PUBLIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Key Persons


Amy Letourneau

Job Titles:
  • SVP Content & Operations
Amy Letourneau oversees our content pipeline and partnerships with producers. Her team is responsible for rights management, scheduling and royalty reporting for Theatrical, Digital and Television.

Andrea Downing - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • President
Andrea Downing is responsible for strategic, financial and operational management while leading the company in expanding the reach of public media content across digital platforms. She has been instrumental in evolving the organization's focus from physical goods to global distribution of a diversified portfolio of businesses, with six Subscription Video-On-Demand Channels at its core.

Evie Kintzer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, GBH
We are seeking new programs for distribution. If you're a producer, we'd love to hear from you!

Germaine Deagan Sweet

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Content Acquisitions
Germaine Sweet develops and executes our drama investment strategy, while also ensuring a significant and consistent pipeline of globally-sourced factual content. She establishes market strategies for digital expansion and identifies business opportunities internationally.

Ira Rubenstein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, PBS

Jason Dillinger

Job Titles:
  • VP Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Jason Dillinger is responsible for legal, business affairs and regulatory matters including corporate governance and operations, compliance, business transactions, intellectual property, litigation and public policy.

John Suydam

Job Titles:
  • SVP Business Development & Technology
John Suydam leads business development and global content licensing across our Transactional-Video-On-Demand, Subscription-Video-On-Demand, Advertising-Video-On-Demand/Free-Ad-Supported-Television, and Education segments. John is responsible for sourcing new revenue opportunities and negotiating distribution deals.

Jonathan Barzilay

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • Chief Operating Officer, PBS

Joseph Barrett

Job Titles:
  • VP Sales
Joe Barrett leads sales strategy and execution for Retail, E-Commerce, and International Program Sales, and is responsible for product and sales plans in the Kids, Drama and General Audience genres globally.

Liz Liebman

Job Titles:
  • VP SVOD Channels
Liz Liebman leads the Subscription-Video-On-Demand Channels business and is responsible for strategic planning, consumer acquisition, engagement strategies, and partnerships across all global SVOD Channels.

Melissa Adams

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Program Management
Melissa Adams and her team work with producers to guide their projects through our production process and into distribution. She manages the physical goods release strategy for the company and is the marketing liaison for the E-Commerce business.

Paula Kerger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • President & CEO, PBS

Rebecca Carr

Job Titles:
  • VP Content Operations
Rebecca Carr leads video production, operations and fulfillment, creating cohesive and dynamic systems and processes while maximizing supply chain efficiencies.

Richard Kingsbury

Job Titles:
  • General Manager International Channels
Richard Kingsbury leads our international Linear Channels, including PBS America and PBS KIDS, handling programming, distribution, scheduling and marketing.

Scott Sauer

Job Titles:
  • VP Partnerships
Scott Sauer leads our fundraising programming efforts and is responsible for increasing membership and fundraising revenues to stations and increasing marketing and promotion for public media programs.

Shane Miner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • Chief Operating Officer, GBH

Susan Goldberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PBS Distribution Board
  • President & CEO, GBH

Tonya Harley - CMO

Job Titles:
  • VP Marketing
Tonya Harley leads global advertising, communications, creative services and business intelligence and is responsible for creating effective marketing strategies to attract and engage consumers.

Valentia Royal

Job Titles:
  • VP Human Resources
Valentia Royal is responsible for Talent and Culture at the enterprise level including talent management, talent development, total rewards, corporate culture, diversity equity and inclusion, compliance and risk management, and office operations and administration.