WBUR, Boston’s NPR, at present introduced the autumn lineup for The WBUR Breakfast Membership, an occasion sequence that includes conversations with influential enterprise leaders. The sequence returns to WBUR CitySpace on Tuesday, September 15 with Kerry Docherty, co-founder of life-style and clothes model Faherty, in dialog with Tiziana Dearing, host of WBUR’s Morning Version.
Following Docherty, WBUR will welcome Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on Wednesday, October 21; Noubar Afeyan, founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering and chairman of the board of Moderna on Wednesday, November 18 and Warby Parker co-founder and CEO Neil Blumenthal on Wednesday, December 9.
“From the boardroom to the newsroom, from Boston to the world, WBUR is reimagining how consequential points in enterprise and society get mentioned and understood, elevating the dialog to assist form what comes subsequent,” mentioned WBUR CEO Margaret Low. “The Breakfast Membership is an opportunity for Boston resolution makers to collect for intimate conversations with among the nation’s most fascinating enterprise leaders. We’re grateful to the Mehrotra Institute for serving to carry it to life.”
Sponsored by the Ravi Ok. Mehrotra Institute for Enterprise, Markets, and Society at Boston College’s Questrom College of Enterprise, The WBUR Breakfast Membership launched in January with Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert within the highlight. The debut season additionally featured the leaders of Bombas, Whoop and JetBlue. The sequence offers Boston’s enterprise group a chance to listen to immediately from executives who’re navigating the challenges and alternatives shaping their industries.
- Sept. 15: Kerry Docherty cofounded the approach to life clothes model Faherty together with her husband and his equivalent twin. Faherty, which mixes high-quality design with surf tradition, launched in 2013 with a “Seaside Shack on Wheels,” and has become a $250 million model offered worldwide. There are greater than 80 retail shops throughout the U.S., together with seven in Massachusetts with places starting from Newbury Avenue in Boston to downtown Nantucket. Her new memoir “Egocentric” was revealed by Concord at Penguin Random Home in April 2026.
- Oct. 21: Chris Cocks was named Hasbro’s Chief Govt Officer and Director in 2022 and has pushed the corporate’s evolution to change into a significant participant in digital gaming, guiding strategic licensing agreements and establishing a community of online game studios to place Hasbro as a number one AAA online game developer and writer. He additionally serves on the boards of Lifespan and The Paley Heart for Media.
- Nov. 18: Noubar Afeyan is co-founder and Board Chairman of Moderna, and the founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering. Throughout his profession as an inventor, entrepreneur and CEO, he has cofounded and helped construct over 100 life science and expertise startups.
- Dec. 9: Neil Blumenthal is the co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, a life-style model that gives designer eyewear, named probably the most revolutionary firm on the earth by Quick Firm in 2015.
“Style, gaming and biotech appear like three unrelated industries on the floor, however the leaders working them are wrestling with an identical query: what function ought to this enterprise play within the society it operates inside? This query is the middle of our work on the Mehrotra Institute, and WBUR is among the few locations in Boston the place it will get requested of resolution makers immediately. We’re excited to proceed our partnership with WBUR and are wanting ahead to bringing enterprise leaders collectively to interact on this essential discourse,” mentioned Kris Could, Govt Director, Ravi Ok. Mehrotra Institute for Enterprise, Markets, and Society
The Breakfast Membership’s return comes amid sturdy viewers momentum for WBUR, which has ranked or tied for first place in Boston radio in April, Could and July, in line with Nielsen Audio rankings.
The Breakfast Membership is an growth into morning programming at CitySpace, WBUR’s state-of-the-art efficiency area at 890 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Tickets to The Breakfast Membership are $75 every and might be bought right here. Doorways open at 7:30 a.m. for a networking breakfast adopted by the featured dialog from eight a.m. to 9 a.m. To be taught extra about upcoming WBUR occasions, subscribe to the WBUR Occasions e-newsletter.