Leadership
Executive Team
Jim Dunford
President and CEO
Paul Higgins
Chief Operating Officer
Shawn Halford
Executive Vice President, Content
Vice President, Exchange & Digital Services
Judy Barlow
Executive Vice President, Growth
Tom Davison
Vice President, Growth
Dan Soles
Vice President
Syndication and Premium Service
Anand Kavalapara
Vice President
Technology
Board of Trustees
Rob Dunlop, Board Chair
President and CEO
Cascade PBS
Becky Magura, Board Vice-Chair
President and CEO
Nashville PBS
Linda O’Bryon, Board Treasurer
Principal
O’Bryon Media
Lisa Trapani Shumate, Board Chair Emerita – ex officio
Founder and CEO
Maximum Q
Jennifer Cook
Executive Director
WUCF TV & FM
C.C. Copeland
President and CEO
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Jim Dunford, Board President – ex officio
President and CEO
American Public Television
John Ford
Principal
John Ford Media
Debbie Hamlett
Vice President and General Manager
Milwaukee PBS
Paul Higgins, Board Clerk – ex officio
Chief Operation Officer
American Public Television
Mare Mazur, Governance Committee Chair
President and General Manager
Vegas PBS
Anthony Padgett
General Manager
WOSU Public Media
Ron Pisaneschi
Former General Manager
Idaho Public Television
Courtney Pledger, Nominating Committee Chair
Former Executive Director and CEO
Arkansas PBS
Jim Rademaker
General Manager
WGVU Public Media
Neal Shapiro
President and CEO
The WNET Group
Donald Young
Executive Director
Center for Asian American Media