Community Advisory Board

New York Public Radio's Community Advisory Board (CAB)

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Now accepting applications through Wednesday, May 11th. Click here to begin the application process.

The CAB is an independent body of listeners and exists to provide specific value-added feedback on station programming and strategic direction to senior management and the NYPR Board of Trustees. The goal is to facilitate improvement of the listener experience, and ensure that NYPR is fulfilling its mission and meeting the needs of the public. The CAB is comprised of members representing a diverse group of professions, local lifestyles, demographics, and communities, and serves as a proxy for the listening public.

Welcome to New York Public Radio’s Community Advisory Board!

We’re a volunteer-powered advisory group of radio lovers supporting the future of New York Public Radio.

Be heard! Our town hall-style meetings are a rare chance to share feedback that gets funneled directly to the station and speak with those reporting stories, expanding digitally, and driving fundraising.

Our Mission: We Listen to Those Who Listen.

Our mission: advise NYPR of what the listenership is thinking and feeling.

We are the only in-person forum to share feedback with the stations.
We do not exercise control over management or policy and can’t make statements on behalf of NYPR. We listen.

About the CAB

Meetings are town hall-style — part conversation with a guest, part feedback session.

We’re 25 volunteers, representing different boroughs, backgrounds, ages, and professions.

Each CAB term is 3 years.

We meet monthly with the exception of July, August, December, and February.

*The CAB, as required by federal law, reviews the programming goals established by the station, the service provided by WNYC and WQXR, and the significant policy decisions rendered by the station, and assesses whether the programming and other policies of the station are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served by the station. The CAB deliberates independently of station management and New York Public Radio's Board of Trustees, determining its own agenda and electing its own leadership. The CAB is an advisory body only, and is not authorized to exercise any control over WNYC and WQXR's daily management or operations. The CAB conveys its findings and recommendations based on public input to the Board of Trustees.

CAB 2020-2021 Calendar

For the interim, CAB public forum meetings will be conducted virtually. Please visit the CAB Facebook page for access details.

February 24, 2022 - 6:00 p.m.	Improving Listener Experience
March 24, 2022 - 6:00 p.m.	Parents on fostering the next generation of classical music fans
April 2022	Topic To Be Announced
May 2022	Topic To Be Announced
June 2022	Topic To Be Announced

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The CAB July 2021 - June 2022

Chair:

Alex Hu, elected as Chair June 2021, appointed to CAB July 2018

Vice Chairs:

David Boyd Booker, elected as Vice Chair 2021; appointed June 2020
Emily Hacker, elected as Vice Chair 2020; appointed to CAB June 2019
Hani Khalil, elected as Vice Chair 2021; appointed June 2020
Sinduja Srinivasan, elected as Vice Chair 2020; appointed to CAB June 2019
Jacob (Jake) Wojnas, elected as Vice Chair 2021; appointed June 2015

Recording Secretary:

Kathryn Tornelli, elected as Secretary 2020, former Vice Chair, appointed to CAB June 2016

Members:

Nomi Berenson, appointed June 2021

Asa Block, appointed June 2021

Christopher Bromson, appointed June 2021

Liz Buffa, appointed June 2016
Carole Chervin, appointed June 2015
Grace Clarke, former Secretary former Vice Chair, Appointed June 2015
Julia D. Fields, appointed June 2018
Lauren Filler, appointed June 2019
Stan Ince, appointed June 2016
Erica Johnson, former Vice Chair, appointed to CAB June 2017
Jane Tillman Irving, appointed June 2018

Sara Mael, appointed June 2021

Christopher Metzger, appointed June 2021

Marie Nachsin, appointed June 2019
Lisa Nearier, former Vice Chair, appointed to CAB June 2016
Natalie Nevarez, appointed June 2020

Caroline Pasion, appointed June 2021

Board of Trustees’ CAB Liaison: