We are excited and honored to welcome Deb Acklin, President and CEO of WQED Multimedia, to Business as Usual today. For 65 years, WQED has been changing lives by creating and sharing outstanding public media that educates, entertains and inspires. Deb has served in multiple executive roles in public broadcasting, the cable television industry and commercial broadcasting. At WQED Multimedia, she manages or has managed the operations, strategies and fundraising to create original multi-platform content distributed across four television channels, three radio channels, an interactive web-based global media distribution portal, an education department, and PBS, NPR and their member stations. Her tenure includes many achievements, including an unprecedented three Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards for Station Excellence, given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to a general manager of a commercial or public television station in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and New Jersey. Join us for what promises to be a dynamic and informative conversation!
