Ted A. Garcia, general manager and chief executive officer of public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5 (PBS – Albuquerque / Santa Fe), has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). PBS announced the balloting results for the election of four lay directors and six professional directors to serve terms on the PBS Board of Directors beginning at the Organizational Meeting of the Board on Oct. 19, 2004.
Elected by the General Managers of the 170 PBS licensees across the country, the PBS Board of Directors is responsible for governing and setting policy for the Public Broadcasting Service. The Board is comprised of 35 members: 17 PBS station managers, 11 lay members, 6 general directors and the PBS president are currently seated.
“PBS and PBS member stations welcome these exceptionally talented people to the Board of Directors,” said PBS President and CEO Pat Mitchell. “The entire board gives generously of their time and expertise to guide this institution. We are truly grateful for all their hard work, excellent counsel and commitment”
“I am honored to have been selected by my peers to serve on this board,” said Garcia.
“Leadership in public service media is critical to meeting the needs of the people of New Mexico through the creation and distribution of the highest quality programming and educational services. I am honored to serve on the PBS Board of Directors and to have the opportunity to work with such extraordinary leaders on behalf of all the PBS stations and their communities across the country."
Ted A. Garcia is also serving as Chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Board of Directors. NETA is a professional association serving public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. NETA-delivered programming reaches 98 percent of television households in the United States.
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