Leslie Fields-Cruz

Leslie Fields-Cruz is an American journalist and media executive, who as of 2025 serves as the Executive Director of Black Public Media (BPM).[1]

Fields-Cruz joined BPM in 2001, and has had a number of roles there since. She is a producer of the award-winning PBS series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.[2]

Fields-Cruz is the chair of the president's circle and a former president of New York Women in Film & Television,[3] the board secretary of the New Era Creative Space, and was listed in Crain's New York's 2021 list of Notable Black Business Leaders.[1][4][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Notable Black Leaders and Executives 2021: Leslie Fields-Cruz". Crain's New York Business. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  2. ^ a b "Leslie Fields-Cruz – New Era Creative Space". Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  3. ^ "NYWIFT Announces New Board President Leslie Fields-Cruz". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  4. ^ "NYWIFT Board Member Leslie Fields-Cruz Named to Crain's New York Business' Notable Black Leaders and Executives". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 2025-07-17.