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Who's Who

MPT Management

Larry D. Unger • President & Chief Executive Officer profile

Steven J. Schupak • Executive Vice President & Station Manager profile

George R. Beneman II • Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer profile

Travis Mitchell • Senior Vice President, Chief Content Officer profile

Patricia Fitzhugh • Vice President, Chief Financial Officer profile

Susan Wolfinger Schmitt • Vice President, Human Resources profile

Betsy Peisach • Vice President, Maryland Center for Media Literacy & Education profile

Linda Taggart • Vice President, Development profile

Harry Vaughn • Vice President, Production & Facility Services profile

Lara Hjortsberg • General Counsel

Fran Minakowski • Senior Advisor to the President profile

Erin Chrest • Senior Managing Director, Major & Planned Giving profile

John Davis • Senior Managing Director, MotorWeek profile

Kate Pearson • Senior Managing Director, Programming & Acquisitions profile

Kristen Penczek • Senior Managing Director, Audience Engagement profile

Krista Respass • Senior Managing Director, Early Childhood Education Services profile

Tom Williams • Senior Managing Director, Communications profile

Joe Campbell • Managing Director, Creative Services profile

Terri Carpenter • Managing Director, Corporate Support profile

Jason Cohen, Managing Director, Maryland State Ad Agency profile

Meghan Guerrero Honesto • Managing Director, Partnership Development profile

Eleanor Hong • Managing Director, Digital Content & Operations profile

Troy A. Mosley • Managing Director, Content profile

Eric Neumann • Managing Director, On-Air Fundraising & Development Productions profile

Vera Turner • Managing Director, Membership profile

Jennifer White • Managing Director, Digital Fundraising profile

Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission

Edward H. Kaplan, Chair profile
Richard J. Bodorff, Vice Chair
Debra A. Bright, Ed.D.
Shelly L. Gardeniers
Rebecca J. Hanson, Esq.
Irwin R. Kramer
Lakeisha D. Lashley, Ed.D.
Beth E. Suarez
Bruce A. Wahl
Ellie K. Wang
Carey M. Wright, Ed.D.
member profiles

2025 Commission meetings

  • Tuesday, January 21 @ 10:30am minutes
  • Tuesday, March 18 @ 10:30am
  • Tuesday, April 22 @ 10:30am
  • Tuesday, May 27 @ 10:30am
  • Thursday, June 12 (Joint meeting w/MPT Foundation, Inc.)
  • Tuesday, September 30 @ 10:30am
  • Tuesday, October 21 @ 10:30am
  • Tuesday, November 25 @ 10:30am

2024 Commission meetings

  • Thursday January 18, 2024 at 2pm
    Budget & Compensation Committee
  • Tuesday, January 23 at 10:30am minutes
  • Tuesday, March 19 at 10:30am minutes
  • Tuesday, April 23 at 10:30am 
  • Tuesday, May 28 at 10:30am minutes 
  • Thursday, June 13 @ 5:30 (Joint meeting w/MPT Foundation, Inc.)  
  • Tuesday, September 24 at 10:30am minutes
  • Tuesday, October 22 at 10:30am
  • Tuesday, November 26 at 10:30am minutes

MPT Foundation, Inc.

Richard J. Bodorff, Chair profile
Rhea Feikin, Vice Chair
Larry D. Unger, President
Erin Chrest, Secretary
Patricia Fitzhugh, Treasurer
Alfred R. Berkeley III
H. King Corbett
W. Thomas Curtis
Dr. Shailaja Didolkar
Robert C. Douglas
Debbie Driesman
Craig Fuller
Rebecca J. Hanson, Esq.
Edward H. Kaplan
Harry Kassap
Kathryn D. Lindquist
Dr. Elizabeth Molina Morgan
Ann K. Murray
Mary Louise Preis
Henry Stansbury
Michael Styer
Beth E. Suarez
Tyrone Taborn
Paul G. Ullmann
Ellie K. Wang
Anne West
John Anthony Wolf, Esq.
Patrick Butler, Chair Emeritus