Board of Directors

Ronnie Agnew (2018)* Executive Director Mississippi Public Broadcasting Jackson, Mississippi	Tom Axtell (Vice Chair, 2016)** General Manager Vegas PBS Las Vegas, Nevada
Donald A. Baer (Chair, 2017)** Worldwide Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller;Chairman, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates Washington, DC	Afsaneh Beschloss (2018)** CEO The Rock Creek Group Washington, D.C.
Don Boswell (2017)** President & CEO, WNED Buffalo, New York	Molly Corbett Broad (Vice Chair, 2017)* President American Council on Education
Ernest Bromley (2016)** Former Chairman & CEO Bromley Communications San Antonio, Texas	Maxine Clark (2018)* CEO, The Clark-Fox family Foundation Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop St. Louis, Missouri
Erroll B. Davis Jr. (2016)* Retired Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools Atlanta, Georgia	Rich Homberg (2016)* President & CEO Detroit Public Television Wixon, Michigan
Shae Hopkins (2016)* Executive Director & CEO Kentucky Educational Television Lexington, Kentucky	Bill Imada (2018)* Chairman and CCO IW Group West Hollywood, California
Larry Irving (2017)** President and CEO The Irving Group Washington, DC	Tom Karlo (2018)** General Manager KPBS San Diego, California
Paula Kerger President Public Broadcasting Service Arlington, Virginia	Kliff Kuehl (2018)* President & CEO KCPT Kansas City, Missouri
Allan Landon (2017)** Assistant Dean, Eccles School Of Business University of Utah Park City, Utah	Becky Magura (2017)* President & CEO WCTE Cookeville, Tennessee
Linda O’Bryon (2018)** President & CEO South Carolina Educational Television Columbia, South Carolina	Tom Rieland (2018)*** General Manager WOSU Public Media Columbus, Ohio
Ramon Rodriguez (2016)* Former Managing Partner & CEO Madsen Sapp Mena Rodriguez & Co. Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Robert Sachs (2018)* Principal, Continental Consulting Group, LLC, and former President & CEO of NCTA Boston, Massachusetts
Neal Shapiro (2017)* President & CEO WNET New York, New York	Lisa Shumate (2017)* Executive Dir. & General Manager Houston Public Media Houston, Texas
Brian Sickora (2018)** President & CEO WSKG Binghamton, NY	Evan Smith (2018)** CEO & Editor-in Chief The Texas Tribune Austin, TX
JoAnn Urofsky (2016)** General Manager WUSF Tampa, Florida
The Directors are responsible for governing and setting policy for PBS. In total, the Board comprises 27 members: 14 Professional Directors (station managers); 12 General Directors (outside directors); and the PBS President. All PBS Board members serve three-year terms, without pay. Term expires at the October Organizational meeting of the Board in the year shown in parenthesis. =First Term =Second Term **= Filled Vacancy mid-term; eligible for two full subsequent terms.