Jonathan C. Abbott is an American media executive who was the president and CEO of WGBH Educational Foundation from 2007 until his resignation in 2022.
[2][3] His uncle, Edward C. Melby, Jr., was the dean of the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University.
[1] He began his career in broadcasting in Columbia University's student-run radio station WKCR-FM.
[7] During his 15 years in the position, he oversaw the development of new channels, expanded the station's presence over digital platforms, and helped GBH raise $215 million in the largest capital campaign by a public media outlet, and increased its endowment more than eightfold to nearly $525 million.
[6] In February 2022, Abbott announced plans to step down at the end of the year, and was replaced in December by Susan Goldberg.