Denise M. Parent

Denise has served as the Chief Business Officer of Meeting Street since 2016, where she oversees finance, billing, human resources, facilities, compliance, governance, and other legal matters in addition to special projects.  Previously, she was Senior Vice President Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary at LIN Media LLC, a broadcasting and digital media public company listed on the (NYSE:LIN).  At LIN, she directed all legal matters including acquisitions, the novel conversion of a publicly traded company into a publicly-traded LLC and the transformational sale of the company to Media General.  Prior to joining LIN, Denise was Senior Corporate Counsel at The Providence Journal Company, a newspaper and broadcasting public company listed on the (NYSE:PRJ); and a corporate associate at Adler Pollock & Sheehan, a business law firm in Providence, Rhode Island.  

Denise has been a member of The Rhode Island PBS Foundation Board of Directors since 2018, currently serving as its Secretary and on its Finance Committee and Audit Sub-Committee.  She previously served on the Board of Directors of The Hope Academy, a K-8 mayoral academy charter school. Denise received her Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School and her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice at Northeastern University.  She is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.