Robert Bole

Vice President, Digital Media Strategy

Robert Bole is vice president of Digital Media Strategy at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He leads the development and execution of CPB’s strategy for investing in digital media.

Previously, Bole served as the senior vice president of Media for One Economy Corporation, a global nonprofit organization that uses technology and online content to help low-income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream. Working at One Economy for nearly nine years, he helped launch the Beehive, an online platform that connected over 15 million low-income families to information to healthcare, financial services, education and workforce development. Serving in a variety of positions, Bole helped launch local programs in over 45 communities, as well as four additional media properties, most notably the Public Internet Channel.

Bole has over seventeen years of experience in managing nonprofit programs, including work for The Enterprise Foundation, the city of Portland, and the city of Philadelphia. He has an undergraduate degree from George Washington University and a Master's from University of Pennsylvania.