Meet Paula Kerger PBS President and CEO

In the above video, Paula Kerger, President of PBS, discusses the importance of education, as well as the recently launched PBS LearningMedia.

Paula Kerger, President and CEO Paula A. Kerger is president and chief executive officer of PBS, the nation’s largest non-commercial media organization with more than 350 member stations throughout the country. 

Ms. Kerger joined PBS as its sixth president and chief executive in March 2006. Since her arrival, Ms. Kerger has made particularly strong commitments to the arts, news and public affairs, high-quality content for education, diversity, and the use of new technology to bring public media into the lives of all Americans.
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Paula's Recent Speeches

Keynote at PBS Annual Meeting in Denver - May 2012

Keynote at PBS Technology Conference - April 2012

Remarks at PBI International in Singapore - October 2011

Remarks at the 36th Annual Gracie Awards - May 2011

Opening Remarks at PBS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida - May 2011

TEDxMidAtlantic - November 2010 (37.5 KB)

PBS Annual Meeting Keynote Speech - May 2010 (100.5 KB)

    In the Media
    In the Media

    PBS President Paula Kerger discusses PBS mission with The Hollywood Reporter, notes that social media spurred success of 'Downton Abbey'
    7/22/2012 11:22 AM

    HitFix reports "Ken Burns brings 'The Roosevelts' to PBS with Meryl Streep and more"
    7/21/2012 3:45 PM

    The Deseret Sun reports 'The arts on PBS is essential viewing, essential funding'
    6/13/2012 9:09 AM

    In an interview with Washington, D.C.'s WUSA-TV, PBS Children's Media SVP Lesli Rotenberg offers tips on preventing "summer slide" in learning
    6/7/2012 at 10:34 AM

    Variety reports 'PBS strikes gold with Brit hits'
    5/29/2012 at 2:45 PM

    The Associated Press previews the PBS fall 2012 season
    5/16/2012 at 12:50 PM

    PBS Education Senior Vice President Rob Lippincott discusses bridging the achievement gap in early learning
    4/16/2012 9:55 AM

    TV Guide interviews AMERICA REVEALED host Yul Kwon
    4/12/2012 9:35 AM

    Reuters reports "'Downton Abbey' brings cool TV crowd to America's PBS"
    2/8/2012 9:54 AM

    In an interview with WTVR in Richmond, Va., PBS President Paula Kerger discusses the organization's mission and success
    1/27/2012 9:44 AM

    New York Daily News reports from TCA Press Tour that 'PBS president Paula Kerger says network will remain a key source of quality programming'
    1/4/2012 7:39 PM

    The New York Times Looks at 'Downton Abbey' and PBS' Primetime Strategy
    1/3/2012 at 11:08 AM

    In a video interview with NBC, PBS Children's Media SVP Lesli Rotenberg offers tips to parents handing down tech gadgets to their kids
    12/16/2011 at 10:51 AM

    Lesli Rotenberg, SVP of Children's Media for PBS, discusses how to keep kids safe online on Washington, D.C.'s WUSA-TV
    12/16/2011 at 10:45 AM

    The San Francisco Chronicle talks to PBS President Paula Kerger about her vision for PBS
    12/7/2011 at 12:06 PM

    The Associated Press looks at PBS' winter/spring 2012 schedule
    11/17/2011 at 3:46 PM

    PBS President Paula Kerger discusses PBS' digital education initiatives in a CNET podcast
    10/12/2011 at 10:24 AM

    The 2011 Project VoiceScape Award winners were revealed at an Oct. 6 Newseum event
    10/7/2011 at 12:29 PM

    In a video clip, Brian Williams discusses DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD on the NBC Nightly News
    8/2/2011 at 8:35 AM

    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shares details on the new PBS series DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD
    7/31/2011 at 10:00 AM

    The Hollywood Reporter covers PBS President Paula Kerger's session at the TCA Summer 2011 Press Tour
    7/30/2011 at 2:40 PM