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Margaret Pomeroy Hunt is Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at New York Public Radio. Hunt oversees all fundraising and sponsorship initiatives that support the organization’s operations, programming and aggressive growth plans. New York Public Radio owns and operates WNYC-FM, WNYC-AM, WQXR, WQXW, the four stations of New Jersey Public Radio, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, www.wnyc.org, www.wqxr.org and www.thegreenespace.org. Its shows, stations and digital properties reach over 20 million people each month.
In addition to setting the strategy, Hunt oversees the day-to-day revenue generating operations of New York Public Radio. This includes oversight of the membership program, patron programs, major gifts, planned giving, government fundraising, foundation fundraising, special fundraising events and sponsorship. During her tenure, New York Public Radio’s membership revenue has grown by 19% and new foundation support has been secured from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Ford Foundation and The National Science Foundation. In the beginning of 2012, Hunt completed a $15 million fundraising campaign that supported New York Public Radio’s acquisition of WQXR.
Hunt brings twenty years of experience in the nonprofit and for profit sectors. Prior to New York Public Radio, she served as interim Chief Development Officer at Susan G. Komen for the Cure. During the course of her career, Hunt held a number of senior positions in management, business development and fundraising at AFS Intercultural Programs, the largest international high school exchange organization. She spent two years in commercial media as a marketing manager at HBO and led strategic consulting projects in the nonprofit practice of the management consulting firm, A.T. Kearney. Her career began in development positions at New York City Ballet and Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation.
Hunt has a B.A. in Dance from U.C. Irvine and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
