Paula A. Kerger is president and chief executive officer of PBS, the nation’s largest non-commercial media organization representing more than 330 member stations throughout the country. She is the longest-serving president and CEO in PBS history and also serves as president of the PBS Foundation, which provides a significant source of revenue for projects that […]
Susan Jacobson is an award-winning communicator, strategist, and advisor, bringing decades of experience to her work on behalf of private and public sector clients, as well as those in the nonprofit and advocacy spaces. As the president of Jacobson Strategic Communications , a leading Philadelphia-based public relations, public affairs, and crisis management firm, Susan’s signature […]
Larry Irving is the President of the Irving Group, a consulting firm providing strategic planning and consulting services to international telecommunications, media and technology companies, non-profit organizations, and philanthropies. Irving is also an operating partner and chief public policy, ESG and DEI advisor to ZMC, a private equity firm. Prior to founding the Irving Group […]
Rob Dunlop is the president & chief executive officer of Cascade Public Media, serving western and central Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. The organization is comprised of PBS member stations KCTS 9 and KYVE 47 and public-interest journalism site Crosscut, which publishes content daily on local issues in news and politics, arts and culture, […]
Mary G. F. Bitterman is President of The Bernard Osher Foundation, a philanthropic organization headquartered in San Francisco that supports higher education and the arts. She joined the board of the PBS Foundation in 2005 and has served as its chairman since 2009. From 2002 to 2004, Bitterman was President and CEO of The James […]
Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss is Founder and CEO of RockCreek. Previously, she was Managing Director and Partner at the Carlyle Group. Prior to that, she was Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the World Bank and worked at J.P. Morgan. Afsaneh has advised governments, central banks, and regulatory agencies on global public policy and financial policy […]
An investment manager with vast entrepreneurial expertise, Fred Berens is currently Managing Director-Investments at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. He is also a former member of the board of directors of Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and was one of the founders of FFI Fragrances, which acquired the Elizabeth Arden brand from Unilever in 2001. Berens is a […]
Donald A. Baer joined the Foundation’s board in 2008. Baer is a Senior Partner with Brunswick Group and the founder and CEO of Palisades Strategic Advisors. He was formerly chairman of the strategic communications firm Burson Cohn & Wolfe, which is owned by WPP, a leading holding company in advertising, marketing and communications services. From […]
