Board of Directors
The March 26th meeting of the Austin PBS Board of Directors has been cancelled due to concerns about Covid-19 and accompanying restrictions. The Austin PBS Executive Committee will meet electronically on March 26 at Noon. If any would like information about the meeting, please contact Bill Stotesbery at bill@klru.org.
Since its inception, Austin’s own community licensed public television station Austin PBS, KLRU-TV, has brought exceptional educational television to the Central Texas community. This non-profit 501(c)(3) organization is made possible through support from our members.
The Austin PBS Executive Committee will meet electronically on April 9, 2020 at Noon. If any would like information about the meeting, please contact Bill Stotesbery at bill@klru.org.
2020 Board Meeting Schedule (pdf)
*Laura H. Beckworth, Hobby Communications, LLP (Board Chair)
Sergio Alcocer, Rest of the World
*James Aldrete, Message Audience & Presentation
Ryan Atlas, Vista Equity
Christian Barnard,T3
Alka Bhanot, Co-founder of Indie Meme
Louis Black, Co-Founder of The Austin Chronicle and SXSW
*Mike Blue, Ernst & Young LLP (Board Treasurer)
Ross Buhrdorf, Zen Business, Inc.
*Christy Carpenter, Non-Profit Leader & Advisor (Board Secretary)
Virginia Cumberbatch, Division of Diversity & Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin
*Denise Davis, Davis Kaufman PLLC
Debra Day Floyd, Civic Volunteer
James Flieller, Cherry Bekaert LLP
*Sherrie Frachtman, Civic Volunteer
Vanessa A. Gonzalez, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta
Trey Hamlett, Chair KLRU Community Advisory Board (ex officio)
Joe Hanson, Science Writer/YouTube Educator
*Jordan Herman, Baker Botts LLP
Julie Herrera, Toyota of Cedar Park
Don Ross Hewlett, Hewlett Family of Dealerships
*Karen Kennard, Former City Attorney
*Myra Leo, Husch Blackwell Strategies
*Jan Lindelow, Investor & Philanthropist
Jonathan Levy, Brown Advisory
Ray Martinez, Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas, Inc. (ICUT)
Stacey A. Martinez, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
*Chris Mattsson, Mattsson McHale Foundation (PAST Board Chair)
*Amy Wong Mok, Asian American Cultural Center
Nan McRaven, McRaven Consulting
Bob Morse, Strattam Capital
Milam Newby, Vinson & Elkins
Nona Niland, Niland Foundation
*Ryan Nixon, Goshawk Global Investments LLC (Board Vice Chair)
Claire Pinkerton, Civic Volunteer
Nancy Pollard, Friends of the Children
Mellie Price, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Janine Reintjes, Civic Volunteer
Catherine Robb, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Shuronda Robinson, Adisa Communications
*Deanna Rodriguez, Entergy
Geronimo Rodriguez, Seton Healthcare Family
*Sergio Rodriguez, GALO OPS, LLC
Manuel Rosso, Food on the Table
Yvette Ruiz, JP Morgan Chase
Brad Schlosser, Schlosser Development
*Joah Spearman, Localeur
*Bill Stotesbery, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS (ex officio)
Robert Strauss, Peak Rock Capital
*Carl Stuart, Carl Stuart Investment Advisor, Inc
Carol Wagner, Civic Volunteer
Frank Ward, Founder & Principal at Forward Public Affairs
Craig Watkins , PhD Ernest S. Sharpe Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and founding director of the Institute for Media Innovation
Matt Winkler, Asuragen, Inc.
Howard Yancy, Zydeco Development
Jeriad Zoghby, PhD, Accenture Interactive
* Executive Committee member