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PBS NAMES RONNIE GUNNERSON SENIOR ADVISOR, FOUNDATION RELATIONS
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16, 2004 - The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has named Ronnie Gunnerson
Senior Advisor, Foundation Relations. In this role, Ms. Gunnerson will lead PBS' efforts to increase
national foundation support for its major programming and education initiatives. Ms. Gunnerson first
began working with PBS as a consultant in October 2003; she will continue to report to Judy L. Harris,
Executive Vice President, PBS Businesses.
"We are so pleased to have Ronnie join us as a full-time member of the PBS team," said Ms. Harris.
"In just the short time that she has been working with us, she has been tremendously strategic and
effective. The planning grant we recently received from the Knight Foundation to create a new digital
service focused on public affairs programming is just one example of what she is accomplishing. We all
look forward to creating even more success together."
Prior to joining PBS, Ms. Gunnerson spent many years in leadership positions in the field of public
affairs. From 1996-2003, she served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.). In this role, she created the company's community relations and corporate
philanthropy programs and also oversaw employee communications, corporate media and state government
relations.
Ms. Gunnerson began her tenure at TBS, Inc. in 1993 as Vice President of Public Relations for Turner
Home Entertainment (T.H.E.). She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Public Relations for T.H.E.
in 1995 and served in that capacity until 1997, when she assumed responsibility for corporate affairs.
A graduate of the University of Southern California with a Master's degree in public relations,
Ms. Gunnerson also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from California State University, Long
Beach.
PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private, nonprofit media enterprise owned and operated
by the nation's 349 public television stations. Serving nearly 90 million people each week, PBS
enriches the lives of all Americans through quality programs and education services on noncommercial
television, the Internet and other media. More information about PBS is available at
pbs.org, the leading dot-org Web site on the Internet.
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