |