Kathy Merritt

Kathy Merritt is Senior Vice President for Radio, Journalism, and CSG Services at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She is responsible for leading CPB's efforts to distribute more than $300 million annually in Community Service Grants to qualified public radio and television stations and for advancing public media's journalism efforts, locally, regionally, and nationally.

Prior to her current position, Ms. Merritt was Vice President for Content Strategy and Development at Public Radio International. Before that, she was CPB’s Senior Director of Program Investments in Radio, where she was one of the architects of numerous ground-breaking public media projects including the creation of seven Local Journalism Collaborations, which laid a foundation for other public media journalism collaborations; the Public Radio Talent Quest, which launched “Snap Judgment” host Glynn Washington and “Reveal” host Al Letson; and Localore, a project with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) that explored new ways of storytelling.