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TPT IS YOUR LOCAL PBS STATION

TPT is one of the preeminent PBS affiliate stations in the country, producing and broadcasting public media programming in the Twin Cities and its surrounding areas.

TPT believes that media is profoundly powerful – shaping how people and communities understand themselves, each other and the world in which we live.

Founded in 1957, Twin Cities PBS is one of the most innovative public media organizations in the country. Every day, TPT uses the power of media to advance the arts, spur learning, help young people succeed and help adults age vitally. TPT presents extraordinary PBS programming and also produces award-winning content for the national PBS system. In 2015, TPT was the highest-rated local public television service in the nation for the fourth year in a row. TPT’s programs and productions have been honored with numerous awards, including Peabody awards and national and regional Emmys.

OUR HISTORY
  • Photo of teacher with students on set in the 1950s
    1955
    What is now Twin Cities PBS is incorporated as Twin City Area Educational Television
  • Vintage photo of original KTCA office building
    September 16, 1957
    KTCA (channel 2) begins broadcasting as the first non-commercial public television station in Minnesota from a WWII-era wooden structure on the University of Minnesota Agricultural Campus
  • KTCI Channel 17 vintage logo
    May 5, 1965
    A second station, KTCI (channel 17), is launched
  • Vintage A Minnesota Original Logo
    1967
    KTCA becomes the first educational station in the nation to broadcast in color
  • Vintage PBS Logo
    1970
    Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) founded; KTCA becomes a member station
  • Vintage Image of Almanac Cast
    1984
    “Almanac” premieres on KTCA
  • Outside of the TPT building
    1989
    KTCA moves to Lowertown, St. Paul and into the building that we now occupy
  • Hoop Dreams Show Image
    1994
    Iconic documentary, “Hoop Dreams” is produced by KTCA
  • Old TPT logo with space person cartoon
    2000
    KTCA officially becomes Twin Cities Public Television (TPT)
  • Mr Rogers sitting with Trolley
    2003
    TPT becomes the first broadcaster in Minnesota (commercial or public) to launch a television channel (TPT HD) fully devoted to high-definition programming
  • TPT MN Channel Logo
    2005
    TPT launches the statewide MN Channel public television service
  • A Campaign for TPT
    2010
    TPT begins capital campaign for strategic station initiatives and building remodel
  • Next Avenue
    2012
    TPT launches national website, Next Avenue, “where grown-ups keep growing.” The site annually attracts 9 million+ readers.
  • Image of TPT's new building
    2015
    TPT’s Lowertown studios undergo a major renovation and Twin Cities Public Television becomes Twin Cities PBS (TPT)

TPT LEADERSHIP

Sylvia Strobel

PRESIDENT & CEO
[email protected]

Amina Jaafar

Amina Jaafar

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
[email protected]

Stacie Reiner

Stacie Reiner

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
[email protected]

Christian Siebeneck

Christian P. Siebeneck

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
[email protected]

Shona Koester

SHONA KOESTER

CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
[email protected]

Maureen McGinn

Maureen McGinn

VP, MAJOR AND PLANNED GIFTS
[email protected]

Amie Miller

Amie Miller

VP, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
[email protected]

Kristin Pederson

Kristin Pederson

VP, TPT EDUCATION
[email protected]

David Preston

David Preston

VP, MEMBER SERVICES
[email protected]

Andy Rausch

Andy Rausch

VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNCEL
[email protected]

Michael Rosenfield

Michael Rosenfeld

VP, NATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
[email protected]

Board of Trustees

Donna Zimmerman, Chair

SVP, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
HealthPartners

Martha MacMillan, Vice Chair

VP
Cargill Foundation

Rotolu “Ro” Adebiyi

SENIOR COUNSEL – INSURANCE LAW & COMPLIANCE
Thrivent Financial

Teddy Bekele

SVP & CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Land O’Lakes Technology

Barbara Burwell

PRESIDENT
Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation

Scott Dillon

CEO
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Wayne L. Ducheneaux II

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Native Governance Center

Courtney Camp Enloe

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF LITIGATION COUNSEL & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT – GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS (INTERIM)
3M Legal Affairs

Joe Fleming

SVP, COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Ameriprise

Peter S. Hatinen

SVP, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WEALTH STRATEGY
Ascent Private Capital Management

Kristy Howe

VP, MARKETING
Andersen Corporation

Amy L. Jensen

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
The Lansing Group, LLC

Mumtaz Kazim, MD

PRESIDENT, MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Edina Family Physicians

Laura Liu

RETIRED COO
College Possible

Dr. Fayneese Miller

PRESIDENT
Hamline University

Victor Miranda, MD

RETIRED CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Health Care Business Group, 3M

Michael Monahan

RETIRED SVP, EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Ecolab

Somia Mourad

CONSULTANT
Edgewater Advisory Group

Margaret Murphy

CEO
Bold Orange

Jesse Overton

CHAIRMAN & CEO
SkyLearn/O4, LLC

Robert P. Rinek

MANAGING DIRECTOR & PARTNER
Piper Sandler Merchant Banking

Mark Ritchie

CO-FOUNDER
Minnesota USA Expo 2027

Rob Sit, Immediate Past Chair

VP, RESEARCH & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Dan Stoltz

PRESIDENT & CEO
SPIRE Credit Union

Sylvia L. Strobel

PRESIDENT & CEO
Twin Cities PBS

Darrell Thompson

PRESIDENT
Bolder Options

Sandra Vargas

FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Vargas Consulting & Coaching

R. Kirk Weidner

VP CORPORATE ACCOUNTS
Cargill, Inc.

COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

TPT Community Advisory Council (CAC) is a non‐governing advisory board created for the purpose of helping TPT fulfill its mission to enrich lives and improve our community through the power of media. The CAC is composed of residents of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area who represent a diverse and broad cross‐section of interests, concerns and ideas. The CAC acts as a sounding board to TPT staff’s programming ideas and offers advice on and has an opportunity to influence TPT’s programming and services. The CAC performs a unique public service for the Twin Cities metro community.

Jeffrey Aguy

VP, Strategy & Corporate Investments, NCXT

Matthew Carter

Executive Director, Dakota County Historical Society

Laura J. Cooper

Professor Emerita, University of Minnesota Law School

Shoshana Alexander-Daniels

Independent Teaching Artist and Mental Health Practitioner Intern, Minnesota CarePartner

Shannon Forney

Business Manager, Wilder Foundation

Julia Gay

Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Coalition of Asian American Leaders

Jane Graupman

Executive Director, International Institute of Minnesota

Paul Mattessich

Executive Director, Wilder Research

James McClean, Esq.

Government Relations Manager, Health Partners

Valerie Halverson Pace, Chair

Retired, Community Volunteer

Dr. Leon Rodrigues

Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Luther Seminary

Betsy Russomanno

Community Volunteer

The Honorable Stephen L. Smith, Esq.

District Court Judge, Second Judicial District, Ramsey County

Rich Wien

Retired, Board of Trustees, Hamline University

 

The Community Advisory Council helps TPT fulfill its mission to enrich lives and improve our community through the power of media. The Community Advisory Council serves as TPTs eyes and ears ‐‐ providing input about programming and keeping the Station abreast of the latest community issues and concerns.
Federal law requires that TV Stations have a Community Advisory Council. A Community Advisory Council serves in an advisory role. The substantive responsibility and authority for the TV station operations are left to the Board of Trustees and Station Management.

TPT’s Community Advisory Council will:

  1. Become knowledgeable about the program goals of the station;
  2. Become aware of the community service of the station;
  3. Become aware of the community impact of the station’s significant policy decisions; and
  4. Report to the governing body (Board of Trustees) about whether the station programming is meeting the educational and cultural needs of the Minneapolis‐St. Paul community.

Station Management will present information to the Community Advisory Council in at least two meetings each year to update the Council about TPT’s goals and programming. Station Management will facilitate a discussion of TPT programming and community issues.

Community Advisory Council members are asked to serve a 3‐year term.

The Chair/Convener of the Community Advisory Council will report to the Board of Trustees at least twice each year.

MEMBERSHIP

If you are interested in becoming a member of the TPT Community Advisory Council, please send your resume and a description of why you wish to volunteer on the Community Advisory Council to Mandy Miller ([email protected]).

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Meetings of TPT’s Board of Trustees and Community Advisory Board are open to the public, except for those meetings or portions thereof which may be closed to discuss proprietary information, financial or employment matters, or other competitive or confidential information.

The meeting schedule below is subject to change. Members of the public interested in attending an open meeting virtually should contact Viewer Services at (651) 229-1330 or toll free at (866) 229-1300 within the five days in advance to obtain dial-in instructions. Read the full public meeting policy.

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