2004 National Memorial Day Concert Production Staff

Jerry Colbert

In 1979, Executive Producer Jerry Colbert presented the first PBS Fourth of July concert with the National Symphony Orchestra guest artists performing live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. In 1990, he introduced the National Memorial Day Concert. Since then, both holiday specials have become among the highest-rated performance programs on PBS. In addition to his annual work on these concerts, Colbert has produced Mr. Justice Brennan, Sister Adrian, the Mother Teresa of Scranton, The Regulators: Our Invisible Government and H.R. 6161: An Act of Congress. Colbert was previously deputy director of the Center for Understanding Media in New York. A native of Worcester, MA, he graduated from Holy Cross College in 1964.

Walter Miller

Producer Walter Miller is recognized as America's leading live director and producer with credits including television's top awards shows, such as the Grammy Awards, Country Music Awards, The People's Choice Awards, Tony Awards, American Comedy Awards, The Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. In 1999, he won an Emmy for producing the Tony Awards. For Liberty Weekend: Americana Music Concert, Miller received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Director. He has won additional Emmys for S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin, a special with Jack Lemmon and Fred Astaire and Annie, The Women In A Life Of A Man. His live musical concert credits include Concert of the Americas with Frank Sinatra in addition to A Capitol Fourth and the National Memorial Day Concert.

Debbie Miller

Debbie's introduction into show business came at an early age having watched her famous father direct pilots, series television and prime-time award shows. Like her father, Debbie's only sibling, Paul Miller, has also achieved great success directing for television. Her credits include Love Connection for Telepictures, the Marilyn Kagan Show, Grammy Awards, Country Music Awards and a number of pilots such as Best Friends. She also directed The Rosie O'Donnell Show winning three Daytime Emmy Awards for "Best Direction" in the talk show category. In 2004, she shifted her passion to directing specials. Most recently, she finished a 10 hour live special for the Discovery Channel, "Birthday Live." She returns to direct the National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth, specials that she associate directed from 1995 until 2000.

Joan Meyerson

Writer Joan Meyerson has received numerous nominations and awards for her work as a writer, producer and director. Her credits include an episode of the Emmy award-winning series Life and Times for KCET Public Television and the Academy Award-nominated documentary Say Goodbye. She has written, produced and directed programs for many well-known series premiering on The Learning Channel, Discovery Health network and The History Channel. As a writer, her other credits include the series Legends, Icons & Superstars produced by David L. Wolper and the PBS special Pete Peterson: Assignment Hanoi. She also co-wrote the PBS three-hour special Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire. Meyerson has written the National Memorial Day Concert since 1996.