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Comings and goings: APTS appoints VP, OPB names two SVPs
5 days ago · Cheryl Ikemiya steps up to SVP and CDO. Ikemiya joined OPB in 2005 as director of leadership giving and most recently worked as VP and CDO. Lisa Garcia Grace became SVP of programming and audience engagement. She joined OPB in 2016 as associate director of on-air fundraising and was also a television programming strategist, senior …
NPR hires Ryan Merkley as COO - Current
6 days ago · Merkley, who most recently led the biotech nonprofit Conscience, started in the role Monday. Will Lee most recently served as COO until leaving in August 2023. “I believe deeply in collaboration — especially things we can only do together — and I’ve spent my career in organizations that do just that,” Merkley said in a press release. ...
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Current’s team weighs in on our most important reporting of 2021
Dec 29, 2021 · Read Next. Layoffs reveal challenges of sustaining public media’s journalism expansion. Revenue losses raise new questions about strategies to build local newsrooms.