Paul Haaga Jr Will Serve As Acting President and CEO of NPR

Paul G. Haaga, Jr. will serve as Acting President & CEO of National Public Radio effective September 30.

Haaga has served on the Board since 2011, most recently as Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of its Finance Committee. Haaga will succeed NPR President and CEO Gary E. Knell, who recently announced that he will leave the organization to become President and CEO of the National Geographic Society. NPR has appointed a search committee, co-chaired by Board members Florence Rogers, President and General Manager, Nevada Public Radio, and John Wotowicz, Managing Partner, Concentric Capital, to lead the search for a permanent CEO.