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Scott Walton, Executive Director of Communications
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| New Board Members, Community Advisory Panel Join KQED Public Broadcasting |
James Canales from The James Irvine Foundation Becomes Board Chairman
Community Beacons Help Guide, Counsel Leading Public Media Organization
San Francisco, California, December 12, 2002 -- The board of directors for KQED Public Broadcasting unanimously approved a new slate of directors to serve a three-year term, beginning January 2003, announced board chairman Kermit H. Boston, who steps down after serving six years on the board, the last as chairman. In addition, James E. Canales, Jr., current board vice chair, was named the new chairman of the board.
New and returning members of KQED's board of directors are: Dr. Arlene Ackerman, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District; Thomas J. Adams III, private investor and technology businessman; Fred W. Alvarez, partner with the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati; Canales, vice president and corporate secretary for The James Irvine Foundation; John Dalrymple, executive director of the Contra Costa Central Labor Council; Jennifer Liu, director of legal and business affairs at Sony Computer Entertainment America; Leo P. Martinez, academic dean at the University of California Hastings College of the Law; Ajay Shah, president and CEO of the Technology Solutions Business Unit of Solectron Corporation; and Timothy Wu, program director for the September 11th Fund.
"This group of community leaders is poised to make KQED a vibrant media leader for the people of Northern California," noted Boston. "With the guidance of Jim Canales as board chair, they will ensure that KQED continues to make a positive impact on the communities we serve through television, radio, the Internet and education programs and partnerships."
The KQED board also approved the addition of four new members of the Community Advisory Panel (CAP), who are Rev. Dr. G. Penny Nixon, senior pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Shahed Amanullah, writer and Muslim-American community leader; Gail Roberts, long-time coordinator of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission (retired); and Anser Hassan, print and television journalist.
KQED operates KQED Public Television 9, the nation's most-watched public television station, and Digital Television 30, Northern California's only public television digital signal; KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation; the KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources; and KQED.org, which harnesses the power of the Internet to bring KQED to communities across the Web.
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