Celeste LeCompte is a nonprofit leader dedicated to creating an informed, engaged public. Her work focuses on delivering the information and community resources people need to enact democracy, while ensuring the financial and operational sustainability of the organizations delivering it. As a consultant, she specializes in working with nonprofit, private, and public sector clients to launch new programs and products that accelerate civic and environmental resilience.
Most recently, she was the Chief Audience Officer at Chicago Public Media, where she led the launch of a voluntary membership program for the Chicago Sun Times and oversaw a variety of product, marketing and editorial initiatives aimed at helping Chicago-area residents better engage in their communities. Previously, as the Vice President of Strategy and Operations at ProPublica, she helped establish regional offices focused on local investigative journalism, expanded earned revenue sources, and accelerated digital audience growth. As an award-winning journalist, she covered technology, innovation, climate change, and often their intersection for more than a decade. A graduate of Harvard College, she lives in Brooklyn and spends most of her free time paddling on the New York harbor.