RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
7 in favor; 1 absent
Resolved,
That the Board of Directors
of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences
to the Family and Friends of
JOYCE SLOCUM
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and interim CEO, NPR
and President and CEO, Texas Public Radio
We will long remember with gratitude Joyce Slocum as an inspiring leader in public radio at both the local and national levels. She understood the promise and power of public media and the mission of journalism in the public interest.
Joyce Slocum was an attorney who began her public media career at NPR, where she served a variety of key leadership roles, including chief administrative officer, general counsel and chief ethics officer. She became interim CEO in 2011, bringing stability to the organization at a tumultuous time.
In 2014, she returned to her beloved Texas to become president and CEO of Texas Public Radio, leading the organization as it grew to a nationally recognized powerhouse, producing meaningful, award-winning news, arts programming, and public events. She led a capital campaign and the completion of a new headquarters in downtown San Antonio, led the growth of local journalism and the expansion of podcasts and Spanish-language news at the station.
The CPB Board of Directors marks Joyce Slocum’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our heartfelt condolences to her family and friends.