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Jacquie Gales Webb is Vice President of Radio at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). She is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to strengthen the ability of public radio stations to create high-quality, multiplatform content and to grow their audiences. Ms. Webb joined CPB in 2005 and has managed grants that have touched the lives of many Americans, including StoryCorps’ Mobile Booth and One Small Step projects, the growing Urban Alternative radio music format for young audiences, station engagement around Ken Burns’ PBS docuseries “Country Music” and Professor Henry Louis Gates' "Black Church" and "Making Black America" PBS series.

She helped shape the Texas Station Collaborative, which is now the NPR Texas Hub, and has managed several other journalism grants including NPR's international coverage. Prior to joining CPB, Ms. Jacquie was a producer in radio and TV, winning six local Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a DuPont Silver Baton, and a Gracie Award. She serves on the advisory boards of both the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She also has been the host of a gospel music show on WHUR for over 30 years. She is recognized as a national authority on gospel music, and the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses presented Jacquie with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 for continuous service and support of gospel music. Jacquie Gales Webb graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech and communication from Emerson College in Boston.