The People: The NPR Board of Directors
The board of directors of NPR is responsible for the governance of the corporation. The board sets the policies and overall priorities of NPR management, monitors its performance, and provides financial oversight. The board consists of seventeen directors, ten of whom are managers of NPR member stations and are elected to the board by their fellow member stations. The seven remaining directors include the president of NPR, the chairman of the NPR Foundation, and five prominent members of the public selected by the board and confirmed by NPR member stations.
NPR Member Station Managers | |
President and Chief Executive Officer, Oregon Public Broadcasting | |
Director/General Manager, WUWM | |
President & CEO, WMFE | |
President and CEO, New Hampshire Public Radio | |
President & General Manager, WPLN | |
Chief Operating Officer, Minnesota Public Radio | |
Executive Director, WSIU Public Broadcasting | |
Vice President and General Manager for Radio and Television, WGBH | |
President, WFAE-FM | |
General Manager, KNAU | |
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President and CEO | |
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Chair, NPR Foundation; Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Management, LLP | |
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President, Bowling Green State University | |
Chief Executive Officer, DailyMe, Inc. | |
Vice Chairman, Lincoln International | |
Executive Vice President, Northern Trust Global Investments | |
Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School; Senior Associate Dean, Director of HBS Publishing; | |
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Jose A. Fajardo, John A Herrmann, Jr., John Stark, Rob Gordon. |
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Jon McTaggart, Roger Sarow, Marita Rivero, Steve Bass. |
Antoine W. van Agtmael, Howard H. Stevenson, Dave Edwards. |



