Board of Directors

Northern California Public Media's Board of Directors meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of most months and are open to the public. 

Call the station (707-584-2000) for details. Northern California Public Media's Community Advisory Council meetings are also open to the public. Please call for details.

Board of Directors

Terry Abrams
Secretary

Owner, Abrams Consulting

Andrew Akufo 

Program planning and evaluation analyst for Sonoma County Department of Health

Chair, Northern California Public Media Nominating & Governance Committee

Jerlena Griffin-Desta, Ph.D.

Higher Education Consultant

Retired, University of California & California State University

 
Linton Johnson

Founder & CEO of Ovis

Darren LaShelle

President and CEO, Northern California Public Media

Pete Ludé
Vice Chair

Principal/ CTO: Mission Rock Digital LLC 

Erika Thibault

Director, Sonoma County Library

Liaison, Northern California Public Media Community Advisory Council

 Margaret McCarthy
Chair  

Retired CFO, Wide Orbit, a traffic software company for broadcast stations

Chair, Northern California Public Media Investment Advisory Committee

 Ralph O'Rear
Treasurer

Retired, Buck Institute on Aging

Chair, Northern California Public Media Finance Committee

 Dave Stare

Founder, owner, Dry Creek Vineyard

Sharon Tiller

Retired, formerly with PBS FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting

Chair, Northern California Public Media Strategic Planning Committee

Kaitlyn Garfield

Housing Director, Housing Land Trust of the North Bay

Moriah Scoble

Tech marketing leader and former nonprofit director with roots in journalism and media advocacy