Mary Perot Nichols (October 11, 1927 — May 21, 1996) was an American journalist, columnist, editor and public media executive. She was among the earliest staffers at The Village Voice, covering city politics and organized crime. Her reporting there was key in averting the plan by Robert Moses to build a four-lane highway through Greenwich Village. She went on to serve as president of WNYC (New York’s flagship radio/audio public media organization) over two mayoral administrations. She was also a visiting professor of journalism at New York University.