{"id":1290,"date":"2022-12-19T16:39:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&p=1290"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:39:32","slug":"29-public-media-leaders-graduate-from-riley-institutes-national-diversity-program","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/29-public-media-leaders-graduate-from-riley-institutes-national-diversity-program\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Public Media Leaders Graduate from Riley Institute’s National Diversity Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR INFORMATION: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Katie Quine
\nMarketing and Communications Manager
\nThe Riley Institute at Furman University
\n864.294.3368; katie.quine@furman.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

DECEMBER 19, 2022 \u2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n

29 PUBLIC MEDIA LEADERS GRADUATE FROM NATIONAL DIVERSITY PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative explores opportunities and challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the public media sector.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

GREENVILLE, S.C. \u2014 As public media leaders navigate how to best foster diversity and equity in their workplaces and boards while making content inclusive for a wide array of audiences, a program is providing them with tools and perspectives that they can apply in their efforts.<\/p>\n

Twenty-nine public media professionals from across the country were part of the fourth class to graduate from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University, on December 8. It is offered in partnership with South Carolina ETV and modeled after the Institute’s award-winning South Carolina Diversity Leaders Initiative.<\/p>\n

Over the course of five months, participants took part in a highly interactive curriculum comprising scenario analyses and other experiential learning tools that supports public media leaders in their efforts to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion principles to behaviors, systems, and cultures within their organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s heightened awareness of racial and other inequities in American institutions has magnified and accelerated organizational and stakeholder expectations that public media leaders establish diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values within their organizations,\u201d said Anthony Padgett, president and CEO of South Carolina ETV. \u201cRecognizing that, we are proud to partner with the Riley Institute to offer this unique virtual program to our peers from across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graduates of PMDLI become Public Media Diversity Fellows and will help identify future program participants. Collectively, they reflect a vast public media ecosystem, representing both television and radio as well as a variety of geographic regions, audiences, affiliate organizations, and diversity dimensions. A fifth PMDLI class will start the program in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Riley Institute is proud to play a role in connecting a network of public media professionals who are committed to managing, leading, and meeting the needs of increasingly diverse workers, clients, and audiences,\u201d said Dr. Don Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute. \u201cWe look forward to seeing the positive impact this program will have in communities across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below are the graduates of the fourth PMDLI class. For more information about PMDLI, visit www.furman.edu\/public-media-dli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jordan Basham
\n<\/strong>Director of Content
\nWKU Public Media
\nBowling Green, KY<\/p>\n

Marta Bechtol
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nEducational Communications Board (Wisconsin)
\nMadison, WI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katira Bertling
\n<\/strong>Human Resources Manager
\nKRCB\/NorCal Public Media
\nRohnert Park, CA<\/p>\n

Shawn Black
\n<\/strong>Vice President of Finance & Administration
\nOETA
\nOklahoma City, OK<\/p>\n

Charice Carroll
\n<\/strong>Distance Education Specialist
\nKUEN
\nSalt Lake City, UT<\/p>\n

Charlie Chi
\n<\/strong>Sr. Financial Analyst
\nKLCS
\nLos Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Thomas Crockett
\n<\/strong>Vice President, Policy and Governance
\nPBS
\nArlington, VA<\/p>\n

Megan Davey
\n<\/strong>Assistant General Manager, Business & Information
\nWGVU
\nGrand Rapids, MI<\/p>\n

Amanda Flores
\n<\/strong>Senior Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
\nWKAR
\nEast Lansing, MI<\/p>\n

Jack Gibson
\n<\/strong>CEO
\nArizona Public Media
\nTucson, AZ<\/p>\n

Chris Hays
\n<\/strong>Chief Content Officer
\nMilwaukee PBS
\nMilwaukee, WI<\/p>\n

Matt Kovich
\n<\/strong>Chief Operating Officer
\nAll Classical Portland
\nPortland, OR<\/p>\n

Blake Lynch
\n<\/strong>SVP and Chief Impact Officer
\nWITF
\nHarrisburg, PA<\/p>\n

Denita Malvern
\n<\/strong>Director of Engagement & Inclusion
\nKERA
\nDallas, TX<\/p>\n

Landon Masters
\n<\/strong>Chief Public Information Officer
\nSCETV
\nColumbia, SC\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael McKenzie
\n<\/strong>Director of Programming & Public Information
\nAlabama Public Television
\nBirmingham, AL<\/p>\n

Patty Mester
\n<\/strong>President and General Manager
\nWDSE
\nDuluth, MN<\/p>\n

Fritz Miller
\n<\/strong>Director of Programming & Communications
\nSouth Dakota Public Broadcasting
\nVermillion, SD<\/p>\n

Jamie Myers
\n<\/strong>Chief Operating Officer
\nPBS SoCal & KCET
\nCosta Mesa, CA<\/p>\n

Heather Reese
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nWisconsin Public Media
\nMadison, WI<\/p>\n

Maria Rodillo
\n<\/strong>Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
\nNETA
\nColumbia, SC<\/p>\n

ShaDonna Rolling
\n<\/strong>Director of Development
\nWFYI
\nIndianapolis, IN<\/p>\n

Bert Schmidt
\n<\/strong>President & CEO
\nWHRO Public Media
\nNorfolk, VA<\/p>\n

Ling Ling Sun
\n<\/strong>CTO
\nNebraska Public Media
\nLincoln, NE<\/p>\n

Tammy Terwelp
\n<\/strong>President & CEO
\nKUNC & The Colorado Sound
\nGreeley, CO<\/p>\n

Daniel Tidwell
\n<\/strong>Station Manager\/Sr. VP of Development & Marketing
\nNashville Public Television
\nNashville, TN<\/p>\n

Vera Turner
\n<\/strong>Managing Director of Membership
\nMaryland Public Television
\nOwings Mills, MD<\/p>\n

Beth Walsh
\n<\/strong>VP, System Strategies
\nCPB
\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n

Kelton Wells
\n<\/strong>Producer of Public Affairs
\nPBS Utah
\nSalt Lake City, UT<\/p>\n

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About the Riley Institute at Furman University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Furman University\u2019s Richard W. Riley Institute advances social and economic progress in South Carolina and beyond by building leadership for a diverse society, broadening student and community perspectives on critical issues, hosting expert speakers, supporting public education, and creating knowledge through community solutions-focused research. It is committed to nonpartisanship in all it does and to a rhetoric-free, facts-based approach to change. Learn more at www.furman.edu\/riley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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