About The Team

David Zelski

David Zelski has over a dozen years in the television business. He began his TV career in New York City with MTV Networks (Viacom) in 1997. Then in January 2000, after spending one year with the post-production house, Magick Latern, David was hired by Georgia's PBS station, Georgia Public Broadcasting. There he began work on a variety of programs, including Lawmakers, Georgia Business Report, Georgia Week in Review and Prep Sports Plus. His reports have aired nationally on Nightly Business Report and he has garnered several awards including two Emmy awards and over ten Emmy nominations. Zelski is currently an editor, producer and co-host of GPB's top-rated weekly program, Georgia Traveler. David has been with Georgia Traveler since the very first show.

A native Georgian, Zelski holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a minor in Broadcasting and Cinema Studies.

Michelle DeShields

Michelle Elliott DeShields is an educator, educational consultant, entrepreneur, and television personality. With over 14 years of educational experience as a certified educator in Georgia, she has been a teacher, school counselor, education project manager, and private tutor in the entertainment industry. In 2002, Michelle served as an Education Project Manager with Georgia Public Broadcasting traveling throughout the state training educators on effectively integrating technology into the classroom. In 2008, while teaching in Fulton County Schools, she founded Consult With ME!, a full service educational consulting company that assists students in grades PreK – 12. Michelle also stayed involved with Georgia Public Broadcasting by following her childhood passion of working in television. In 2010, she began volunteering her time at the station with the on-air television membership drive. From there she worked with the New York production company Morphenix, LLC, on “Real Stories, Real Savvy, Real Moms,” a television series produced for public broadcasting stations. In 2011, while continuing as a volunteer on-air personality at Georgia Public Broadcasting, Michelle was thrilled to become the new co-host of Georgia Traveler. She brings her knowledge about Georgia to show viewers what the state has to offer through both an educational and entertaining platform.

Michelle donates her time in the community and professionally through Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, The Delino DeShields Baseball Boot Camp, Ladies Who Launch, Baseball Wives Charitable Foundation, American School Counseling Association, and the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Michelle was honored by Who’s Who in Black Atlanta in both 2009 and 2010 for her positive contribution to the city.

Michelle received her Bachelors of Science in Education from Alabama A&M, and went on to receive her Masters of Education in Guidance and Counseling from the University of West Georgia. Michelle is the wife of former MLB player Delino DeShields, currently coaching in the Cincinnati Reds organization and their blended family includes five children; Delaney, Denim, D'Angelo, Diamond, and Delino Jr.

Rickey Bevington

Award-winning journalist Rickey Bevington is in her second season with Georgia Traveler bringing you up close and personal with Georgia’s Civil War sites. Her Civil War stories have also appeared on the PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio, The Takeaway, and in Fodor’s travel guides. Rickey has been recognized with awards and nominations from the Atlanta Press Club as “Journalist of the Year,” the Southeastern Emmy Awards, the Society of Professional Journalists, Public Radio News Directors International, the Georgia Association of Broadcasters, and the Associated Press of Georgia. Rickey is also GPB’s Senior News Editor.

Atlanta-born but Boston-raised, Rickey made her way from high school on a dairy farm in southern Vermont to Barnard College in New York City. While at Barnard, she began her broadcast career at Sundance Channel. After graduation Rickey joined Showtime Networks as a Production Coordinator until moving to Hartford where she spent two years as an Assignment Editor and Associate Producer for WFSB-TV 3, Connecticut’s CBS television news affiliate. Her foray into public broadcasting came when she started as a volunteer at Connecticut Public Radio. She eventually landed a position hosting Saturday morning programming for the station. Rickey joined GPB in 2006 as host of GPB-TV’s quarterly arts magazine State of the Arts and as anchor of GPB Radio’s Morning Edition. She has since also anchored GPB Radio’s All Things Considered, Georgia Gazette and the Consumer Call-In, and GPB TV’s Georgia News Briefs.