KQED is pleased to announce the hiring of Lynne Slattery as Vice President, Philanthropy. Slattery will lead the strategy and implementation of KQED’s philanthropic portfolio, which includes individual major gifts, foundation and government grants, and planned giving and endowment gifts.
For the past 20 years, Slattery has served in a number of development leadership roles for institutions—both within and outside of public media—that feature a shared goal to enhance democracy and strengthen our civic fabric. She has led revenue systems ranging from annual giving programs to major gifts, planned gifts, and principal gifts, and has spearheaded the planning and execution of major capital campaigns.
Slattery arrives at KQED from the Obama Foundation, where she served as the Director of Development for Southern California and the Southwest since 2019. There she was responsible for achieving a $30m annual fundraising goal and growing a portfolio of major donor prospects. She also led the development strategy for the Arts and Storytelling Fund for the Obama Presidential Center.
Prior, Slattery held development roles with the RAND Corporation between 2015 and 2019, culminating her tenure at the American non-profit research institute as its Executive Director, Campaign and Principal Gifts. In this role she oversaw the planning and quiet-phase execution of a $400m campaign.
Slattery’s new role is a public media homecoming of sorts. She started her fundraising career in public radio beginning in 2001 at Classical KUSC. Over the next decade she served two terms at Southern California Public Radio (now LAist), first during its capital campaign for the Mohn Broadcast Center and then returning to lead its major gifts team.