Jennifer Ferro
Chair of the NPR Board, and CEO, KCRW
As CEO of KCRW, Jennifer Ferro has worked to transform the institution from Southern California's flagship public radio station to a worldwide community that connects through the discovery of music, news and culture both in person, online and on the air.
Under her leadership KCRW completed a $50 million capital campaign and moved into its first-ever, stand alone, state-of-the-art facility allowing KCRW to become a true community institution.
KCRW's presence includes podcasts, original content features, live streams, a vibrant social networking community and successful mobile app. KCRW's live events programming has grown to reach over 250,000 people each year.
Ferro serves as a Senior Fellow for the Luskin School of Public Policy at UCLA. She is on the board of Marfa Public Radio, one of the most innovative public stations in the country that serves rural west Texas. She is also a board member of the prestigious Trusteeship/International Women's Forum for Southern California and Chair of the NPR Board. Ferro was awarded the UCLA Award for public service and selected as one of the 500 Most Influential People in LA according to the LA Business Journal.
Ferro earned her Bachelor's degree from UCLA. She spent years as a youth soccer coach and co-founder of the Women's Coach Initiative to get more women youth soccer coaches on the field. She is also an active mentor to graduate and undergraduate students.