Herb Scannell was most recently President and CEO of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media organization that includes 89.3 KPCC, LAist.com, and its podcast studio LAist Studios. Before SCPR, Herb had a successful and diversified career within the media industry, from being the CEO of mitú, the top digital media brand for Latino millennials; to serving as the president of BBC Worldwide, North America. The majority of his career was at Viacom (now Paramount Global) culminating in the position of vice chairman MTV Networks/President Nickelodeon Networks, where he launched Nick favorites Spongebob Squarepants, Blues Clues, and Dora the Explorer, among other and was the #1 rated cable network during his time. He is currently CEO of Scannell Consulting.