David Kansas (born March 28, 1967) was the president of American Public Media until a restructuring in March 2022.[1] He had also served as chief operating officer of American Public Media Group, a position he assumed in 2011.[2] He was formerly an editor with The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com.
Prior to taking the COO role at American Public Media Group, Kansas was a journalist living in London and working for The Wall Street Journal. While working for The Wall Street Journal, Kansas has written about a number of topics such as European financial systems and the stock market.[3] He was the editor of The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing section, author of the books The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It and The Wall Street Journal's Complete Money & Investing Guidebook.[4]
Kansas is also former president of a personal finance online venture FiLife.com between Dow Jones and IAC/InterActiveCorp.[5] Prior to that, he also served as editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com during its formative years, working for site founder Jim Cramer and served on the board of directors.[6]
In 2016, Kansas was named Director of Johnson Center for Journalism and Communication at Bethel University.[7]
Kansas attended St. Paul Academy from kindergarten to grade 12. During his time there, he participated in football, basketball, and baseball. Every spring the school would have a musical, which he also participated in. He served as the treasurer of the Student Activities Committee and was also a member of the state tournament winning Quiz Bowl for both his junior and senior year.[8] He spent a year at Macalester College and then obtained his undergraduate degree in 1990 from Columbia College of Columbia University.[8][9] Since June 21, 2008, he has been married to Monica Kansas (née Schulz).
