Daniel Doktori to Join American Public Media Group as SVP, General Counsel

Doktori will lead legal function and contribute to strategic leadership at the largest station-based public radio organization in the U.S.  

ST. PAUL, MINN. September 18, 2024 – Following a national search, American Public Media Group (APMG) announces Daniel Doktori as its next senior vice president and general counsel. He begins in the role, which sits on the organization’s executive team and reports to the CEO, on October 7.  

Doktori joins APMG most recently from the British publishing and learning company Pearson, which acquired Credly, Inc., a SAAS startup named a 2021 Deloitte Fast 500 company, in 2022. He served as general counsel and chief of staff at Credly, helping the company scale from a five-person startup to an industry leader serving thousands of enterprise customers and tens of millions of users. At Pearson, Doktori managed legal for several software and associated services businesses in the workforce skills division.    

In preceding roles, he served as a corporate attorney for a leading law firm, executive director for a blue-ribbon gubernatorial task force promoting industry and higher education partnerships and served in the administrations of two governors of New York.  

Doktori serves on the board of Hypothekids, a nonprofit that provides hands-on STEAM education and internship opportunities to underrepresented K-12 students; and as chair of the board for OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its influence on elections and policy.      

His educational background includes a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a master’s from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree from Stanford.   

“We were impressed by Daniel’s experience leading through change,” said Jean Taylor, president and CEO of APMG. “He’s had great success helping guide organizations that needed to innovate as they built up multi-platform and digitally savvy operations. I'm confident that his experience as an engaged and dynamic general counsel combined with his strategic and idea-driven approach will be a tremendous addition to our team as we build the future of public media.”  

Doktori, a lifelong New Yorker, moved to Minneapolis in 2021 after Credly acquired a company based in the Twin Cities. Daniel said he felt particularly moved by the work of APMG and its work to cross socio-economic, racial, political and other societal dividing lines. He “believes that the team assembled at APMG has the capacity to address this challenge, which ranks among the most pressing of our time,” he said. 

"Public media plays a vital role in American society,” Doktori said. “As APMG creates, distributes and licenses the content that extends deep into diverse communities, it will face risks both novel and familiar related to technology, commerce, and culture. I'm thrilled to join a stellar legal and executive team at APMG who will help build trust with audiences and define the future of public media." 

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About American Public Media Group  
American Public Media Group (APMG) is the largest station-based public radio organization in the U.S., combining multi-regional station operations, national programming creation and distribution and innovative digital, social and mobile services in one organization. APMG’s operations include Minnesota Public Radio® (MPR®), a 45-station network serving nearly all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states. MPR and its three regional services – MPR News, YourClassical MPR and The Current – produce programming for radio, digital and live audiences. APMG is one of the largest producers and distributors of public radio programming in the world and reaches nearly 16 million listeners with 1,000 public radio stations and over 400 commercial stations nationwide each week. APMG’s national portfolio includes BBC World Service, Marketplace®, APM Studios, and the leading classical music programming in the nation, YourClassical. APMG also includes Southern California Public Radio, a four-station network serving Los Angeles, Orange County, Coachella Valley, and the Inland Empire. For more information – or to become a member and support APMG efforts to reimagine the future of public radio, visit americanpublicmediagroup.org.