Contact

Biography

My day job is Interim CEO of National Public Radio. Until early March, I was the long-time Associate Vice President & General Manager of Educational & Public Media at Washington State University. I served on the NPR board from 2005 until March 2008, serving most recently as its chair. I'm currently on the boards of National Public Media (chair) and American Public Television. I've previously served on the boards of the Public Broadcasting Service, Ass'n of Public Television Stations, University Licensee Ass'n, Integrated Media Ass'n, Station Resource Group, Pacific Mountain Network and other public broadcasting organizations. From 2001-03, I took a half-time leave of absence to head up the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Digital Distribution Implementation Initiative and have done occasional consulting for public broadcasting organizations.

I'm widowed and have three adult children and two grandchildren. For more information see my Linkedin profile.

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Interests

In addition to the technology interests discussed in this weblog, I have web site about Stadsbygd, Norway, the birthplace of my paternal grandparents, at stadsbygd.org, and about my favorite author, Iceland's Halldór Laxness, at haarsager.org/laxness.