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    Ronnie Agnew (2018)*
    Executive Director
    Mississippi Public Broadcasting
    Jackson, Mississippi    		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 (Vice Chair, 2017)**
    President & CEO, WNED
    Buffalo, New York

    Molly Corbett Broad (Vice Chair, 2017)*
    President
    American Council on Education 

    Washington, D.C.

    		Maxine Clark (2018)*
    CEO, The Clark-Fox family Foundation
    Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop
    St. Louis, Missouri
    Erroll B. Davis Jr. (2019)**
    Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Alliant Energy Corporation
    Atlanta, Georgia    		Chuck Hagel (2019)*
    Former Secretary of Defense and Nebraska Senator
    Washington, D.C.

    Rich Homberg (2019)**
    President & CEO
    Detroit Public Television
    Wixon, Michigan

    		Shae Hopkins (2019)**
    Executive Director & CEO
    Kentucky Educational Television
    Lexington, Kentucky
    Eric Hyyppa (2019)*
    Director and General Manager
    Montana PBS
    Bozeman, Montana    		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 (2019)**
    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)**
    Executive Director & General Manager
    UNC-TV
    Research Triangle Park, North Carolina    		Evan Smith (2018)**
    CEO & Editor-in Chief
    The Texas Tribune
    Austin, Texas
    Gary Stokes (2019)*
    President and General Manager
    KSPS-TV
    Spokane, Washington    		 


    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.