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KRISTEN L. POPE

Founder & CEO, Pope Productions, Inc.

Named the ā€œQueen of Agilityā€, Pope is a multi-hyphenate visionary, founder, speaker, award-winning television journalist, and multi-media strategist. Through her Natick-based digital content media firm, Pope Productions, Pope created and produced two seasons of the variety talk show, ā€œThe Positive Controversy with Kristen Pope,ā€ to amplify voices not often heard in the media.

 

In 2019, to increase the number of people of color on television, she launched the On-Air Academy, a master course in the training, understanding of unwritten rules, and mentoring needed to secure a job in broadcasting. Pope is the recipient of numerous honors including Black Enterprise Magazineā€™s ā€œ9 Women Who Impacted the World of Businessā€ and listed as one of the ā€œ25 Most Interesting People in the MetroWest for 2020.ā€ In 2023, Pope became the first Black and eighth woman to be elected to the Natick Select Board.

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