Marc Carnes

Transformational change: Evolving a 95-year-old, donor-supported legacy organization with a deep relationship with its listener and donor base that spans 6 continents. Creating value from free public airwaves: $7.5M charitable social enterprise with 1% government support. 70 employees (45 FTE). A leadership role and organization without equal in Canada. Accomplishments to date: - Systemic organizational modernization, including working with the board to establish new Objects, Mission/Vision/Values, Strategic direction and Operating priorities by shifting market position to Alberta's Voice for Music, Arts and Culture. - Refreshed and introduced new product offerings (traditional/digital platforms including podcasting and on-demand radio). - Doubled provincial market share and grew a global audience of over 400,000 listeners/mo in 750+ communities. - Doubled target audience listenership in 2.5 years while maintaining long-standing audience share and donor support. - Developed strong employee and labour relations – rewrote a collective agreement to orient goals towards a disrupted media and work environment - Grew government-related investment by 200% through innovative project partnerships and effective GR efforts - As a building owner, grew office rental capacity at Alberta Hotel by 20% and increased cost recovery by 12%. - Grew Alberta Hotel venue rental revenues by 800% - Quadrupled Calgary-based programming and operational presence, extending CKUAs footprint as a provincial broadcaster (the only one in Canada) - Recruited 15 new hosts and grew female and BIPOC host representation on air by 30% in three years - Pivoted CKUA and broke multiple organization fundraising records through adopting e-commerce and remote work in advance of COVID.