Scott E. Hanley

Director/General Manager

Scott Hanley came to DUQ in 1995. A former news reporter, producer, music director, news director and program director, his twenty-plus year broadcasting career has included commercial and public radio positions in Texas, Iowa and his native Michigan, plus work in television.

Scott was elected to the National Public Radio (NPR) Board of Directors in 2002, and re-elected to serve a second three-year tem in 2005. NPR is governed by a 17-member Board of Directors consisting of the president/CEO of NPR, ten station managers elected by NPR's member stations and six public members elected by the Board of Directors and confirmed by the membership. As a board member, Scott is Chair of the Distribution/Interconnection Committee and serves on the Executive Committe and the Investment Committee.

Scott also serves on several advisory panels for NPR. He is Manager of JazzWorks LLC, a jazz radio service for public radio stations across the country. He has led or been a panelist for numerous sessions at national conferences, including topics and workshops on station financial planning, technology, programming and journalism

Scott has a degree in music and has performed widely as a singer and instrumentalist. He also performs an academic role as Director of Applied Media Communication for Duquesne University including teaching assignments in production, journalism and media sales. He is a graduate of Leadership Pittsburgh, President of the Pittsburgh Radio Organization and Chair of the Public Broadcasting Management Association. Scott and his family live in the North Hills.