Laura Ruth Walker

Laura Ruth Walker (born November 19, 1957) is President and CEO of New York Public Radio, a nonprofit media organization that operates WNYC-FM, WNYC-AM, WQXR-FM, the four stations of New Jersey Public Radio, and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. The organization produces The Brian Lehrer Show, Carnegie Hall Live, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Freakonomics Radio, Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin , The Leonard Lopate Show, The McGraw Hill Financial Young Artists Showcase, On The Media, Radiolab, Radio Rookies, Spinning On Air, Soundcheck, Studio 360 and The Takeaway, and other programming and content that reaches an average of 11.5 million people each month.

A native New Yorker, Walker grew up in Westchester County. She graduated with a BA in History, magna cum laude, from Wesleyan University and earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management in 1987.

Walker began her professional career as a journalist and producer at National Public Radio, where she received a Peabody Award for Broadcast Excellence. In 1983 she joined the staff of Carnegie Hall, where she launched AT&T Presents Carnegie Hall Tonight. She joined the Sesame Workshop (formerly Children’s Television Workshop) in 1987, where for eight years she worked on programming and development initiatives, and led the organization’s efforts to establish a cable television channel (now Noggin).

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