PUBLIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Key Persons
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.
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- 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.
Job Titles:
- Member of the PBS Distribution Board
- Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, PBS
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Member of the PBS Distribution Board
- Chief Operating Officer, PBS
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 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.
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- 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.
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- Member of the PBS Distribution Board
- President & CEO, PBS
Rebecca Carr leads video production, operations and fulfillment, creating cohesive and dynamic systems and processes while maximizing supply chain efficiencies.
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- 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 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.
Job Titles:
- Member of the PBS Distribution Board
- Chief Operating Officer, GBH
Job Titles:
- Member of the PBS Distribution Board
- President & CEO, GBH
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 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.