Kristine Foate:
CLASS OF 1968
Custer High SchoolClass of 1968
Milwaukee, WI
University of Wisconsin - LawClass of 1978
Madison, WI
University of Illinois - EconomicsClass of 1975
Urbana, IL
Kristine's Story
Kristine G. Foate is the past President and CEO of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining the Chamber she was the Vice President of Operations of Pinpoint Publishing. From 2004 -2006 Kris was the President and CEO of Summit City Radio Group, a group of six radio stations in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 2001 to 2004 Kris was the Vice President and General Manager of Illini Radio Group in Champaign, Illinois.
From 1991 until 2001 she served in various leadership capacities at Journal Broadcast Group including General Sales Manager, Station Manager and Vice President and General Manager of WKTI-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and subsequently as Vice President and General Manager of KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While at the Journal Broadcast Group Kris championed flextime, job sharing and part time programs for individuals who wanted to continue their careers while fulfilling family or other responsibilities requiring different work options. Those programs were the model for similar programs in the market and across the company. From 1982 to 1991 Kris worked her way up through the ranks at ShamrockÂs WQFM-FM in Milwaukee and finished her tenure there as General Manager. She began her broadcast career in Madison, Wisconsin at WLVE in 1981, w...Expand for more
here she was an account executive.
During her leadership the stations she has led have attained national recognition including Country Music AssociationÂs Station of the Year, Billboard and Airplay Monitor Radio Station of the Year. Kris is the recipient of the Radio Ink magazineÂs 1999 Radio Wayne Award for General Manager of the Year.
In 2002, the launch year of the Most Influential Women in Radio mentorship program, Kris was in the first group ÂmenteesÂ. She was named one of the Â50 Most Influential Women in Radio by Radio Ink Magazine in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and was one of ten nominees in the Fort Wayne area for the 2006 ATHENA Award.
Kris takes her responsibility to the community seriously. She is active in United Way of Allen County, serving as the co-chair for of the WomenÂs Initiative steering committee, the marketing committee and the 2006 Campaign Cabinet. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne. She also serves on numerous boards including Leadership Fort Wayne, Invent Tomorrow, Artlink, Northeast Indiana Corporate Council, The Economic Alliance and ErinÂs House. She is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Fort Wayne.
Ms. Foate holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
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