Vermont Public CEO Scott Finn to Exit at the End of 2024

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 4:00pm CT

Scott Finn

The Vermont Public Board of Directors announced today that President and CEO Scott Finn is stepping down from the organization at the end of this year following nearly six cumulative years first with Vermont Public Radio and now Vermont Public, after its 2021 merger with Vermont PBS. Concurrently, the board also announced that Senior VP of Development Brendan Kinney, a nearly 14-year veteran of Vermont Public, will be moving into the Interim CEO role.

"Two years after our merger, Vermont Public is in an incredibly strong position in terms of audience, talent, finances and infrastructure and I'm so proud of all we have accomplished in service to Vermont and beyond," said Finn. "Now is the right time to find the next leader to steward this great organization forward, and for me to find a new adventure."

Finn led VPR and then Vermont Public through a merger, pandemic, historic floods and a reckoning on race. "I've joked that I don't recommend doing a merger during a pandemic, but it's no joke," added Finn. "We did it anyway, and are succeeding by any metric."

Vermont Public Board President Marguerite Dibble said, "Under Scott's leadership, Vermont Public has grown to serve more than 1 million people every month on multiple platforms - online, radio and TV. It has more than 40,000 members in a state with only 643,000 people which is just awesome. We so appreciate Scott's leadership and wish him well in his next chapter," Dibble said.

Originally from Iowa, Finn has a long career in public media, journalism and nonprofit leadership. He joined Vermont Public Radio as President and CEO in 2018. Prior to that, he was CEO and Executive Director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, led news departments at WVPB and WUSF Public Media in Tampa, FL and was a journalist for WVPB and the Charleston Gazette.