ITVS CEO and leadership

Top-performing, qualified and accomplished senior financial officer with over 20 years of experience in managing staff and working with others in areas such as budgeting, financial planning, variance analyses and financial management in diverse number of industries including packaged goods, toys, gaming and software development. Successfully improve product line profitability, developing short and long range planning in steering companies for future growth and profitability and merger & acquisition evaluation, investigation and integration.

I was a CFO, COO for 32 years, the first 13 for a public interest law firm, and the last 19 years at Independent Television Service. ITVS is a nonprofit, chartered by congress to provide content for public television produced by independents. The organization is the largest provider of documentaries that are distributed on series and strands. Additionally, ITVS produces three series, Independent Lens, True Stories, and Global Voices. I handled the area of operations, IT, HR, Business Affairs, international distribution of programs, special projects, distribution, and facilities.My career has primarily been in the area of nonprofits. I served on three boards: KCET/Link TV, INPUT and Public Advocates. I was a founder of Link TV. I have been President of INPUT, an international public media board for the last six years. I produced and executive produced an international public television conference in 2005 for 1700 people that spanned over eight days of activities including a journalism conference, Russian professional development program, and a public television leadership summit.I was project director for a Women and Girls Lead Global campaign funded by USAID in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Malawi, Jordan, Peru, Colombia, El Salvador and Egypt. The project created designated priorities in shifting policies in each country while hiring on the ground staff who were nationals in each region. I am the supervising producer for a Women of the World series that is to be broadcast in each of these countries. I was also an executive producer for an international documentary series, Global Voices, on the PBS World Channel.Specialties: Contract negotiations, project management, general operations, human resources, facilities management, international public media activities, and primarily financial management. International broadcast distribution.