SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 PROGRAM:
What Makes Us Stronger As a Community
Jon McTaggart is chief executive officer of American Public Media Group, the parent company of Minnesota Public Radio, American Public Media and The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, and Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles.
McTaggart has been deeply involved in the growth of APMG since 1983, beginning as an MPR station manager in Bemidji and serving in multiple capacities since then including general manager, vice president of business development, senior vice president for new media, senior vice president of content and media, and chief operating officer.
McTaggart holds a bachelor's in communications and journalism from Bemidji State University in Minnesota, and a Masters in Public Administration from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. He serves on the Second Harvest Heartland organizational board and is a board member of Bemidji State University Foundation and a former board of National Public Radio. He and his wife Debra live in Maplewood, Minnesota, and have two daughters, a son-in-law and the best grandkids on the planet.