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FOR INFORMATION: DECEMBER 15, 2021 \u2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n 34 PUBLIC MEDIA LEADERS GRADUATE FROM NATIONAL DIVERSITY PROGRAM 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 Last week, 34 public media professionals from across the country were part of the second class to graduate from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University. 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 four 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 third 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. Donald 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 second PMDLI class. For more information about PMDLI, visit www.furman.edu\/public-media-dli.<\/p>\n Polly Anderson Colette Colclough Jennifer Cook Kate Domico Tim Eernisse Leslie Fields-Cruz Nancy Finken Katie Garrett Jenn Gibbs Gretchen Gordon DeAnne Hamilton Michael Harryman Rich Homberg Mark Jahnke Holly Kernan Cari Kozicki Shari Lamke Mark Leonard David Lowe Amy Lust Becky Magura Dorothy McGrath James Muhammad Anna Neel Mark Newman Tony Papa Betsy Peisach Sean Plater JC Polk Jim Rademaker Andy Russell Kierstan Schwab Jeff Tucker Valerie VanDerSluis #####<\/p>\n 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, hosting expert speakers to broaden perspectives on critical issues, 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 riley.furman.edu.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week, 34 public media professionals from across the country were part of the second class to graduate from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","update-categories":[11],"class_list":["post-970","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","hentry","furman-update-category-diversity-strategies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Katie Quine
\nMarketing and Communications Manager
\nThe Riley Institute at Furman University
\n864.294.3368; katie.quine@furman.edu<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>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
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nOETA (Oklahoma Educational Television Authority)
\nOklahoma City, OK<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Vice President, Human Resources
\nMaryland Public Television
\nOwings Mills, MD<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Interim Executive Director
\nWUCF
\nOrlando, FL<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nPennsylvania PBS
\nPort Matilda, PA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Vice President, Education
\nNETA
\nColumbia, SC<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nBlack Public Media
\nNew York, NY<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Chief Content Officer
\nNebraska Public Media
\nLincoln, NE<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Manager, Digital Media Services
\nKUEN \/ Utah Education Network
\nSalt Lake City, UT<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>EDI Coordinator
\nKUEN \/ Utah Education Network
\nSalt Lake City, UT<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>General Manager & Director of Development & Outreach
\nKUAC
\nFairbanks, AK<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Executive Director & General Manager
\nKBTC Public Television
\nTacoma, WA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Director of Communications and Engagement
\nPBS Wisconsin
\nMonona, WI<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President\/CEO
\nDetroit Public Television
\nWixom, MI<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>VP Engineering & Technology
\nSCETV
\nColumbia, SC<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Chief Content Officer
\nKQED
\nOakland, CA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>VP of Project Management
\nLehigh Valley Public Media
\nBethlehem, PA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President and General Manager
\nPioneer PBS
\nGranite Falls, MN<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>General Manager\/CEO
\nNebraska Public Media
\nLincoln, NE<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President and General Manager
\nKVIE
\nSacramento, CA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Director, Station Products and Innovation
\nPBS
\nArlington, VA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President & CEO
\nNashville Public Television
\nNashville, TN 37203<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Production Manager
\nMilwaukee PBS
\nMilwaukee, WI<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President and CEO
\nLakeshore Public Media
\nMerrillville, IN<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Chief Operating Officer
\nMPB
\nJackson, MS<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nIndiana Public Broadcasting Stations (IPBS)
\nIndianapolis, IN<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Director of Broadcast Media Systems
\nKVCR
\nSan Bernardino, CA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Vice President, Education
\nMaryland Public Television
\nOwings Mills, MD<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>General Manager
\nWHUT\/Howard University
\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Production Consultant
\nTrac Media
\nSan Diego, CA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>General Manager
\nWGVU Public Media
\nGrand Rapids, MI<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President and CEO
\nPBS SoCal KCET
\nBurbank, CA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Executive Director
\nTexas PBS
\nAustin, TX<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>General Manager
\nIdaho Public Television
\nBoise, ID<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Interim Executive Director\/General Manager
\nKTWU
\nTopeka, KS<\/p>\n