Pressroom
For Immediate Release October 28, 2009
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Names Debra Tica Sanchez, Senior Vice President for Education Services; Dr. Susan Zelman Promoted to Chief Advisor and System Consultant for Education Policy
Washington, DC -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today named Debra Tica Sanchez, senior vice president for Education Services and Dr. Susan Zelman, senior vice president, chief advisor and system consultant for Education Policy.
Ms. Sanchez will develop and oversee children's content and educational initiatives and work closely with local stations to enhance their development and execution of local educational services. She will also lead CPB's Ready To Learn activities. She joins CPB in December.
Dr. Susan Zelman, currently SVP of Education and Children's Content, will be promoted to senior vice president, chief advisor and system consultant for education policy. In this role, Dr. Zelman will be responsible for engaging with education leaders at the state and local level on behalf of the public broadcasting system. She will assist stations in identifying new ways to provide educational services to their communities and will work with stations to help strengthen their ties with local and regional educational leaders.
"Education is a core service of public broadcasting and these strategic changes underscore CPB's commitment to providing the best services possible to our stations and the American people," said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of CPB.
Currently, Ms. Sanchez is vice president of government relations for the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS). She is the primary education policy professional for the public television community, providing strategic counsel on pursuing Pre-K to postsecondary federal initiatives. Prior to APTS, she worked in the high tech industry and was a special education teacher in Highland, IN and Arlington, VA. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in special education from Indiana University. "We are grateful for Deb's steadfast commitment and leadership in the public broadcasting arena," said Larry Sidman, president and CEO of APTS. "She will surely be missed and we look forward to working with her in her new role, continuing to strengthen the great partnership between APTS and CPB."
About CPB
CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.