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PBS Board of Directors

 

PBS is governed by a 26-member Board of Directors that manages the property, affairs and business of the Corporation. The Board meets for regularly scheduled meetings four times a year, and its committees meet as necessary. Meetings of the Board and its committees are open to the public, though some portions of those meetings may be held in closed session.

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. PBS Board members serve three-year terms, without pay.

Dolores Fernandez Alonso

President & CEO
South Florida PBS
Boynton Beach, FL 

Mark G. Contreras

President & CEO
Connecticut Public
Hartford, CT

Bob Culkeen

President & CEO
WTCI-PBS
Chattanooga, TN

Mildred García

Chancellor
The California State University
Long Beach, CA

Anne Gates

Former President

MGA Entertainment

Los Angeles, CA

Susan Goldberg

President & CEO
GBH
 Boston, MA

Chuck Hagel

Former Secretary of Defense and Nebraska Senator
Washington, D.C.

Shae Hopkins

Executive Director & CEO

KET
Lexington, KY

Marvin Irby

Former CFO & CPO
National Restaurant Association
Washington, D.C.

Larry Irving

Principal

The Irving Group
Washington, DC

Michael Isip

President & CEO
KQED
San Francisco, CA

Gunjan Kedia

CEO 

U.S. Bancorp
Minneapolis, MN

Paula Kerger

President
Public Broadcasting Service
Arlington, VA

Becky Magura

President and CEO

Nashville PBS
Nashville, TN

Carla McCabe

President & CEO
WVIA Public Media
Scranton, PA

Sandra Cordova Micek

President & CEO
Window To The World Communications, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Luis Patiño

President & CEO
Austin PBS
Austin, TX

Greg Petrowich

President & CEO

WFYI

Indianapolis, IN

Vivian Riefberg

Professor of Practice
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Washington, D.C.

Catherine Robb, Chair

Media Attorney & Counsel
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Geoff Sands, Vice Chair

Former EVP

Comcast

Rye, NY

Tina Sharkey

Co-Founder and Former CEO
Brandless
Mill Valley, CA

Amy Shaw

President and CEO
Nine PBS
 St. Louis, MO

Jayme Swain, Vice Chair

President & CEO
VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media
Richmond, VA

Holden Thorp

Editor-in-Chief, Science Family of Journals
Washington, D.C.

Ed Ulman

President & CEO
Alaska Public Media
Anchorage, AK