NPR is welcoming nine new and returning directors to its Board of Directors. The 23-member Board is made up of 12 Member Directors who are station managers elected by their fellow Member stations, and nine Public Directors confirmed by Member stations.
In the 2026 NPR Board election in September, the NPR Membership elected Sarah Ashworth of Wisconsin Public Radio in Madison, Asia Burnett of WKMS in Murray, KY, Rachel Hubbard of KOSU in Stillwater, OK, and Sarah Morris of KCUR in Kansas City, MO, as Member Directors.
All have three-year terms beginning in November 2026, and Hubbard and Morris are completing unexpired terms.
The NPR Membership also confirmed the Board’s election of Matthew Barzun and LeRoy Kim to second three-year terms as Public Directors, beginning in November 2026. On a separate ballot, PRSS representatives ratified the Board’s election of Adam Vos as a Non-Board Distribution/Interconnection Committee member.
The Board also elected three Member Directors to unexpired term vacancies. Josh Adams of Houston Public Media in Houston was elected to a term ending in 2028. Meredith Artley of Hawai’i Public Radio in Honolulu and Stewart Vanderwilt of Colorado Public Radio in Denver were each elected to terms ending in 2027.
The Board reelected Jo Lambert as Chair, a role she first took on in November 2025, and elected R.C. McBride as Vice Chair. McBride joined the Board as a Member Director in November 2022.
The NPR Foundation Chair and the NPR President and CEO also sit on the Board.
