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

Simon Whitelocke
(Board Chair)
SVP, & Chief Business Officer of ITC Holdings Corp., & Pres., ITC Michigan

Shaun Wilson
(Chair Elect)
Managing Partner, Cadence

Rajeev Shah
(Treasurer )
Principal, Alan C. Young & Associates, P.C.

Geaneen Arends
(Secretary)
Director / Shareholder, Butzel Long

Joyce Jenereaux
(Vice Chair)
President and CEO, Joyce Jenereaux Advisors, LLC

Freda Sampson
(Vice Chair)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategist, Freda G. Sampson, LLC

Christine A. Sing
(Vice Chair)
Principal, Rehmann Robson

William Carignan
(Assistant Treasurer )
CFO, Detroit PBS

Laura Brandt
(Assistant Secretary)
SVP Operations, Detroit PBS
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

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

Melissa Roy
Founder, Roy Public Affairs

David Sturtz
Retired

Felix Valbuena Jr., MD.
CEO, Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS)

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 2025 Board of Trustees and Committee meeting schedule.
