MPR Bolsters Board Of Trustees With Thao-Urabe

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 kevincarter Minnesota Public Radio

• Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is pleased to announce the election of Bo Thao-Urabe to its Board of Trustees. Thao-Urabe is the Founder & President of consulting company Seed.Grow.Bloom LLC, and a former member of the President’s White House Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders under the Obama administration. She’s also the Founder and former Executive Director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL), and has also served as Executive Director of Hmong National Development and the Women’s Association of Hmong and Lao and was Sr. Director of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

“We are grateful to add the talent and experience of Bo Thao-Urabe to the MPR Board,” said Jean Taylor, CEO of MPR and American Public Media Group. “Her entrepreneurial spirit and eye for system-wide change, as well as her passion and commitment to our community will be invaluable as we move into the future of public media. I am energized to work with Bo and anticipate she will make significant contributions.”

“As a longtime listener and supporter of MPR, I have come to appreciate the power of public media to unite and influence a community,” said Thao-Urabe. “The oral tradition has a long and storied history, and it continues to be a vital part of our culture today. I’m excited to bring my leadership and community experience to the table and support MPR’s ongoing commitment to inclusion in all aspects of its storytelling.”