Leadership, CAP & Staff
Detroit PBS is governed by a Board of Trustees and is comprised of representatives from local, business, civic, and cultural communities and organizations. The station is operated by a professional staff headed by President and CEO Rich Homberg.
Detroit PBS’s Community Advisory Panel reviews the station’s content (programming, productions) and community engagement and connects the station to ideas and interests of other organizations in Southeast Michigan.
Officers
Rich Homberg
President and CEO, Detroit PBS
Melissa Roy (Board Chair)
Founder, Roy Public Affairs
Simon Whitelocke (Chair Elect, Treasurer)
SVP, & Chief Business Officer of ITC Holdings Corp., & Pres., ITC Michigan
Laura Brandt (Assistant Secretary)
SVP Operations, Detroit PBS
Geaneen Arends (Secretary)
Director / Shareholder, Butzel Long
Shaun Wilson (Designated Chair Elect)
Managing Partner, Cadence
Freda Sampson (Vice Chair)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategist, Freda G. Sampson, LLC
Joyce Jenereaux (Vice Chair)
President and CEO, Joyce Jenereaux Advisors, LLC
Trustees
Maram Alaiwat
Founder, Maram Financial Services
Colleen Allen
President and CEO, Autism Alliance of Michigan
Addell Anderson, Ph.D.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialist, Michigan Department of Civil Rights
Hiren Bhatt
Program Manager, Amazon
Jaylen Bradley
Policy and Program Advisor, City of Detroit
Kenneth Clarkson
Partner, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, PC
Dan Duggan
VP, Loan Origination Bernard Financial Group
Antonio Enoex II
VP, Business Unit Risk, Comerica Bank
Gregory Haynes
Retired
Sylvester L. Hester
President and CEO, LM Manufacturing, LLC
Sandy Koltonow, MD, PsyS
Private practice, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Kelley Kuhn
President and CEO, Michigan Nonprofit Association
Mark S. Lee
Founder, The Lee Group, MI LLC
Kenneth Mathies
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, AAA
Pamela McClain
Executive Liaison for Community Engagement City of Detroit, Deputy Mayor’s Office
Charles Metzger
President, BrandFly Studios
Daniel Miner
Director Corporate & Executive Communications, DTE Energy
Rick Notter
Vice President, Individual Business Unit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Priscilla Perkins
President & CEO, Accounting Aid Society
Byron Pitts
Attorney, Law Office of Byron Pitts
Reuben Rashty
Managing Directory Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
El Ryans
Principal Account Executive, Neustar Security Services
Rajeev Shah
Principal, Alan C. Young & Associates, P.C.
Christine A. Sing
Principal, Rehmann Robson
David Sturtz
Retired
Felix Valbuena Jr., MD.
CEO, Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS)
Linzie Venegas
President, Ideal Group
John J. Walsh
President & CEO, Michigan Manufactures Association
Michael Watson
Entrepreneur
Alexis Wiley
Principal, Moment Strategies Public Relations
Emeritus Board
Elaine Baker
John R Beran
Charles R. Ciuni
Melonie B. Colaianne
Susan Cooper
Marianne Fey
Ronald Goldsberry
Arthur Horwitz
Vaughn A. Koshkarian
Leonard A. Kruszewski
Arthur Liebler
Hannan Lis
Dana Locniskar
Maurice Miller
James B. Nicholson
Timothy Nicholson
Richard Rassel
Lois Shaevsky
Thomas C Shafer
Stephen Strome
Ken Whipple
Meeting Schedule
Review the 2024 Board of Trustees and Committee meeting schedule.
