Brendan Kinney
Chief Operating OfficerBrendan Kinney is Vermont Public's Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he was interim CEO and before that, Senior Vice President of Development. He oversaw all of Vermont Public's fundraising efforts, including philanthropy and planned giving, membership, sponsorship, foundation grants and capital campaigns. Kinney joined Vermont Public (then VPR) in February 2010.
Prior to VPR and Vermont Public, Kinney served as Associate Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations at SUNY Plattsburgh and was Director of the Annual Fund and Advancement Services at Saint Michael's College.
Kinney holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master’s degree in Education from Saint Michael’s College.
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Lately there's been fresh discussion about NPR's editorial integrity and whether it has a liberal bias. At Vermont Public, we see challenging the status quo and "conventional wisdom" as part of our responsibility as a local media organization. -
VPR has learned that Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is cutting ties with longtime public radio personality Garrison Keillor. This comes in the wake of an…
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Update: at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, July 1, we reached our fundraising goal of $300,000 and "unlocked" the $100,000 challenge for a grand total of $400,000!…
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Reporter Rebecca Sananes has joined Vermont Public Radio’s award-winning news team, covering the Upper Valley and Northeast Kingdom.Sananes comes to VPR… -
One of the most rewarding aspects of a membership drive is that, in addition to donations, we receive thousands of comments from listeners. Some are…
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Did you know that if you own a smart phone, you are also carrying an FM radio in your pocket?Every smart phone manufactured today contains an FM chip, but… -
Neal Charnoff, VPR’s longtime local host of All Things Considered, will be setting his alarm clock a bit earlier as the new host of Morning Edition at… -
To better serve our audience, VPR has been working hard to provide our distinctive programming on as many platforms as possible.Today you can access VPR… -
VPR’s membership drive is off to a great start, with nearly $100,000 raised so far.If you love Vermont and food (and who doesn’t?) and haven’t made your… -
Thanks to all of our listeners who made a year-end gift to VPR during our December membership drive - we successfully concluded our drive at 7 p.m. on…
