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Rick Schneider is president and CEO of Maine Public, operating Maine’s community-licensed public television network and two radio networks for news and classical music. Maine Public launched seven new FM transmitters in 2025, extending programming and Emergency Alert Service to rural areas. The organization is preparing to open a new broadcast facility with community engagement space in downtown Portland in the summer of 2026. 

Schneider started his career in commercial television news before moving into public media management, serving as CEO of PBS stations in Reno and Miami before joining WETA, where he helped implement the acquisition of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and was the first president of NewsHour Productions. 

Schneider served on the PBS board and chaired the boards of the Public Television Major Market Group, Florida Public Media and the Pacific Mountain Network. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida and a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University.