CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC
848 E GRAND AVE NAVY PIER, CHICAGO, IL 60611 www.chicagopublicmedia.org

Total Revenue
$28,816,283
Total Expenses
$29,795,613
Net Assets
$50,370,564

Organizations Filed Purposes: CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY CREATING AND DELIVERING DIVERSE, COMPELLING CONTENT THAT INFORMS, INSPIRES, ENRICHES AND ENTERTAINS. THROUGH A BROAD RANGE OF MEDIA PLATFORMS, WE CONNECT DIVERSE AUDIENCES IN OUR SERVICE AREA AND BEYOND TO ONE ANOTHER. WE HELP THEM MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR REGION, AND OUR WORLD.

CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA IS A 501(3) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY PRODUCING AND DELIVERING DIVERSE, COMPELLING CONTENT OF MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS AND EXPRESSION. CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA BROADCASTS ITS SERVICE ON FOUR NON-COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: WBEZ 91.5FM IN CHICAGO, WBEQ 90.7 FM IN MORRIS, 91.7 FM (W219CD) IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS; AND WBEK 91.1FM IN KANKAKEE; DIGITALLY VIA WBEZ.ORG, MOBILE APPS, SMART SPEAKERS, PODCASTS AND IN LIVE EVENTS THAT GENERATE CONVERSTATIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.

CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA OPERATES A PUBLIC MEDIA ON-LINE/ON-AIR SERVICE, ON 91.1 FM WHICH IS BROADCAST ON WBEW 89.5 FM IN CHESTERTON, INDIANA, AND ON 91.1 FM (W216CL) IN CHICAGO. VOCALO RADIO WAS ESTABLISHED AS AN INSPIRATIONAL BRAND THAT CELEBRATES OUR CITY'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AROUND MUSIC - SPECIFICALLY, THE URBAN ALTERNATIVE FORMAT. VOCAL RADIO ACTIVELY LOOKS TO CREATE AND PROMOTE POSITIVITY AND, THROUGH MUSIC, BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT SEGREGATE OUR COMMUNITIES.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Golnar SheikholeslamiCEO (THRU 10/2019)40$462,194
Kassandra H StephensonINTERIM COO40$255,095
Steven C EdwardsINTERIM CEO40$254,889
Rina DedhiaCFO40$229,589
Jennifer BellCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER40$224,695
Cynthia Photos AbbottVP, GENERAL COUNSEL40$213,533
Israel SmithMANAGING DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING AND AUDIENCE DEVELO40$200,098
Tracy L BrownMANAGING EDITOR40$192,056
Beth FollenweiderSENIOR DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE40$168,194
Kevin DawsonMANAGING DIRECTOR, CONTENT DEVELOPMENT40$164,200
Nicholas DepreyDIRECTOR OF PRODUCT40$149,283
Stephen E WrightSENIOR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY40$148,691
Kendra WaddingtonSENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT40$144,191
Debra ChamraDIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING40$142,647
Heidi GoldfeinPROGRAM DIRECTOR40$131,889
Dilnaz A WaraichDIRECTOR1.25$0
Laura Van PeenanDIRECTOR1.25$0
Dominique Jordan TurnerDIRECTOR1.25$0
Merrill H SmithDIRECTOR1.25$0
Sheli RosenbergDIRECTOR1.25$0
Julian PosadaDIRECTOR1.25$0
James N Perry JrDIRECTOR1.25$0
Robert PasinDIRECTOR1.25$0
Sylvia NeilDIRECTOR1.25$0
Matthew MoogDIRECTOR1.25$0
Kay MccurdyDIRECTOR1.25$0
James W MabieDIRECTOR1.25$0
Lerry J KnoxDIRECTOR1.25$0
Jay L KloosterboerDIRECTOR (THRU 11/2019)1.25$0
Priscilla KerstenDIRECTOR1.25$0
Roger HochschildDIRECTOR1.25$0
William A Gee IvDIRECTOR1.25$0
Raymond E Crossman PhdDIRECTOR1.25$0
Howard Conant JrDIRECTOR1.25$0
Marcy CarlinDIRECTOR1.25$0
Albert BennettDIRECTOR (THRU 9/2019)1.25$0
Lawrence BenitoDIRECTOR (THRU 2/2020)1.25$0
Steve BairdDIRECTOR1.25$0
Bob ArthurDIRECTOR1.25$0
Constantine S MihasTREASURER1.25$0
Elizabeth ThompsonSECRETARY1.25$0
Piyush ChaudhariVICE CHAIR1.25$0
Bryan TraubertBOARD CHAIR1.25$0

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