Board of Directors
NETA is governed by a board of directors composed of the general manager or designee from each member licensee, an elected representative from each NETA Peer Learning Community (PLC), and one elected representative from the affiliate members. NETA's unique board structure gives each member's concerns an equal hearing. NETA's board represents over 80% of all public television stations.
NETA FY 2025 Executive Committee | NETA FY 2025 Finance Committee | ||||
Board Chair • Jaime Jimenez, KLCS PBS, Los Angeles, CA | Chair • Adrian Velarde (Board Treasurer) | ||||
Vice-Chair • Adrienne Fairwell, South Carolina ETV, Columbia, SC | Adrienne Fairwell (Board Vice-Chair) | ||||
Secretary • Marta Bechtol, PBS Wisconsin/Wisconsin ECB, Madison, WI | Rachel Knight, Ozarks Public Television, Springfield, MO | ||||
Treasurer • Adrian Velarde, KRWG Public Media, Las Cruces, NM | Greg Giczi, WNIT: PBS Michiana, South Bend, IN | ||||
Past Chair • Rich Homberg, Detroit PBS, Detroit, MI | CC Copeland, Lousiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
Member at large • Carla McCabe, WVIA Public Media, Pittston, PA | |||||
Member at large • Jeff Tucker, Idaho Public Television, Boise, ID |
NETA FY 2025 Board of Directors
Station | GM/CEO | City | State/Territory |
Alaska Public Media | Ed Ulman | Anchorage | AK |
KUAC TV 9 | Gretchen Gordon | Fairbanks | AK |
Alabama Public Television | Wayne Reid | Birmingham | AL |
Arkansas PBS | Courtney Pledger | Conway | AR |
Arizona PBS | Scott Woelfel | Phoenix | AZ |
AZPM | Jack Gibson | Tucson | AZ |
KLCS PBS | Jaime Jimenez | Los Angeles | CA |
KVCR PBS | Connie Leyva | San Bernardino | CA |
Northern California Public Media | Darren LaShelle | Rohnert Park | CA |
PBS KVIE | David Lowe | Sacramento | CA |
PBS SoCal | Andrew Russell | Santa Ana | CA |
PBS12 | Frannie Matthews | Denver | CO |
Rocky Mountain PBS | Amanda Mountain | Denver | CO |
Connecticut Public Television | Mark Contreras | Hartford | CT |
WHUT | Sean Plater | Washington | DC |
South Florida PBS | Dolores Sukhdeo | Miami | FL |
WEDU PBS | Paul Grove | Tampa | FL |
WEFS | Andrew Chalanick | Cocoa | FL |
WFSU Public Media | David Mullins | Tallahasee | FL |
WGCU Public Media | Corey Lewis | Ft. Myers | FL |
WLRN | John LaBonia | Miami | FL |
WSRE | Jill Hubbs | Pensacola | FL |
WUCF | Jennifer Cook | Orlando | FL |
WABE | Jennifer Dorian | Atlanta | GA |
GPB - Georgia Public Broadcasting | Bert Wesley Huffman | Atlanta | GA |
Iowa PBS | Andrew Batt | Johnston | IA |
Idaho Public Television | Jeff Tucker | Boise | ID |
WEIU | Jeff Owens | Charleston | IL |
WILL - Illinois Public Media | Moss Bresnahan | Urbana | IL |
WQPT | Dawn Schmitt | Moline | IL |
WSIU | Fred Martino | Carbondale | IL |
WTVP | Jenn Gordon | Peoria | IL |
Ball State PBS | Phil Hoffman | Muncie | IN |
Lakeshore Public Media | Chuck Roberts | Merrillville | IN |
WNIT: PBS Michiana | Greg Giczi | South Bend | IN |
Vincennes PBS | Nichole Carie | Vincennes | IN |
WFYI Public Media | Greg Petrowich | Indianapolis | IN |
WTIU - Indiana Public Media | Brad Kimmel | Bloomington | IN |
KTWU | Valerie VanDerSluis | Topka | KS |
KET | Shae Hopkins | Lexington | KY |
WKU PBS | Jordan Basham | Bowling Green | KY |
Louisiana Public Broadcasting | C.C Copeland | Baton Rouge | LA |
WLAE | Ron Yager | New Orleans | LA |
WYES | Robin Cooper | New Orleans | LA |
GBH (incl. WGBY) | Seeta Pai | Boston | MA |
Maryland Public Television | Steven Schupak | Owings Mills | MD |
Maine Public | Rick Schneider | Lewiston | ME |
Delta College Public Media | Thomas Bennett | University Center | MI |
Detroit PBS | Rich Homberg | Wixom | MI |
WCMU Public Media | Rick Westover | Mt. Plesant | MI |
WGVU Public Media | Jim Rademaker | Grand Rapids | MI |
WKAR Public Media | Shawn Turner | East Lansing | MI |
KSMQ | Laura Archbold | Austin | MN |
PBS North | Patty Mester | Duluth | MN |
TPT - Twin Cities PBS | Sylvia Strobel | Saint Paul | MN |
Kansas City PBS | Kliff Kuehl | Kansas City | MO |
KMOS | Josh Tomlinson | Warrensburg | MO |
Nine PBS | Amy Shaw | St. Louis | MO |
Ozarks Public Television | Rachel Knight | Springfield | MO |
Mississippi Public Broadcasting | Royal Aills | Jackson | MS |
Montana PBS | Aaron Pruitt | Bozeman | MT |
PBS Charlotte | Amy Burkett | Charlotte | NC |
PBS North Carolina | David Crabtree | Research Triangle Park | NC |
Prairie Public Broadcasting | John Harris | Fargo | ND |
Nebraska Public Media | Mark Leonard | Lincoln | NE |
New Hampshire PBS | Peter Frid | Durham | NH |
KRWG Public Media | Adrian Velarde | Las Cruces | NM |
New Mexico PBS | Franz Joachim | Albuquerque | NM |
KENW New Mexico | Pilo Delgado | Portales | NM |
Vegas PBS | Mary Mazur | Las Vegas | NV |
Buffalo Toronto Public Media | Tom Calderone | Buffalo | NY |
Mountain Lake PBS | Bill McColgan | Plattsburgh | NY |
WCNY PBS | Mitch Gelman | Syracuse | NY |
WMHT | Anthony Hayes | Troy | NY |
WNET New York Public Media (incl. WLIW & NJTV) | Neal Shapiro | New York | NY |
WPBS | Mark Prasuhn | Watertown | NY |
WSKG | Natasha Thompson | Vestal | NY |
WXXI | Norm Silverstein | Rochester | NY |
PBS Western Reserve | Natalie Pillsbury | Kent | OH |
Public Media Connect (ThinkTV/CET Connect) | Kitty Lensman | Dayton | OH |
WBGU-PBS | Tina Simon | Bowling Green | OH |
WGTE Public Media | Marlon Kiser | Toledo | OH |
WOSU Public Media | Anthony Padgett | Columbus | OH |
WOUB Public Media | Mark Brewer | Athens | OH |
OETA | Polly Anderson | Oklahoma City | OK |
RSU Public Television | Teri Bowers | Claremore | OK |
Oregon Public Broadcasting | Rachel Smolkin | Portland | OR |
Southern Oregon PBS | Phil Meyer | Medford | OR |
Lehigh Valley Public Media (PBS 39 WLVT) | Stephen Budihas | Bethlehem | PA |
WITF | Ronald Hetrick | Harrisburg | PA |
WHYY | Terri Murray | Philadelphia | PA |
WQED | Jason Jedlinski | Pittsburgh | PA |
WVIA Public Media | Carla McCabe | Pittston | PA |
WPSU | Isabel Reinert | University Park | PA |
WQLN PBS NPR | Cindy Spizarny | Erie | PA |
Rhode Island PBS | Pam Johnston | Providence | RI |
South Carolina ETV | Adrienne Fairwell | Columbia | SC |
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Julie Overgaard | Vermillion | SD |
East Tennessee PBS | Vickie Lawson | Knoxville | TN |
Nashville PBS | Becky Magura | Nashville | TN |
WCTE Central TN - PBS | Avery Hutchins | Cookeville | TN |
West TN PBS | Peter Noll | Martin | TN |
WKNO | Charles McLarty | Cordova | TN |
WTCI PBS | Bob Culkeen | Chattanooga | TN |
Austin PBS, KLRU | Luis Patino | Austin | TX |
Basin PBS | Laura Wolf | Midland | TX |
Houston Public Media | Lisa Shumate | Houston | TX |
KAMU | Leonard Welch | College Station | TX |
KEDT | Don Dunlap | Corpus Christi | TX |
KERA | Nico Leone | Dallas | TX |
KTTZ - Texas Tech Public Media | Alisan Sweet | Lubbock | TX |
Panhandle PBS | Kevin Ball | Amarillo | TX |
PBS Utah | Maria O'Mara | Salt Lake City | UT |
UEN-Utah Education Network | Laura Hunter | Salt Lake City | UT |
Blue Ridge PBS | William Anderson | Roanoke | VA |
VPM | Jayme Swain | Richmond | VA |
WETA | Miguel Monteverde | Arlington | VA |
WHRO Public Media | Bert Schmidt | Norfolk | VA |
WTJX - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System | Tanya-Marie Singh | Christiansted | VI |
Vermont Public | Vijay Singh | Winooski | VT |
KBTC | DeAnne Hamilton | Tacoma | WA |
KSPS | Gary Stokes | Spokane | WA |
Northwest Public Broadcasting | Cara Williams Fry | Pullman | WA |
Milwaukee PBS | Debbie Hamlett | Milwaukee | WI |
PBS Wisconsin / Wisconsin ECB | Marta Bechtol | Madison | WI |
West Virginia Public Broadcasting | Eddie Isom | Charleston | WV |
WyomingPBS | Joanna Kail | Riverton | WY |
Community Engagement PLC Chair | Amy Labenski | WETA | |
Content PLC Chair | Suzanne Smith | WFSU Public Media | |
Education PLC Chair | Cathy Cook | WQED | |
MarCom PLC Chair | Erik Ernst | PBS Wisconsin | |
Cyber PLC Chair | Ian MacSpadden | AZPM | |
Innovators PLC Chair | Chad Davis | Nebraska Public Media |
NETA Membership
Membership in NETA brings countless benefits to you and your station including access to the NETA Peer Learning Communities, member-only webinars, Public Media Learns professional development platform, Public Media Awards submission, reduced program distribution rates and a seat on the NETA Board of Directors.
For information on how to become a NETA Member check out our Membership page.
For fees and information on additional benefits, please contact us.