New York Public Radio (NYPR) introduced the appointment of latest management and three new members to its Board of Trustees.
Longtime NYPR Trustee John Rose was named Chair of the Board. Rose is a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the place he served for 20 years as a Managing Director and Senior Companions and led the World Media, US Non-public Fairness, and Northeast State and Native practices.
He’s additionally a co-founder and energetic Board member of Tenetic, a number one syndicated information companies firm within the TV and radio house; an Govt Advisor at Rockefeller World Funding Banking; and Adjunct College member in Media at NYU Stern; and on the Boards of the Metropolitan Opera, Playwrights Horizons, and the Residents Funds Fee.
The Board’s new Vice Chairs are Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, columnist and writer; and Carl Weisbrod, a former Chairman of the New York Metropolis Planning Fee and a nationwide authority on metropolis planning, inexpensive housing coverage, and concrete growth.
NYPR additionally welcomes three new members to its Board of Trustees. Gary Knell is a deeply skilled media govt whose profession consists of impactful tenures as President and CEO of Sesame Workshop, NPR, and Nationwide Geographic.
Jenna Weiss-Burman is an esteemed chief within the podcasting house who co-founded Pineapple Road Studios, and is at the moment Head of Podcasts at Paper Kite Productions, the movie and tv manufacturing firm based by Amy Poehler.
Jeremy Kuriloff is Managing Director and Companion on the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), working on the intersection of shopper, media, and personal fairness.
“In my 30 years as a Trusty at NYPR, I’ve had the privilege of watching this group change into extra modern, important, and important to our metropolis and audiences”, stated John Rose. “I’m honored to step into this new function as Chair at such a essential time for public broadcasting and to work alongside such an excellent and devoted group of leaders to guard and advance NYPR’s mission. Gary, Jenna, and Jeremy’s deep expertise within the essence of what we do and will probably be invaluable as we transfer into our a hundred and first yr, particularly with the context of the challenges public media is going through proper now. I’m excited to have them with us as we forge the following chapter in NYPR’s evolution and that of the trade extra broadly.”
“Together with his deep media and enterprise expertise and lengthy tenure as Trustee, John is the fitting individual to steward the Board by this consequential second for public broadcasting, as we face unprecedented threats out of Washington and fast adjustments throughout the broader media trade,” stated LaFontaine E. Oliver, President and CEO of New York Public Radio.
“The important companies we offer — trusted native information, cultural and academic programing, and free and accessible classical music – are wanted greater than ever. I’m thrilled to work with John, Anna, Carl and our deeply proficient new Trustees to safe our mission and serve our audiences.”
