President Joe Biden nominated two new directors to the CPB board as three members depart.
The new nominees are Carol Kellermann, a New York–based executive with extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, and Adam White, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
The departing board members are: former chair Bruce Ramer, a media and entertainment attorney who has served on the board since 2008; Miriam Hellreich, a speech and language pathologist who joined the board in 2019; and Kathy Im, director of journalism and media at the MacArthur Foundation, who has served on the board since 2022.
Kellermann has been president of the Citizens Budget Commission, an independent watchdog that makes recommendations to New York City and New York State governments, as well as the CEO of The September 11 Fund, a $500 million fund to help victims of the attacks, according to a White House news release. In the early 1990s she was chief of staff to then-Rep. Chuck Schumer, according to her professional website.
In addition to his role at AEI, White directs the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, the White House release said.
White was previously appointed by President Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. He is also a senior fellow at the federal advisory body Administrative Conference of the United States.
President Biden nominated White as a Republican in accordance with requirements for bipartisan representation on the CPB board, according to the news release.
The board recognized Ramer, Hellreich and Im during Tuesday’s meeting by approving resolutions on their service as directors. The board terms of all three expire this year.
“As the longest-serving member of the CPB Board, and its longest-serving Board Chair, Bruce led CPB through some of its most challenging years,” the resolution recognizing Ramer said. In addition to chairing committees on executive compensation and finance, he served on CPB’s corporate governance and broadcast spectrum committees.
Ramer “had a pivotal role in establishing the American Archive of Public Broadcasting,” the resolution continued. “He has been a strong advocate of the importance of editorial integrity and transparency in journalistic content and operations.”