Michelle Duke Named President of NAB Leadership Foundation

The NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) Board Chairman Darrell Brown announced Wednesday the promotion of Michelle Duke to president of NABLF, effective July 1, 2019.

Duke has served as vice president of the Foundation since 2010. She succeeds Marcellus Alexander, who has served as president since 2004 and earlier this year announced his plans to retire from the role, effective June 30, 2019.

Michelle Duke

As president of NABLF, Duke will focus on delivering its mission of providing broadcast training programs that help recruit and strengthen the industry’s human capital, as well as initiatives in support of community service, diversity and philanthropy. The Foundation’s annual Celebration of Service to America event has grown into an anticipated Washington, DC tradition that includes celebrities, Members of Congress, FCC Commissioners and industry leaders.

“Michelle is a valued colleague and an effective leader whose dedication to the mission of NABLF has been instrumental to its success,” said Brown. “I congratulate Michelle on this well-deserved promotion and look forward to a bright future for the Foundation under her stewardship.”

“We are also grateful to Marcellus for his leadership and success in reinvigorating and growing the foundation’s impact during his tenure,” continued Brown.

Early in her career, Duke worked as a reporter for the Nashville Banner and later moved to the Newspaper Association of America, where she was director of leadership programs. She joined the National Association of Broadcasters as the director of Diversity and Development in 2005 and was promoted to vice president of Diversity in 2009. Duke became vice president of the NAB Education Foundation (renamed NABLF this year) in 2010, overseeing the Foundation’s day-to-day operations as well as developing and managing industry programs in diversity and leadership.