AUDREY COOPER

Audrey Cooper is Editor in Chief and VP of News for WNYC/New York Public Radio, a role she assumed in July 2020. Formerly she was the editor in chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, the first woman to fill the role in the company’s 154-year history. Under her leadership, the Chronicle won nearly every major national journalism prize, including more than a dozen Emmy awards. San Francisco magazine has named Audrey one of the city’s most powerful women. Editor and Publisher magazine named her one of the world’s “Top 10 Women to Watch” and Advertising Age named her one of their “Top 40 under 40.” A native of the Kansas City area, Audrey graduated magna cum laude from Boston University, which has honored her as a distinguished alumna.