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PBS Board of Directors
Jon Abbott (2012) * back
Director since 2009. President and CEO of WGBH Boston and a leading advocate for public service media nationwide. He joined WGBH in 1998, became Executive Vice President and COO in 2004, and was named President and CEO in October 2007. Abbott oversees 11 public TV services and 3 public radio services serving southern New England, as well as WGBH's national television, radio and web production activities, media access services, and educational technologies. Abbott has worked closely with PBS to extend public service media's reach; he helped spearhead the launch of two new national digital program services: Create (a syndicated lifestyle channel co-created with WNET/New York) made its national debut in 2005; PBS World (a syndicated non fiction service co-created with WNET/New York showcasing science, history, nature, and news programming) followed in 2007. During his tenure as president, Abbott has expanded WGBH's new media and educational efforts and partnerships, from Teachers' Domain (a multimedia online service for teachers and students), to the experimental WGBH Lab (using the Web and rights-cleared "open content" to open doors to the next generation of media makers), to We Shall Remain from American Experience, an ambitious multimedia and outreach project about Native history.
These efforts build on Abbott's early and longstanding interest in re-tooling legacy productions, distribution, and fundraising systems to provide public service media's distinctive content across an expanding array of digital devices - making it easier for the public as well as educators and students to access public media's rich library of programming and information when and where they choose. Before coming to WGBH, Abbott served as senior vice president for development and corporate relations at PBS (1992-1998). Prior to that, he spent five years in senior management with San Francisco public station KQED. He serves on numerous public media boards, including American Public Television (APT), American Documentary/P.O.V., and Public Television's Major Market Group. He is a Trustee of the Boston Children's Museum and Arts Boston, and a board member of Project Healthy Children. Abbott holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.
Fred Berens (2010) * back
Director since 2007. As Managing Director - Investments at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC in Miami, Mr. Berens is a high-level investment manager with vast entrepreneurial expertise. In addition to his position at Wachovia Securities LLC, he sits on the Board of Directors of Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and was one of the founders of French Fragrances Inc. which became Elizabeth Arden after acquiring this company from Unilever.
Mr. Berens is a veteran member of the Board of Directors of Community Television Foundation of South Florida, Inc., the licensee of WPBT. He is a former board chair of the Foundation and was the long-time chair of its Executive Committee. For WPBT, Mr. Berens was visionary in the creation of the station's endowment through the WPBT Communications Foundation, Inc. (WCFI), which he chairs. Under his leadership, WCFI's assets have grown to $33 million. Mr. Berens holds a BBA in Economics and an MBA in Finance from the University of Miami. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami, the Board of Directors of the Carnival Performing Arts Center Foundation, and the Orange Bowl Committee. He has been a member of the Dade County Health Facilities Authority since 1979 and served as its Chairman for several years. Mr. Berens serves on the PBS Finance Committee and Investment Subcommittee.
Malcolm Brett (2011) * back
Director since 2008. Director of Broadcasting and Media Innovations - University of Wisconsin - Extension (UWEX) and General Manager of WHA-TV, the flagship station of Wisconsin Public Television. He oversees the University's public radio and public television stations which are part of Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio. He also oversees UWEX's distance learning facilities, Instructional Communications Systems and the National Center for Outreach. Broadcasting and Media Innovations initiatives include research into mobile video delivery for emergency first responders, video delivery over Internet 2, and media asset management. Mr. Brett has also served as the Director of Television for Wisconsin Public Television. In that role he oversaw the network's University and State licensee stations. During the past 25 years at WPT, Mr. Brett has served as corporate development manager and director of development as well as a production manager for the national show "The New Tech Times." His extensive knowledge of public television includes development, production management, strategic planning, budgeting, government relations and community relations. He was named PBS Development Professional of the Year in 1998 for his system-wide contributions and for his leadership of WPT's development program. Mr. Brett led WPT's digital conversion, and has helped guide, design, fund or implement various of WPT's national public television models including - Portal Wisconsin, the National Center for Outreach, Wisconsin World War II Stories and Wisconsin Hometown Stories. Along with colleagues at WPSU and WOSU, Brett is leading the development of University Place, which is built on emerging multicast, Internet streaming and VOD opportunities for University licensed PTV stations. Mr. Brett served on Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial celebration commission. He established and chaired the Wisconsin Cultural Coalition and led its support for Portal Wisconsin. Mr. Brett serves on the PBS Foundation Advisory Committee, the Board of American Public Television and is Chair of the University Licensee Association.
Molly Corbett Broad (2010) * back
Director since 2007. A leading spokesperson for American higher education, Molly Corbett Broad became the twelfth president of the American Council on Education (ACE) on May 1, 2008. She is the first woman to lead the organization since its founding in 1918. Ms. Broad came to ACE from the University of North Carolina (UNC), where she served as president from 1997 to 2006, leading UNC through a period of unprecedented enrollment growth. Due in large part to the success of the Focused Growth Initiative, minority enrollment at UNC grew at more than double the rate of the overall student body during her tenure. She also spearheaded the creation of a need-based financial aid program for in-state undergraduates and the creation of the College Foundation of North Carolina. Ms. Broad held a number of administrative and executive positions at several universities prior to her tenure at UNC. At the California State University system, she served as senior vice chancellor for administration and finance from 1992-93, and as executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer from 1993 until her election as UNC president. Earlier in her career, Ms. Broad served as the chief executive officer for Arizona's three-campus university system (1985-92) and in a succession of administrative posts at Syracuse University (1971-85). Ms. Broad has written and spoken widely on strategic planning for higher education, K-16 partnerships, information technology, globalization and biotechnology. In addition to the PBS Board she currently sits on the board of the Parsons Corporation. She is past chair of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), past chair of the Internet 2 board of trustees and past president of the International Council for Distance Education. She has served on the boards and executive committees of the Business-Higher Education Forum; Council on Competitiveness; National Association of University System Heads; and the Centenary Committee for Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Ms. Broad earned a General Motors Scholarship to Syracuse University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a baccalaureate degree in economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She holds a master's degree in the field from The Ohio State University. Ms. Broad serves on the PBS Finance and National Policy Advisory Committees.
Ernest Bromley (2010) *** back
Director since 2008. Chairman/CEO of Bromley Communications LLC, was part of the original team that founded the agency in 1981. As CEO, Mr. Bromley has worn many hats throughout his career at the agency -- director of research, executive vice president and president. He has been responsible for the development and execution of the agency's vision and outstanding products and services, and works closely with account teams in developing sound marketing strategies for client partners. Mr. Bromley has also been instrumental in developing the agency's research and Hispanic marketing approach, "AIG" (Acculturation Influence Groups). Bromley has been a trailblazer in building the agency to be the leading Hispanic marketing communications company, empowering clients such as General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Burger King, Coors, AstraZeneca, Payless ShoeSource, the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau and Nestlé in the changing American marketplace.
Prior to joining the agency, he taught economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has a bachelor of arts in political science and a master in business administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
An active community and civic leader, Mr. Bromley currently serves on the American Association of Advertising Agencies' Southern Board of Governors and is a South Texas Council Board Member. He is the Chairperson for the Ad Council, a member of ADS Media and Board Member of the Judson Montessori School Chair Strategic Planning Committee. He also serves as the Local Chairman and is part of the National Hispanic Council for Junior Achievement. He is a board or council member of: National Association of Latino Arts & Culture (NALAC), Nielsen Hispanic Advisory Council, Boy Scouts National Hispanic Advisory Council, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Alameda National Center for Latino Arts & Culture, Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation, Riverwalk Jazz and the University of Texas at San Antonio - School of Business Advisory Council. Bromley is the Board Chair for the Mitchell Lake Audubon Society and the Marketing Committee Chair for the San Antonio Symphony.
Ruby Calvert (2011) * back
Director since 2008. General Manager for Wyoming PBS, a full-service PBS station that covers about 85% of
Wyoming, with 24 full-time employees. In her capacity as GM, she is also the President of the Wyoming PBS Foundation,
which manages all fundraising for Wyoming PBS. She has been at the station since its inception in 1983, serving as the
Director of Programming for 23 years, and supervising Production, Promotion & Education Services at various times during her
tenure. In 1990, she led the production team in producing the signature series "Main Street, Wyoming," which now has a
library of 200 half-hour programs. She directly supervised Teacherline services for 6 years, and Ready To Learn, which
continues. Ms. Calvert is a former member and Board Chair of the Wyoming State Board of Education (2000 - 2006), and also
former member and Board Chair of the Riverton Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees (1999-2004). She served for a year on the
NETA Education Council, and two years on the Teacherline Station Advisory Council. Currently she serves on the Executive
Committee for the University Licensee Association, is Secretary for the PMN Executive Council, and is also a member of the
Small Station Association. She was selected to participate in "Leadership Wyoming" in 2005, is currently on the Community Resource Board for the Wyoming Job Corps, is Co-Chair for the Wyoming PBS Advisory Council, and is Secretary for both the Riverton Rotary and Riverton Rotary Foundation. She also serves on Sen. Mike Enzi's Academy Appointment Committee. Ms. Calvert has her B.A. in English, Secondary Education from the University of Wyoming; and has been working on a master's degree in "Public Administration" from UW. She has 3 children: Chad, an attorney residing in Colorado; Kara, who works in governmental affairs in Washington, D.C., and Chris, a petroleum engineer in Gillette, Wyoming.
Paula Castadio (2011) * back
Director since 2008. KVPT President and CEO, leading a medium-size station serving 2.5 million viewers in Fresno, California. Mrs. Castadio began her career with KVPT in 1994 as Development Director and was promoted to Station Manager in 2000. She became CEO in October 2003. Previously, she worked in Corporate Development for Valley Public Radio. She has dedicated 19 years to public broadcasting. Mrs. Castadio holds a BA Degree in Speech Communication from California State University, Fresno, and a MBA from the University of Phoenix. She serves as Chair for the Pacific Mountain Network and is Treasurer of the California Public Television Association. She has served nationally on the PBS Development Advisory Council, Communications Advisory Council and CPB Digital Distribution Fund Panel. Locally, she holds leadership positions in the cultural arts and Rotary. In 2006, she was named among the "Top Ten Business and Professional Women" of Fresno County. Under her leadership, KVPT has garnered twelve PBS Development Awards and multiple production awards. Mrs. Castadio dedicates herself to the mission of PBS and KVPT and is responsive to the interests and needs of the community and the public television industry. Currently, she serves on the Premier Sponsorship Task Force.
John S. Domaschko (Vice-Chair) (2011) ** back
Director since February 2006. Mr. Domaschko is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with degrees in Economics and Accounting. In the November 1974 Uniform CPA Exam, he earned the highest score in the states of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, and also earned the Elijah Watts Sells award for earning one of the highest scores in the United States. After becoming a CPA in 1975, he was Senior Managing Partner of his own CPA firm for over fifteen years, during which time his firm grew to one of the largest locally owned CPA firms in the Cincinnati area. In 1991, Mr. Domaschko sold his accounting firm and started a consulting firm, MC Squared, Inc. In his capacity as President of MC Squared, he provided business consulting services for companies ranging from start up endeavors to publicly owned corporations until his retirement in 2006. His business experience includes management consulting for growing companies, contract negotiation, acquisition of financing and government sponsored tax incentives, business plan development, capital acquisition and entrepreneurial problem-solving. Mr. Domaschko's involvement in his community has been extensive. As long ago as 1988 he was recognized by the University of Cincinnati as one of its twentieth century alumni who had made significant contributions to the city in which they live or work. In 2006, he was co-recipient (with his wife) of the Northern Kentucky University Lincoln Award which honors individuals who have had a tremendous positive influence on their community and who exemplify the qualities of outstanding citizenship, notable achievement and distinguished service in their professions. Also in 2006 he received the Distinguished Philanthropist Award from the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, Midwest Region. He is currently Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Medical Center and is a former Chairman of the Kenton County Airport Board (which operates the Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport), the St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation, the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and the KET Foundation. He currently serves on various other boards of directors, including Rumpke Consolidated Companies, the University of Cincinnati Foundation, and the Thomas More College Foundation.
Mr. Domaschko is currently Chair of the PBS Audit Committee and serves on the Executive and Station Services committees. He has also served on the PBS Content Policy Committee and on the Strategic Planning Advisory Group.
Peter Frid (2010) ** back
Director since 2004 and Professional Vice-Chair from 2006-2008. CEO and General Manager of New Hampshire Public Television since 1996, which serves all of New Hampshire, southern Maine, northeast Massachusetts, and eastern Vermont. Prior to joining NHPTV, Mr. Frid was President and General Manager of KEDT- FM & TV and KVRT-FM in Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition, he has been President and General Manager of KTOO-FM & TV in Juneau, Alaska, Acting President and General Manager/Director of Broadcasting, WLIW-TV, Long Island, New York, has held a number of production positions and was Director of Programming at WSBE-TV, Providence, Rhode Island. Currently he serves as Chair of NETA. In addition, he served as Co-Chair of the Organization of State Broadcast Executives (OSBE) and has been a panelist on several CPB committees and other advisory committees to the industry. He has also served as the President of The Alaska Television Network and President of The Texas Public Broadcasting Association. Mr. Frid is engaged in the New Hampshire community serving as a trustees of Riverwoods at Exeter, a continuing care community, a member of the Business and Industry Association Board of Directors, Chair for Television, NH Association of Broadcasters, and member of the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center Assembly of Overseers. He is a graduate of Leadership Corpus Christi (Texas) and Leadership New Hampshire. Mr. Frid currently serves on the PBS Executive, Station Services and National Policy Advisory committees. He also serves on the PBS Communications Advisory Committee. He has chaired the PBS Education Committee and DFI Task Force and has served on the Content Policy and Technology and Distribution committees.
Jack Galmiche (2012) * back
Director since 2009. Jack Galmiche
Jack Galmiche became the President and CEO of KETC, St. Louis in November 2006. KETC is among the most watched public television stations in the PBS system with one of the most highly rated audiences for full-day viewing. Jack has focused the station's efforts around new forms of community engagement and expanded the reach of the station's content through new forms of digital distribution. KETC's community engagement now includes over 70 public television and radio stations through the Facing the Mortgage Crisis initiative. A new 5000 square foot digital media center is currently under construction at KETC. Known as the Nine Network of Public Media, the facility will include a daily online news service in cooperation with former award-winning journalists from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Prior to joining KETC, Jack was the executive vice president and COO of Oregon Public Broadcasting. He joined OPB in 1997 to lead the statewide network's efforts in the emerging capabilities of digital television. Under Jack's leadership, OPB's National Television Production unit posted substantial gains - increasing national productions for pubic television from 30 hours to more than 200 hours, including the current PBS series History Detectives. Jack has served on several public broadcasting boards and committees. He is a current member and treasurer of the board of American Public Television and immediate past member and treasurer of the board of the Integrated Media Association. He is the past board chair of the Northwest Public Affairs Network, a former member of the NAB Data Broadcasting Committee, and a contributing member of several DTV standards organizations, including the ATSC Committee on Interactive Services. He also served as a director of the International Electronic Cinema Festival. Jack holds a B.S. in Finance and Business Management from St. Louis University.
Charles T. Hagel (2012) * back
Director since 2009.
DeAnne Hamilton (2010) * back
Director since 2007. General Manager of WKAR and Director of Michigan State University's (MSU's) Broadcasting Services. Ms. Hamilton directs the management of all operations of WKAR Radio and Television including WKAR digital, two non-commercial cable television channels, Interactive Video Services (IVS) which supports university instructional and research programs by connecting faculty and learners through the use of advanced technologies; and streaming services on wkar.org. Broadcasting Services offers life long learning services to the community through its Radio Talking Book reading service and through educational and community outreach. Prior to joining MSU in January 2004, Ms. Hamilton was vice-president and station manager of KQED Public Television in San Francisco. She joined KQED in 1990, as a senior producer. Ms. Hamilton quickly moved into the position of associate director of news and current affairs and in 1991 became executive producer of production. She was named vice president and television station manager in 1999 and oversaw the daily operations of programming, national and local production, creative services, audience services, and other related activities of the KQED television broadcasting division. Ms. Hamilton currently serves as Secretary to the Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters and on the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) Board of Trustees, the NETA Board of Directors, and the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross. She previously served as Chair of the University Licensee Association, on the Affinity Group Coalition and on the board of Pacific Islanders in Communications. Her production work has garnered numerous awards. She began her career in broadcast journalism at KATU-TV (ABC) Portland, Oregon, and continued on to KPIX-TV (CBS) San Francisco prior to joining KQED-TV. Ms. Hamilton currently serves on the PBS Station Services Committee and on the Strategic Planning Advisory Group.
Helen Hernandez (2012) * back
Director since 2009.
Larry Irving (2011) *** back
Director since 2009.
M Howard Jacobson (2012) ** back
Director since 2006. Former President, Treasurer and a director of Idle Wild Foods Inc., the family business from which he retired when the Fortune 500 Company was sold in 1986. He also served as Senior Advisor to Prudential-Bache Capital Funding (1989-1991) and to Bankers Trust (1991-2001). Mr. Jacobson's professional and community affiliations include: Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, WGBH/Boston; Director of New England Board of Higher Education; Director of the Education Resources Institute; Director of Polar Corp.; Trustee for UMASS Memorial Healthcare and Director and past Chairman of UMASS Memorial Foundation; Director and past board Chair, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Greater Worcester 32° Masonic Learning Center for Children; member, Harvard Overseers' Committee on University Resources, and member of the Harvard University, Boston Major Gifts Steering Committee; Trustee Emeritus, Worcester Art Museum; and Trustee Emeritus and past President Board of Trustees, Worcester Academy. Previously, Mr. Jacobson served on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Higher Education; the Harvard Overseers' Visiting Committee, Graduate School of Education, Marine Biological Laboratory, Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research and the Chief Executives Organization; and as a past Councilor, American Antiquarian Society. He is a recipient of the National Conference for Community and Justice Leadership Award, and the Philanthropist of the Year Award, New England Association for Health Care Philanthropy. A graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia Graduate School of Business, Mr. Jacobson resides in Westborough, Massachusetts. He is Chair of the PBS Investment Subcommittee and serves on the Audit Committee. He also co-chairs the Task Force on Corporate Support.
Paula Kerger back
President and Chief Executive Officer. Paula Kerger joined Public Broadcasting Service in March 2006 as its sixth President and Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Kerger came to PBS from Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), the parent company of Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York, where since 2004 she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Office of the President, a position carrying both internal and external responsibilities. In that role, Ms. Kerger managed the overall operations of the corporation, working closely with the President and Chairman on Board issues. In 2002, Ms. Kerger was promoted to Vice President and Station Manager of Thirteen/WNET. While in this position, Ms. Kerger directed the launch of four local digital channels: ThirteenHD, Kids Thirteen, World and Create. The latter, launched in January 2006 through a partnership with WGBH/Boston and American Public Television, is public television's first 24-hour lifestyle channel. Ms. Kerger joined EBC in 1993 as Vice President and Director of Development and Government Affairs for Thirteen/WNET. Under her stewardship, the station's "Campaign for Thirteen" - completed in 1997 - raised $79 million, the largest endowment campaign ever undertaken by a public television station. Before joining EBC, Ms. Kerger was Director of Principal Gifts for the Metropolitan Opera. She also served as Director of Development and Alumni Affairs for International House in New York, and as Program Development Officer for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. In 2000, she received the Frances P. Schuman Award from the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. In 2001, she was named PBS Development Professional of the Year. Ms. Kerger was named in 2005 to the Women's Forum, an organization of 300 leading women in the professions, arts and business life of New York. In 2006 she was ranked one of the "Women in Entertainment Power 100" in the annual Hollywood Reporter survey of the industry's top female executives. Ms. Kerger serves on the PBS Executive, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Finance committees, the Diversity Task Force and on the PBS Foundation Board.
John King (2010) * back
Director since 2007. President and CEO of Vermont Public Television, Vermont's Statewide Public Broadcasting Network and PBS member station, a position he has held since 1998. He holds the same position for the Public Television Association of Quebec, the Canadian affiliate organization for Vermont Public Television, based in Montreal, Quebec Canada. Mr. King joined Vermont Public Television in 1987 as the Chief Financial Officer and was promoted to Vice President - Finance & Administration in 1990 and to Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer in 1995. He is active and serves on many public broadcasting boards and taskforces. He is the immediate past Chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and the former Chair of the Public Broadcasting Management Association (PBMA). He is a member of The Organization of State Broadcasting Executives (OSBE), the Affinity Group Coalition, and APTS. He has served on the recent CPB CSG Review Panel and on the CPB Future Fund Advisory Panel and the CPB Digital Innovation Panel. Mr. King serves as Chair of the Vermont Television Broadcasters Collocation Association, a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Assembly of Overseers, The United Way of Chittenden County Business Unit and The Vermont Business Roundtable. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University; a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Johnson State College; and an Associate's Degree in Business Administration from Champlain College. Mr. King serves on the PBS Finance and National Policy Advisory Committees. He also serves on the Task Force on Corporate Support.
Jennifer Lawson (Vice-Chair) (2010) ** back
Professional Director since 2004. General Manager of Howard University Television - WHUT, Washington, D.C. since June 2004. Ms. Lawson has over 20 years experience in public broadcasting. In 2007, she co-produced Security versus Liberty: The Other War for America at a Crossroads and in 2001, she co-produced AFRICA, a nine-hour award-winning television series in association with WNET and National Geographic Television. She was also an executive consultant from 1996-2004, with WETA, CPB, CBS, Maryland Public Television, PBS, the Minority Consortia, and KERA among those on the client roster. From 1989 to 1995, Ms. Lawson was executive vice president, programming and promotion services at PBS. She was public television's first chief programming executive and her staff was responsible for the scheduling and promotional strategies that resulted in two of PBS's most successful series, Ken Burns' The Civil War and Baseball. She developed several highly regarded children's series including Barney & Friends and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Before joining PBS, she was director of the Television Program Fund at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Prior to CPB, she was CEO of The Film Fund, a New York foundation supporting independent filmmakers. The Hollywood Reporter named Ms. Lawson as one of the "Power 50," or fifty most influential women in entertainment in 1994, and Entertainment Weekly recognized her in 1990 as one of "the 101 Most Influential People in Entertainment." Ms. Lawson holds a master of fine arts degree in film from Columbia University, New York. She is chair of the board of American Public Television (APT); a member of the Senior Advisory Board, Washington Women in Film and Video; and a charter member of the Community Advisory Board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ms. Lawson currently Chairs the PBS Station Services Committee and serves on the Diversity Task Force and Executive Committee. She also served on the PBS CEO Search Committee.
Peter Morrill (2012) ** back
Director since 2006. General Manager for Idaho Public Television since 1996. During his 30-year career in the media, Mr. Morrill has actively supported and defended the role of public broadcasting: to enlighten, to entertain and to serve those not otherwise served by mainstream media. His commitment to the principle of editorial integrity and to the mission of public television was demonstrated beginning in 1999. IdahoPTV's programming decisions were challenged by several Idaho policy-makers who questioned the broadcast of some nationally distributed programs. Mr. Morrill successfully defended these programming decisions throughout a lengthy publicly debated campaign that garnered national attention. Mr. Morrill's accomplishments include oversight of IdahoPTV's planning, fund-raising and implementation of the statewide network's $22 million conversion to digital television. Under his leadership, despite having one of the smallest budgets for a statewide network, the station has a robust local production effort that received more than 50 national and local awards of excellence including four regional Emmy awards, seven regional Emmy nominations and two New York Film Festival awards this past year. Mr. Morrill currently serves as the Secretary, and on the Executive Committee, of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA). In October 2005, he concluded a two-year term as the Co-Chairman of the Organization of State Broadcast Executives (OSBE) during which he was a founding member of the Affinity Group Coalition (AGC). In addition, Mr. Morrill serves on the boards of the University of Idaho School of Journalism and Mass Media, the Secretary/Treasurer of the Idaho State Broadcasters Association and Anser Charter School, Inc. Mr. Morrill has been honored with awards of distinction including the Intellectual Freedom Award, American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho (2002); National Advocacy Award, America's Public Television Stations (2002); Grass Roots Award, America's Public Television Stations (1999); and the United Nations Human Rights Day Award, Idaho Voices of Faith (1999). Mr. Morrill was born and raised in Connecticut and attended Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, where he graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. He has worked in various production and management capacities for WBGU-TV, Bowling Green, Ohio (1978-1979); Idaho Public Television (1979-1986); WUFT-TV, Gainesville, Florida (1986-1989); and Idaho Public Television (1989-present). Mr. Morrill is Vice Chair of the PBS Station Services Committee and serves on the Executive and Interconnection Committees.
James R. Pagliarini (2012) * back
Director since 2006. Jim Pagliarini joined Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) as its fifth President and CEO in September l997. He began his career in public broadcasting immediately after graduate school, in 1976, at KTEH in San Jose, California. Prior to joining Twin Cities Public Television, Mr. Pagliarini helped found public television station KNPB/Channel 5 in Reno, Nevada. He was its CEO and General Manager from 1982. Mr. Pagliarini previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the PBS from 1992-1998 holding positions on the Board's Executive Committee, Nominating Committee, and as Vice Chair of the Board's Finance Committee. He has also served on numerous national task forces that explored, refined, and redefined the business of public television, including the National Task Force on Future Funding, the PBS Task Force on Pricing Policies and Programming, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's (CPB) Television Policy Committee. He is a past Chairman of the Pacific Mountain Network's Board of Directors; past President of the Nevada Broadcasters' Association, and served a two-year term as the National Coordinator of public television's Small Station Association. More recently, Mr. Pagliarini has served on CPB's Digital Funding and Digital Rights Task Force. During 2005-06, he took a half-time leave of absence from his position at tpt to lead a national strategic planning project for public television stations. Mr. Pagliarini has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT), a non-profit, Canadian-U.S. corporation devoted to the production and development of educational media for over 13 years. He currently serves on a number of local advisory and non-profit boards, among which is the Neighborhood House - an organization working to address the needs of new immigrants and diverse communities in Minnesota. Mr. Pagliarini received his undergraduate degree in biology from Princeton University and his master's degree in Education from Temple University. Mr. Pagliarini chairs the Strategic Planning Advisory Group and serves on the Station Services Committee.
Sharon P. Rockefeller (2012) ** back
Director since 2006. Sharon Percy Rockefeller has served the public broadcasting community for more than 30 years as a leader, innovator and advocate. As President and CEO of WETA, Washington, D.C. since 1989, Sharon heads a vibrant civic and cultural institution in the nation's capital and a major national television production center. WETA serves a diverse population that includes the Congress, White House, OMB and the FCC. WETA is a community licensee operating radio and television stations, HDTV and multicast digital channels, extensive web services, podcasts and an acclaimed Learning Media unit. The third largest producing station of programming for the system, WETA creates more than 350 hours of national programming annually, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, series by Ken Burns, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal, A Capitol Fourth, In Performance at the White House, and The Kennedy Center Presents: The Mark Twain Prize for Humor. A leader in digital technologies, WETA is working with APTS and FEMA to test new digital emergency alert systems. In addition to previous service on the PBS Board, she served on the Board of the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority for 10 years and as a member of the CPB Board for 12 years, including four years as Chairman. Sharon is active in a number of areas including education, fine arts, government and women's issues. She has received many awards for her work, including the Charles Frankel Prize by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the CINE Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Women of Vision Award. She serves on national boards, including the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, PepsiCo, Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. She is married to Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV of West Virginia. Mrs. Rockefeller Chairs National Policy Advisory Committee.
Geoffrey Sands (Chair) (2010) * back
Director since 2006. Director of McKinsey & Company and heads its Global Media, Entertainment and Information Practice. He has 20 years of experience working with many of the leading marketing, media and entertainment companies. Mr. Sands helps senior management develop innovative growth strategies, improve performance and profitability, and re-design organization structures. His clientele spans a range of businesses that include: newspaper, magazine and book publishing; broadcast and cable television; recorded music; filmed entertainment; professional publishing; business information services; education; marketing services; video games; consumer electronics; and sports. He has been a longtime supporter of PBS, CPB and numerous stations. Before joining McKinsey, he was lead partner in the Media and Entertainment Practice at Booz Allen and Hamilton. Prior to that he was a Vice President at NW Ayer Inc., where he developed marketing strategies for clients in financial services, consumer products, and travel and leisure. He is a trustee of the Sundance Institute, the Educational Broadcasting Corporation and the Paley Center For Media. He is also Industry Advisor to the World Economic Forum's Media & Entertainment Governors' Meetings. Mr. Sands received his BA and MBA degrees from Yale University. Mr. Sands serves as Vice Chair of the Strategic Planning Advisory Group and serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Leo Soong (2012) * back
Director since 2009.
Donna A. Tanoue (2012) ** back
Director since 2006. Donna Tanoue currently serves as Vice Chairman of Bank of Hawaii Corporation and Bank of Hawaii and also serves on the Bank of Hawaii Board of Directors, to which she was elected in October 2001. She is also President of Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation. Ms. Tanoue is the past Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington, D.C. As FDIC Chairman (1998 - 2001), she was responsible for the federal regulatory agency that supervises more than 5,000 banks and insures more than $3 trillion in bank and savings and loan deposits. Prior to becoming FDIC Chairman, Ms. Tanoue was a partner in the Hawaii law firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, which she joined in 1987. From 1983 to 1987, Ms. Tanoue served as Commissioner of Financial Institutions for the State of Hawaii. Ms. Tanoue serves on the Board of Directors of Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG), as well as the Board of Trustees of Kaneohe Ranch, which manages real estate owned by the family trusts of Harold K.L. Castle and Alice H. Castle. Ms. Tanoue received her B.A. degree from the University of Hawaii in 1977 and Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981. Ms. Tanoue is Vice Chair of the PBS Audit Committee and serves on the National Policy Advisory Committee and Finance Committee.
Allen Weatherly (2010) * back
Director since 2007. Executive Director of AETN (Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network). Mr. Weatherly has been with AETN since 1993, seven years as Deputy Director before taking his current position in January 2001. AETN serves Arkansas from studios in Conway, Arkansas and six transmitters located throughout the state. He is also the Executive Director and a Board Member of the AETN Foundation. Prior to AETN, Mr. Weatherly worked with Ozarks Public Television (Springfield, Missouri) from 1980 to 1993, progressing from development associate to Senior Vice President/Director of Broadcasting. During his tenure, AETN has expanded education services, including video streamed lessons and video, free to every school in the state, a comprehensive professional development website and training program available free to Arkansas teachers and funded by the Arkansas Department of Education. AETN has also created an innovative web-based World War II oral history archive for Arkansas recently bringing forty-seven Arkansas World War II veterans to Washington for a tribute tour, and has accelerated Arkansas programming efforts, including a popular performance series and four full-time digital channels - one devoted exclusively to educational professional development. Mr. Weatherly is involved in leadership positions with OSBE, NETA, and the AGC and is active with PBS, APTS and CPB. In Arkansas, he serves on the Governor's Cabinet and is a board member of the Arkansas Leadership Academy. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Central Arkansas and teaches at least one broadcast management course each semester. A former newspaper columnist in both Missouri and Arkansas, Mr. Weatherly is a graduate of Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri), with a degree in history. Married thirty years to Peggy, he is the proud father to Lauren (Savannah, GA), her husband Trey (currently deployed to Iraq), David (New York City) and grandson Logan (Savannah, GA). Mr. Weatherly is Vice Chair of the Interconnection Committee and serves on the Station Services Committee.
Tom Williams (2011) ** back
Director since 2005. Senior Tax & Royalty Counsel, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., providing professional legal advice regarding Alaska's taxes on the petroleum industry and their effect on BP and analysis and recommended strategy regarding proposed changes to Alaska's oil and gas tax statutes and regulations. Prior to joining BP in 1987, Mr. Williams was Vice President and General Counsel for Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), one of 13 Alaska Native "regional corporations" established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. From 1983-1984 he was "Of Counsel" for the former Seattle law firm of Bogle & Gates, and from 1979-1982 he held the state cabinet office of Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Alaska. From 1973-1979 Mr. Williams held other positions with the State of Alaska, including Director of Petroleum Revenue and attorney in the Attorney General's Office. Mr. Williams served on the Board of Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc. (KAKM-TV and KSKA-FM, Anchorage, Alaska) from 1997-2004, which he chaired for an unprecedented five terms. He also serves on the Board of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and on the Tax Committee of the Alaska Oil & Gas Association. Mr. Williams has received a number of awards and citations including: The 2003 Elaine Peterson Award, National Friends of Public Broadcasting; Anchorage Chamber "Gold Pan" Award for outstanding service (2006 and 2000, the only two-time recipient in the Chamber's 92-year history); "Friend of Education" for the Year 1997, Anchorage Education Association; citation from the Governor for outstanding contribution at the 1997 Alaska Education Summit. He was one of 55 Alaskans statewide chosen for a special "Council of Alaskans" convened in February 2004 by Governor Murkowski to provide advice about how the State of Alaska should balance its budget on a sustainable basis. Mr. Williams is a graduate of Princeton University and has an M.A. in history from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. He serves on the PBS Audit and Station Services committees and has served on the National Policy Advisory, Compensation, and Education committees.
Lloyd Wright (2012) * back
Director since 2009. Lloyd Wright has more than three decades of experience in public service media. In his current role as President and CEO of WFYI in Indianapolis, Wright oversees Central Indiana's PBS and NPR stations; WFYI Productions; WFYI's Learning Services; Indiana Reading and Information Services (IRIS) - a free service for Indiana's print impaired, and the WFYI Foundation. Wright joined WFYI in 1988 as Director of Program Production and was appointed WFYI's President and Chief Executive Officer the following year. Under his direction, WFYI relocated to a state-of-the-art telecommunications complex in downtown Indianapolis; completed the first phase of its $20.2 million capital campaign; and was awarded a $900,000 Kresge Foundation Capital Grant. In recognition of its innovative fundraising practices and overall growth in membership and donor relations, WFYI was honored with three 2008 PBS Development Awards, including the "Award of Excellence for Overall Membership." Wright has been recognized with an Emmy Award for Technical Achievement, as well as the Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest award given by the Governor to recognize distinguished service to the state of Indiana. In addition to his service at WFYI, Wright served for six years as Broadcast Operations Manager of WTTW (Chicago), was Producer/Director/Writer for the Indiana University News Bureau and Director of Instructional Broadcasting for the Indiana Department of Education. A former two-term PBS board member (1999-2004), Wright served on the Member Services Committee, the initial Task Force that established the PBS Foundation, and as Vice Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He's currently on the board of the Public Television Major Market Group, chairs the Joint Licensee Group, is past president of Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations, Inc., and a director of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System. He also serves on the Indiana Broadcasters Association's Pioneers Executive Committee, Martin University board of trustees, the Confucius Institute and as a director of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee. Wright received a BA in Telecommunications from Indiana University. He's completed numerous leadership development programs including CPB's Executive Management Institute from the University of California, Long Beach.
Term expires at the October Organizational Meeting of the Board in the year shown in parentheses beside the name.
Note: *=First Term; **=Second Term; ***= Filled vacancy mid-term; eligible for two full subsequent terms.
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