Darren LaShelle

Darren LaShelle is the President & CEO for Northern California Public Media in the San Francisco Bay Area. LaShelle has worked for NorCal since 2015. At NorCal, LaShelle has led a concentrated media focus on environmental reporting and documentary storytelling, as well as community engagement efforts. He has been working in public media since 1995. Previous to his career in public media, he worked as a producer for NBC and FOX. He is a graduate of Marietta College.

LaShelle is an Emmy award-winning executive producer for the science and technology public television TV series Plugged-In and the PBS series Climate California. He has written and produced documentaries, live and recorded TV and radio series, and breaking news coverage. LaShelle is the producer, director, writer, and executive producer of a number of nationally-broadcast documentary programs on public television.

Board of Trustees America's Public Television Stations, Chair of the Independent Public Television Stations Association, Executive Committee of California Public Television,  Member Public Television Affinity Group Council, Member Public Television Interconnection Committee, Member NETA Community Engagement PLC Executive Committee, Member NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, past Board Member of the Peace Studio, and Executive Committee of North Bay Leadership Council.