Board of Directors

Listed in Alphabetical Order:

Jon Abbott (2012)*
President & CEO
WGBH
Boston, Massachusetts

Tom Axtell (2013)*
General Manager
Vegas PBS
Las Vegas, Nevada

Don Baer (2014)*
Worldwide Vice Chairman, Burson-Marsteller;
Chairman, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates
Washington, DC

Fred Berens (2013)**
Managing Director-Investments
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Miami, Florida

Don Boswell (2014)*
President & CEO, WNED
Buffalo, New York

Malcolm Brett (2014)**
Director of Broadcasting & Media Innovations 
Wisconsin Public Television
Madison, Wisconsin 

Molly Corbett Broad (Vice, Chair, 2013)**
President
American Council on Education
Washington, DC

Ernest Bromley (2013)**
Chairman & CEO 
Bromley Communications
San Antonio, Texas

Ruby Calvert (2014)**
General Manager 
Wyoming PBS
Riverton, Wyoming 

Paula Castadio (2014)**
President & CEO 
Valley Public Television- KVPT
Fresno, California

Jack Galmiche (2012)*
President & CEO 
KETC
St. Louis, Missouri

Charles T. Hagel (2012)*
Distinguished Professor
Georgetown University
Washingon, DC

Helen Hernandez (2012)*
President & Founder
The Imagen Foundation
Encino, CA

Larry Irving (2014)*
President and CEO
The Irving Group
Washington, DC

M Howard Jacobson (2012)**
Former President 
Idle Wild Foods, Inc. 
Westborough, Massachusetts 

Paula Kerger
President
Public Broadcasting Service
Arlington, Virginia

John King (2013)**
President & CEO
Vermont Public Television
Colchester, Vermont

Allan Landon (2014)*
Former Chairman  & CEO
of Bank of Hawaii
Park City, Utah

Peter Morrill (2012)**
General Manager 
Idaho Public Television 
Boise, Idaho

James R. Pagliarini (2012)**
President & Chief Executive Officer 
Twin Cities Public Television (tpt)
St. Paul, Minnesota

Sharon P. Rockefeller (2012)**
President & Chief Executive Officer 
WETA 
Arlington, Virginia

Geoffrey Sands (Chair) (2013)**
Director 
McKinsey & Company
New York, New York

Leo Soong (2012)*
Co-Founder
Crystal Geyser Water Co.
Walnut Creek, CA

Donna A. Tanoue (2012)**
Vice Chairman 
Bank of Hawaii 
Honolulu, Hawaii 

JoAnn Urofsky (2013)* 
General Manager 
WUSF
Tampa, Florida

Allen Weatherly (Vice-Chair)(2013)*
Executive Director
Arkansas Educational Television Network
Conway, Arkansas

Lloyd Wright (2012)*
President & CEO
WFYI
Indianapolis, Indiana

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.

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