Valentine
Valentine is a loving husband of 13 years to his wife Leilani and an adoring father to his young son Colin. Val started in the radio industry when he was 15 and has since become a household name in the business. Each morning, you can hear Val telling stories of being a first-time dad while sharing tales of his everyday life (just ask him why his underwear ended up in the backyard).
Outside of his home life, Valentine is a USO entertainer with over ten tours; including Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. Val has also been a regular performer at comedy clubs and is a former police officer (and no, that isn�t just part of his routine).
Valentine loves to travel. His passport reads like James Bond�s: from Paris to Hungary, Lichtenstein, Germany and many more. An avid coffee lover, the strongest coffee he ever tasted was while sitting in Budapest (where he says the coffee flows like motor oil).
Since birth, Val has been a diehard Boston Red Sox fan and enjoys spending time with his dog Lucy, whom he adopted from New Leash on Life (an organization that helps save pet orphans). On top of touring throughout Europe while playing in a jazz band, he�s flown the U.S. Navy�s F-18 Hornet and skydived (unrelated events)!
Valentine's most important on-air attribute is his desire to be open with his listeners and to share his real life, thereby allowing the listener to share theirs as well.
Jillian
Young, friendly, outgoing and family oriented, Jillian is the pop culture princess of Valentine in the Morning. She began her radio career at a young age and has been with Valentine for over 6 years! Starting at the age of 3, she trained with a ballet company and also studied everything from hip-hop to tap to Hawaiian dance!
She spends her weekends spending time with her family and date nights with her boyfriend (while waiting for that engagement ring). Jill is the oldest of 3 sisters and very girly. She loves everything fashion and beauty related. It also helps that her sister is a fashion stylist so she can keep up with the latest trends.
Jillian is heavily involved with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in helping find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis and participates in Walk MS every year.
From oldies to new music, her favorite artists range from Michael Jackson to Maroon 5, and she also LOVES country music. She has a huge collection of CDs from the late �90s and early �00s, and considers Britney Spears one of her all-time favorites.
Irma
Irma is the Original Gossip Girl! She brings you all the Hollywood dish and is the �mom� of Valentine in the Morning. She tries to keep the rest of the crew in line � as best she can. Having over 23 years experience in radio, she has seen it all and still comes to work at 4 am with a smile on her face!
Irma has worked in cities all over the country including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Riverside, CA, Miami, FL and Chicago, IL.
Very family oriented and proud of her Cuban roots - her greatest accomplishment is her four-year-old daughter Sophia, and she and her wonderful husband Peter are celebrating seven years of marriage. At home, Irma is known as the "fix-it girl." She is always working on home improvements � learned all she knows from her very handy father and three older brothers.
If she wasn�t waking you up every morning, Irma would probably own a flower shop and would be planning your next wedding or event. In her free time, Irma loves to shop, garden, shop, cook and shop. She just became a gymnastics mom, so her photography skills are getting better and better. Friend her on Facebook and you can see the latest collection of family memories.
Nate
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Nate Marino is the wise-cracking, fun-loving guy you hear putting Valentine in his place every morning! Originally set to be a doctor, Nate took a radio internship and decided to go a completely different route. Since graduating from Penn State, he has worked with many of the biggest names in the business.
As the sole single male on the show, Nate is still looking for Miss Right (or "Mrs." if the divorce isn't finalized). While taking a ribbing from his co-workers, Nate keeps the show focused and on time. On top of keeping the show in line, Nate knows a thing or two about "manly" stuff: he can drive a semi, has his motorcycle license and is even a dead-eye with a rifle; he claims it's the Pennsylvanian in him.
He loves traveling with his next destinations being Australia and Africa. Aside from the ever-present Mix music, he loves Christopher Cross and Rascal Flatts. Nate also enjoys sports too, especially when his hard-luck Detroit teams are playing.
Outside of work, Nate has dabbled in stand-up comedy and considers himself to be a laidback guy. In his downtime, he loves to be outdoors; anything from biking to hiking to his latest endeavor SCUBA diving. Nate would like to eventually get his master�s degree and continue laughing each day with his Valentine In the Morning family!