Kevin McClatchy

Joined the amfAR board in October 2012 and currently serves as Board Co-Chair. Serves on executive, communications/social media/marketing, and finance, budget and investment committees.

Mr. McClatchy brings significant and extensive executive board leadership across industries including media, sports, and philanthropy. His experience as a chief executive officer and his board service enables him to provide valuable insight on business operations, governance best practices, regulatory, and financial matters, and guidance to management on strategy. He has lived with integrity, pride, and passion, converting his drive for success into organizational success and setting new benchmarks along the way.

As Board Co-Chair of amfAR, McClatchy established governance processes and controls for all strategy, policy, operational, and investment decisions.

From 2012 to 2020, McClatchy was Chairman of the Board of the McClatchy Company, America’s second-largest newspaper company, during a time of major organizational transformation from print to digital. He played a major role in steering the board through complex operational issues and opportunities, providing a depth of knowledge handling short- and long-range plans, governance and compliance, meeting agendas, and member participation. McClatchy also sat on the nominating committee, pension & savings committee, and served as Chairman of the committee on the Board (governance committee).

While McClatchy was the owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1996 to 2007, he played a leadership role in Major League Baseball, serving as a member of the Executive Council, Blue Ribbon Task Force, Labor, and International Committees, bringing significant and valued insight to a multitude of multifaceted issues related to growing the game of baseball.

McClatchy started his career as sales executive for Knight Ridder/Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, and was President of Modesto Athletics (A’s) franchise. His influence in sports was translated into his philanthropic work; serving people has always run parallel with his professional career. In 2002, he acted as co-chairman of the Field of Dreams Gala to benefit Children’s Hospital. His dedication to the disciplines of sports, media, philanthropy, and education is hard to miss as he serves on the boards of Newman Wine & Spirits, Celsense, Civic Science, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, as well as the Extra Mile Education Foundation.

Owing to his principles of modeling exemplary behavior, Mr. McClatchy disclosed his sexual orientation in September 2012 via an article written by Frank Bruni in The New York Times.

McClatchy attended Trinity-Pawling High School in Pawling, New York, and went on to earn a political science degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He was a member of the board of trustees of both schools.

Kevin McClatchy is married to Jack Basilone, both proud parents of son Connor McClatchy. They currently reside in West Palm Beach, Florida.