Monica Shilling Named Board Chair of KCRW Foundation
Saree Kayne Joins Lee Rierson as Vice Chair
(Santa Monica, CA—December 19, 2019)The KCRW Foundation is pleased to announce that the KCRW Foundation’s Board of Directors elected Monica Shilling as the new board chair effective December 9, 2019. She succeeds Matt Kline who served as Board Chair since 2017, and will continue to remain on the full Board of Directors. Additionally, the KCRW Foundation’s Board of Directors re-elected Lee Rierson as Vice Chair, elected Saree Kayne as an additional Vice Chair, Karyn Williams as Treasurer and Emily Gold Mears as Secretary.
The KCRW Foundation provides financial support and other resources to ensure that KCRW can maintain and expand its mission consistent with economic, social and technological developments. The KCRW Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of committed business and community leaders who place KCRW at the top of their philanthropic agenda and help the station fulfill its mission.
“KCRW is lucky to have a board of passionate fans and strategic thinkers,” said KCRW President Jennifer Ferro. “I couldn’t be more inspired to have Monica Shilling take on the leadership role as Chair of the KCRW Foundation. We have relied on her expertise and guidance for a number of years. She is a powerhouse. She is the perfect person to take the baton from the extraordinary Matt Kline and from Michael Fleming before him.”
“I’ve loved KCRW since 1995, when I arrived in Los Angeles and found this incredible station that has inspired me and so many others over the years,” said Monica Shilling. “This is a tremendous honor and I’m humbled by my fellow board members’ confidence in me. I look forward to working with our dynamic President, Jennifer Ferro, and fantastic staff, my board colleagues, including Vice Chairs Lee Rierson and Saree Kayne, and our friends at Santa Monica College to continue to deliver KCRW’s unique mix of content.”
Monica Shilling first joined the KCRW Foundation board in 2012, and is a transactional partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has a broad corporate and securities law practice that focuses on advising asset managers, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies on the full lifecycle of transactions. She also represents public companies, financial advisors, investment banks and issuers. She is experienced with mergers and acquisitions, capital markets offerings, leveraged buyouts, general corporate law and corporate governance, securities laws, and NYSE/Nasdaq compliance. She also advises companies on the establishment of business development companies (BDCs) and other private and public equity vehicles. Monica is among a relatively limited number of attorneys in the country who actively represent BDCs.
Monica was honored by Chambers USA at its 2012 Women in Law Awards as the Up & Coming Corporate/M&A Lawyer of the Year and was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the top 25 transactional women lawyers in California in its 2011 and 2014 TopWomen Lawyers issues.
KCRW, licensed to Santa Monica College, is a publicly funded non-profit media organization whose goal is to create and disseminate news and cultural programming that informs, inspires, and stimulates. By creating an ongoing dialogue with its audience, KCRW strives to make an impact not only on the cultural conversation of Southern California, but of the United States and the world.
The KCRW Foundation Board includes:
Monica Shilling, Chair
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lee Rierson, Vice Chair
Head of Business & Operations, wiip
Saree Kayne, Vice Chair
Doctoral Candidate, Stanford University
Karyn L. Williams, Treasurer
CEO, Hightree Group
Emily Gold Mears, Secretary
President, North Star Drive Investments, LLC
Jennifer Ferro, President
President, KCRW
Norris Bishton, Jr.
President, NOARUS Auto Group/Partner, Bishton Gubernick
Jay Borzi
Senior Managing Director, Eastdil Secured
Donald de Brier
Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Shahram Delijani
Partner, Delson Investment Company/Partner, Broadway Theater Group
Michael Fleming
Executive Director, David Bohnett Foundation
Susan Genco
Co-President, Azoff MSG
Donald Girard
Senior Director, Government Relations and Institutional Communications, Santa Monica College
Paul Haas
Agent/Partner, WME Entertainment
Mike Harmon
Managing Partner, Gaviota Advisors, LLC
Julia Huang
CEO, Group Intertrend
Matt Kline
Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Heather Mingst
Philanthropist and Community Volunteer
Silas Myers
CEO, Mar Vista Investment Partners
Rob Rader
General Counsel, OVATION
Deborah S. Ramo
Senior Communications Advisor
Karen Roth
President, NPR Berlin
George Strompolos
Founder and CEO, Fullscreen
Kevin Systrom
Co-Founder of Instagram
Akio Tagawa
Principal, Linea Solutions
Tom Wertheimer
Media Consultant
Edward A. Woods
Partner Emeritus, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Dylan Yolles
Partner, Capital Group Companies
Emeritus Members:
Stuart Bloomberg
Television Producer
Rod Perth
President and Chief Executive Officer, NATPE
Adele Yellin
President, The Yellin Company
KCRW Foundation Santa Barbara Advisory Board:
Geoff Green
Chair CEO, Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Tricia Backelin
Executive Coach, Consultant to KCRW
Carolyn Butcher
English Professor, Santa Barbara City College
Lou Cannon
Journalist & Author
Vanessa Decker
Entrepreneur
Neil DiPaola
CEO & Managing Partner, Mesa Lane Partners
Mark Funk
Board Member and Financial Consultant
Frederick Janka
Executive Director of Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation
Cassandra Jones-Jorgensen
Contemporary Artist
Mikael Jorgensen
Musician
Alixe Mattingly
Communications Strategist
Joe Medjuck
Film Producer
Graciela Montgomery
HR Consultant to NPR
Tim Owens
Journalist, Educator
Marianne Partridge
Co-Founder & Editor in Chief, The Independent
Phil Pollok
Co-Founder, Anacapa Micro
Scott Reed
President, Music Academy of the West
Starshine Roshell
Journalist & Author
Ken Saxon
Founder & President, Leading From Within
Jarrod Schwartz
Executive Director, Just Communities
Rob Skinner
Chief Innovation Officer, Montecito Bank & Trust
Rachel Kaganoff Stern
Interim CEO at the Junior State of America Foundation
Anne Towbes
Community Leader & Philanthropist
Jonathan Wang
Financial Planner & President, Adsum Foundation
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