INSTRUCTORS
Christi Bowen
Christi Bowen is an award winning voice talent with over 30 years experience in voice over and video production. A full time voice actor since 2011, Christi has developed a roster of clients all over the world and on many types of projects… from commercials and corporate narrations to e-learning modules and phone systems. She specializes in eLearning and also has a passion for political and automotive advertising. Her clients include L’Oreal, Walmart, General Mills, AAA Auto Club, Quaker Oats, IKEA, Philips and many more!
Christi has won 2 Voice Arts Awards for Political voiceover and her corporate narration work has garnered 3 The w3 Awards and 2 Tellys. She is also a Finalist for 2 Reed Awards and the winner of 2 Pollie Awards for Political voiceover.
Christi has been a guest speaker at numerous voiceover conferences. She’s taught at Faffcon, WoVOCon, VO Atlanta, One Voice Conference and virtual conferences too. She’s been a private coach for eLearning and the Business of Voiceover for 5 years. Christi is frequently asked to be a guest coach for workout sessions or a podcast guest. Her appearances include Mary Lynn Wissner’s Meet The Pros, EWABS, Ask Dave Anything with Dave Fennoy, VO School Podcast with Jamie Muffett and many more!
Brad Oxnam
Brad Oxnam is a professional actor and voice actor with an MFA from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has 20+ years experience onstage, on screen, and behind the microphone. In addition to his performance career, he has taught acting classes at Middle Tennessee State University, Motlow Community College, the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and VO Atlanta.
Barry McAlister
Barry McAlister is a voice talent, actor, and improvisor in Nashville, TN. His voice has been heard in many children’s video projects- especially puppet-based ones. He had a popular live puppet-based family show, “Juniper Junction”, in area malls for many years. Barry has also acted in countless music videos and industrials. And he is well known for his many years of improv comedy shows & workshops, and received much of his improv training at The Second City- Chicago. In addition, Barry adds improv skills to popular corporate workshops he does through his company Fun2GrowOn Consulting.
Bobbi Maxwell
As the middle child of nine siblings, Bobbi Maxwell was always a performer. What started as a way of getting attention, eventually led to a successful on-air career in radio and on camera commercial work. While working in radio, she found herself loving the creativity and challenges of voicing spots more than being an air talent and made the leap to full time VO in 2015.
On any given day, Bobbi enjoys booking in many different genres, from commercial, explainer videos, telephony and automotive, to promo, political,
tv narration and radio imaging. She loves the challenge and opportunities voice acting offers her and still learns something new about it every single day. In addition to being a working actor, Bobbi is a multiple Sovas Award winner, and co-host of “The Making Wavs VO Podcast”.
You may have heard Bobbi as a national voice of Overstock.com, promo voice and show narrator for “True Crime Network”, along with work for clients like HBO, Charles Schwab, Animal Planet, Marvel, Mastercard and others.
J. Rodney Turner
After retiring from a 30-plus year career as an air traffic controller, J Rodney Turner wondered how he might best spend his time while retired. At the time, sitting around, enjoying life might have appeared to be a fine idea, but Rodney thought age 56 was a little young to allow the world to pass him by while he watched from the comfort of a rocking chair on his front porch.
Rodney, with help from his wife, Julie, did a little research and began to build a business centered on his voice. While he has experienced success in commercials and promos, the bulk of his success stems from his ability to tell stories through audiobooks, with over 190 titles to his credit.
Rodney also has a successful podcast, Audiobook Narration for Beginners, where Rodney interviews narrators and coaches from every experience level regarding their own personal journey into audiobooks. Rodney asks the questions all “newbies” want to know – how to get started, how to find coaches, how to benefit from in-person and virtual workshops and conferences, how to find work and how to be build a successful narration business.
When he’s not in the booth, Rodney spends his spare time taking care of things around the farm, in Portland, Tennessee – 35 miles due north of Nashville, with help from Julie and their teenage daughter, Rylie.
Elle Boone
Elle Boone, founder of Kool Kids Voice Acting, is a New York City theater-trained actress, singer, voiceover artist, and coach. In addition to extensive private voiceover training, she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and at the Tom Todoroff Acting Studio. Since 2005, she has voiced hundreds of projects. Her voice can be heard nationally and internationally in commercials, animation, and narration. Elle also plays young boy and girl characters including a lead role in one of the Tonies toys coming out in summer of 2025.
Kool Kids Voice Acting offers voice acting education to kids ages 8 to 17. We are a for profit, socially conscious, and inclusive community that inspires and empowers artistically inclined youth through the spirit of play and building solid communication skills. Through our life coaching, script writing techniques, and “the power of choice”, our curriculum instills a strong sense of confidence and purpose, and instills a sense of belonging through invaluable life lessons that will serve them for years to come. We are international in presence and headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee and New York City.
Kevin Kilpatrick
Ever since stepping onto a stage at age 5, Kevin Kilpatrick had an unshakable desire to perform. Throughout his school years and into college, he was always acting; even attending college on a theatre scholarship. After college and a successful 18-year career as a radio personality, Kevin made the leap to full-time voice actor in 2005.
Today, Kevin is an Emmy-nominated and SOVAS award-winning voice actor, producer and coach. He’s known for his documentary work on National Geographic, REELZ and PBS. He’s voiced commercials for Aleve, Cracker Barrel Cheese, American Express, FedEx, Nutri-System and others. He’s proud to be a regular narrator for corporate clients Apple, Pepsi, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Pizza Hut, Kia Canada, Lowe’s and countless others.
When Kevin is not in the booth performing, he’s usually producing audio and video, or working with others as voice-acting coach. Having trained with elite acting coaches himself, Kevin is passionate about helping talent of all skill levels improve. Kevin Kilpatrick’s award-winning podcast, The Middle-Class VO Podcast, features stories, lessons and special guests, where all things voiceover are discussed.