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PTPA Board

Board Members
Board Members
Committees
Committees

Jill Linder - President

Director of Video Programming & Operations

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Jill Linder serves as the internal and external point person for TV programming, working together with independent producers, national program distributors, vendors, and public television colleagues to enact the KPBS TV programming schedule and ensure that the programs airing on KPBS meet the station’s standards and mission to the community. In addition, she works collaboratively to develop and execute promotion strategies for key TV programs across all media platforms to reach the widest audience possible. 


Jill has been with KPBS since 2003. Before joining the station, Jill worked at local commercial TV stations, including KUSI and KSWB (Now Fox5 San Diego). She earned her bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies from National University.

Michael O'Keefe - Secretary

Programming & Communications Manager

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Michael O’Keefe is responsible for the acquisition and scheduling of programming for KMOS, which serves all of central Missouri with four broadcast channels and an online presence. In addition, he supervises the Traffic department, establishes program-related promotional priorities, edits the monthly program guide, and oversees kmos.org. 


Prior to his current position, he worked in on-air operations, production, on-air promotions, and Traffic. As the station grew, Michael helped to establish its K-12 ITV and university telecourse services, and to navigate the digital transition. Like station personnel everywhere, he has worked on a variety of outreach events and pledge drives. In 2013-14 he served as interim station manager, guiding the station through its license renewal period and search for a full-time GM.


Michael is serving as PTPA Board Secretary in 2025.

Galen Black

Director of Local Programming

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Galen Black has worked in public television for over 26 years and has served in a variety of roles. He began his career as a student at UNC Chapel Hill working at the studios of PBS North Carolina which were on campus at the time. After college he continued as a production assistant working in a variety of studio and remote production roles — director, technical director, assistant director, graphics designer, camera operator, etc. After living in California for 10 years, Galen returned to PBS North Carolina as the managing editor of their nightly program NC Now. He then took on the role of Director of Internal Productions, overseeing the production of local content for broadcast and digital platforms. For the last four years, Galen has served as the Director of Local Programming, focusing on local acquisition and distribution strategy.

Lisa Tipton

Head of Programming and Pledge

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Lisa Tipton is Head of Programming at WTTW in Chicago. She has been with WTTW since 1997, beginning in production and transitioning to programming and traffic in 2003. She has been working on the broadcast schedule for 20 years. Lisa now heads up programming, traffic, national syndication, and the archive team at WTTW and serves on the leadership team at her station. 


In 2024, she will join the Programming Advisory Committee, working to represent station voices with the PBS GA team. Lisa has been an active volunteer working with the PTPA Board, serving the last two years on the Meeting Planning Committee that plans and produces the PTPA virtual and in-person meetings. She has produced and moderated sessions for the PTPA community and hopes to be able to collaborate and participate even more as a full member of the board.

Bryant Wilson

Senior Director of TV Programming

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Bryant Wilson has spent his entire career in Public Broadcasting. He started in Ready To Learn in 1999 and then moved to traffic and programming at WETA in 2000. As the Senior Director of TV Programming at WETA, Bryant has helped to launch two unique channels: WETA UK and WETA Metro. He leads a distribution group bringing more content to stations across the country and is looking to the future of WETA audiences with Passport programming.


Outside of his passion for Public TV, he is an avid sports fan. As a graduate of the University of Maryland, he enjoys cheering on the Terps basketball team with his wife and daughter. When he’s not watching WETA or sports, you can find him on the golf course or enjoying the Chesapeake Bay, fishing with his father.

Devin Karambelas - Vice President

Vice President of TV Programming and Operations

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Devin Karambelas is the Vice President of TV Programming and Operations at WETA, the PBS station serving the Washington, DC area, and a national producer of public media. Devin oversees programming across five local broadcast channels and sets the monthly programming and promotional priorities for both broadcast and streaming. She also works cross-departmentally to develop programming strategies that support the local production team and WETA as a station. 


Previously, Devin was the Senior Programming Manager at GBH in Boston. There, she co-directed programming and multiplatform content strategy across GBH’s local channels and the national nonfiction WORLD Channel. Devin earned her Master of Science in Film, Exhibition and Curation from the University of Edinburgh and her B.A. from the University of Vermont.

Betsy Braun

Director of Programming

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Betsy Braun is currently the Director of Programming at WHYY in Philadelphia, having pivoted to Public Television in January of 2022. She is a multi-faceted programming executive with a background in program scheduling, production, research, and marketing at the local and national levels. Betsy spent her earlier career in commercial television between New York and Los Angeles, overseeing nationally syndicated TV shows, program scheduling for local TV stations nationwide, and providing audience research analysis for local TV stations and national production companies. 


Before joining WHYY, Betsy was the Director of Programming and Communications for WCVB and WMUR, the Hearst ABC affiliates in Boston and New Hampshire, where she was awarded a local Emmy for producing “Holiday Lights,” the City of Boston tree-lighting concert. Earlier in her career, Betsy was an account executive with the Nielsen company, providing training, research analyses, and tools to TV production companies. Betsy began her television career in audience ratings, research, and public relations at WCAU (CBS) in Philadelphia. 


Now back in Philadelphia and working for her hometown PBS station, Betsy has brought a unique perspective to public television program scheduling, using analytics and her experience with program marketing, both locally and nationally, to generate audience engagement.

Cheryl Nunnley

Interim Director of TV

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Cheryl Nunnley is the Interim Director of TV at South Carolina Educational TV (SCETV). She has been using TV broadcast to tell the stories of South Carolinians for 18 years as a TV programmer. Cheryl started her career at PBS in 1987 working in Broadcast Traffic, then changing gears to work directly with Producers as a Producer Liaison in the Technical Operations department. Cheryl moved to SC in 2006 with two young children (Christian and Cayla) where she started her next stage career as the Director of TV Programming. Cheryl loves to relax, serve her community, and is actively involved with her Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta. She is a grandmother of one, (Chloe) and grandbaby #2 will make his debut in May 2025.

Laura Durham

Director of Programming and Community Engagement

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Laura Durham is the Director of Programming and Community Engagement for PBS Utah. In addition to overseeing the on-air schedule for PBS Utah’s four channels, she connects Utahns by curating projects and planning events that utilize local and national media to entertain and facilitate meaningful dialogue beyond broadcast. She also produces Contact, a nightly interview program hosted by Mary Dickson.


While at PBS Utah, she served as Chair for the Community Engagement Peer Learning Community for NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association) from 2016 – 2020. Her Book Club in a Box Program won a Public Media Award for local engagement in 2019 and now is entering its sixth year. In 2020, she was appointed by her peers to serve on the PBS Advisory Board as the staff representative.


Prior to her time at PBS Utah, Laura worked at the Utah Division of Arts & Museums managing the visual arts program, and later directing communications, marketing, and public value projects. A dedicated (nerdy) public servant, she served the local community in various capacities with her role as Vice President of the Salt Lake Gallery Association, Program Director for the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, and as an active member of the Downtown Alliance.


When she’s not working for or watching PBS, she sings alto with Utah Chamber Artists – a professional choir based in Salt Lake City. She is a published writer having written regularly for 15 Bytes – Utah’s Art Magazine. She read her essay on grace for NPR’s The Bob Edwards Show, originally written for This I Believe. Laura lives in Salt Lake City and lives for her work and passions.

Name
Email
Committee Role
Jill Linder
jlinder@kpbs.org
Chair
Laura Durham
ldurham@pbsutah.org
Board Member
Cheryl Nunnley
cnunnley@scetv.org
Board Member
Galen Black
gblack@pbsnc.org
Board Member
Bryant Wilson
bwilson@wedu.org
Board Member
Devin Karambelas
dkarambelas@weta.org
Board Member
Lisa Tipton
ltipton@wttw.com
Board Member
Betsy Braun
bbraun@whyy.org
Board Member
Michael O'Keefe
mokeefe@ucmo.edu
Board Member
Emily Abi-Kheirs
emily_abi-kheirs@wgbh.org
Non Board Member
Meredith Speight
mspeight@kqed.org
Non Board Member
Kristen Kuebler
ptpa@tracmedia.com
Non Board Member
Name
Email
Committee Role
Michael O'Keefe
mokeefe@ucmo.edu
Chair
Devin Karambelas
dkarambelas@weta.org
Board Member
Lisa Tipton
ltipton@wttw.com
Board Member
Name
Email
Committee Role
Betsy Braun
bbraun@whyy.org
Chair
Laura Durham
ldurham@pbsutah.org
Board Member
Devin Karambelas
dkarambelas@weta.org
Board Member
Stacia Hentz
stacia.hentz@wosu.org
Non Board Member
Tod Poirier
tpoirier@nmu.edu
Non Board Member

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