Welcome to 2026!

As I begin my first year as your new PTPA President, I’m feeling enormously excited and grateful to take on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead with our incredibly talented, creative, and resourceful community of programming professionals.

In the year ahead, PTPA will continue to address what stations need right now through professional development sessions and programmer-led discussions focused on best practices and problem-solving. We plan to arm our membership with the information and resources they need to make their roles indispensable, by offering more trainings, information exchanges, and candid conversations with PBS and other public media partners.

I am delighted to welcome three newly elected members to the PTPA Board of Directors: Emily Abi-Kheirs, Programming Director at GBH; Bill Young, Vice President of Television at KERA; and Bradley Thompson, TV, Radio & Digital Programmer at WQLN. Their expertise and creativity will be terrifically valuable to PTPA’s work along with the rest of our exceptional Board members. I’m also pleased to share that Laura Durham, Director of Programming and Engagement at PBS Utah, is your new Vice President of the PTPA Board.

Thank you for your dedication to your work, and for your continued engagement with PTPA. I do not take your trust in our ability to represent your needs lightly. Cheers to a busy year ahead! We’re in this together!

Devin

contact info: dkarambelas@weta.org