Native Public Media Welcomes New Director of Development

Native Public Media (NPM) just announced that it has named Sarah Shelley as its new director of development.

Loris Taylor, NPM executive director, said, “Sarah Shelley will provide leadership, management and coordination in our development activities. She will be our point person to stimulate the involvement and support of friends, corporations, foundations and tribal nations in our major gifts program and in creating awareness of Native Public Media and its mission.“

Shelley was most recently executive director of All Classical 89.9 Public Radio in Portland, Ore., where she successfully led a campaign to purchase the station’s license. She also produced the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival for seven seasons and was artistic and administrative director of Center Arts, the campus presenter for Humboldt State University in Arcata. Shelley is a graduate of Wesleyan College and earned a MFA from Florida State University.

“It is an honor to work for Native Public Media in their commitment to increase the capacity of Native people to access, operate, produce, participate in and control their own media,” said Shelley.

NPM, a project of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, offers and provides support to the nation’s 30+ Native American stations.