Damberg has a 30+ year career fundraising in public radio at stations large and small. Starting in 1990, Paul was the Development Director for 18 months at KAXE in Grand Rapids and then 17 years at KUMD in Duluth. He took a break from working in public radio and spent 6 years as the Foundation Director at Lake Superior college and 3 years as Executive Director of the Human Development Center Foundation. In 2016, he came back to public radio to become the Northern Regional Manager at WPR in Superior. In the mid 1990s Damberg was integral in creating the Public Radio Association of Development Officers (PRADO) a national professional association for public radio fundraisers and served as Board President then as a board member from 1992 to 2007. In 1999 Damberg was awarded the PRADO Development Executive of the Year.
Paul Damberg is an active Scouter, Rotarian, and supporter of community connectedness. He has extensive experience working at and serving on non-profit boards and helping them grow their fundraising competency and capacity building. He has seen the benefit public broadcasting can have providing under-served populations access to much-needed information. It is his belief that communities are stronger when there is a thriving arts and culture ethos that creates the value-added amenities that attracts an educated engaged work force. He strives to build bridges between these efforts to ensure a thriving dynamic region that enables good economic growth.
Paul enjoys spending as much time as possible at his cabin on Lake Vermilion with his wife and family.
