Board of Directors
| Deborah L. Acklin (2021)* President & CEO WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Ronnie Agnew (2021)** Executive Director Mississippi Public Broadcasting Jackson, Mississippi |
| Donald A. Baer (Chair, 2020)*** Chairman Burson Cohn & Wolfe Washington, DC | Afsaneh Beschloss (Vice-Chair, 2020)*** Founder and CEO RockCreek Washington, D.C. |
| Molly Corbett Broad (2020)** President Emerita American Council on Education Washington, D.C. | Maxine Clark (2021)** CEO, The Clark-Fox family Foundation Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop St. Louis, Missouri |
| Roy Clem (2019)**** Executive Director Alabama Public Television Birmingham, Alabama | Erroll B. Davis Jr. (2019)** Senior Advisor, TalentQuest Atlanta, Georgia |
| Chuck Hagel (2019)* Former Secretary of Defense and Nebraska Senator Washington, D.C. | Rich Homberg (2019)** President & CEO Detroit Public Television Wixon, Michigan |
Shae Hopkins (2019)** | Larry Irving (2019)*** Principal The Irving Group Washington, DC |
| Kim Johnson (2021)* President&General Manager Colorado Public Television Denver, Colorado | Paula Kerger President Public Broadcasting Service Arlington, Virginia |
| Kliff Kuehl (2021)** President & CEO KCPT Kansas City, Missouri | Allan Landon (2018)*** Assistant Dean, Eccles School of Business University of Utah Millcreek, Utah |
| Becky Magura (2020)** President & CEO WCTE Cookeville, Tennessee | Kevin Martin (2021)* President & CEO Ideastream Cleveland, Ohio |
Vivian Riefberg (2021)* | Tom Rieland (2021)* General Manager WOSU Public Media Columbus, Ohio |
| Molly Phillips (2020)* Executive Director & General Manager Iowa Public Television Johnston, Iowa | Ramon Rodriguez (2019)** Former Managing Partner & CEO Madsen Sapp Mena Rodriguez & Co. Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Robert Sachs (2021)** Principal, Continental Consulting Group, LLC, and former President & CEO of NCTA Boston, Massachusetts | Neal Shapiro (2020)** President & CEO WNET New York, New York |
| Lisa Shumate (Vice-Chair, 2020)** Associate Vice President & General Manager Houston Public Media Houston, Texas | Evan Smith (2020)*** CEO & Editor-in Chief The Texas Tribune Austin, Texas |
| Gary Stokes (2019)* President and General Manager KSPS-TV Spokane, Washington | |
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. All PBS Board members serve three-year terms, without pay. Term expires at the fall Organizational meeting of the Board in the year shown in parenthesis.
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