Laura Ruth Walker
Laura Walker | |
|---|---|
Walker in 2008 | |
| 11th President of Bennington College | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mariko Silver |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Laura Ruth Walker November 19, 1957 |
| Spouse | Bert Wells |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) Yale University (MBA) |
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Laura Ruth Walker (born November 19, 1957) is an American executive and current President of Bennington College. From 1995 to 2019, Walker was President and CEO of New York Public Radio (NYPR), a nonprofit media organization that operates WNYC, WNYC Studios, classical WQXR-FM, the website Gothamist, New Jersey Public Radio, and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. The organization produces programs for local and national audiences. New York Public Radio received ten George Foster Peabody Awards and five Alfred I. duPont awards during her tenure.