Digital Marketing Advisory Council Member Profile
Connie Walker
General Manager
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Areas of Expertise
Understanding Customer Experience, Content Marketing, Data Analytics & Measurements
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Connie Walker has been the President and General Manager of North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC since 2009. Prior to being appointed manager, she worked for more than 25 years in various roles including Program Director, News Director and Reporter at WUNC, Wisconsin Public Radio and at commercial radio stations in the Midwest. She is a leader in the public radio system, having served on the NPR Board of Directors from 2013 to 2019. Walker also served six years on the Board of Greater Public, a training and fundraising organization, and three years on the board of directors for Station Resource Group. She is currently also serving on the boards of Eastern Regional Public Media, and The University Station Alliance. She also served two terms as president of Public Radio News Directors Incorporated from 2001 to 2005.
Walker is responsible for the management, growth and sustainability of WUNC, the public radio broadcast service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Under Walker’s direction, North Carolina Public Radio is a system leader in audience, fundraising and program production. WUNC’s programming teams have won some of the most prestigious awards in broadcast journalism. During Walker’s time as a reporter, she also won a number of awards. Walker has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and English from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She was a recipient of the university’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 1993. |