Listed in Alphabetical Order:
Jon Abbott (2015)**
President & CEO
WGBH
Boston, Massachusetts
Tom Axtell (2013)*
General Manager
Vegas PBS
Las Vegas, Nevada
Don Baer (2014)*
Worldwide Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller;
Chairman, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates
Washington, DC
Fred Berens (2013)**
Managing Director-Investments
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Miami, Florida
Afsaneh Beschloss (2015)*
CEO
The Rock Creek Group
Washington, D.C.
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 (2015)**
President & CEO
KETC
St. Louis, Missouri
Helen Hernandez (2015)**
President & Founder
The Imagen Foundation
Encino, CA
Larry Irving (2014)*
President and CEO
The Irving Group
Washington, DC
Tom Karlo (2015)*
General Manager
KPBS
San Diego, CA
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
Linda O’Bryon (2015)*
President & CEO
South Carolina Educational Television
Columbia, SC
Geoffrey Sands (Chair) (2013)**
Director
McKinsey & Company
New York, New York
Brian Sickora (2015)*
President & CEO
WSKG
Binghamton, NY
Evan Smith (2015)*
CEO & Editor-in Chief
The Texas Tribune
Austin, TX
Leo Soong (2015)**
Co-Founder
Crystal Geyser Water Co.
Walnut Creek, CA
JoAnn Urofsky (2013)*
General Manager
WUSF
Tampa, Florida
Allen Weatherly (Vice-Chair)(2013)**
Executive Director
Arkansas Educational Television Network
Conway, Arkansas
Lloyd Wright (2015)**
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.
