The WQED Board of Directors has appointed Deborah L. Acklin as president-elect and chief executive officer of WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh, effective September 23, 2010.
Acklin, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer of WQED Multimedia succeeds George L. Miles, Jr., who has led WQED, the nation’s first community-supported public broadcasting station, for more than 16 years.
Acklin has served in multiple executive roles at WQED and has successfully managed the day-to-day operations and strategies for its three TV channels, two radio stations, an interactive Web-based learning channel, an education department, fundraising, finance, engineering, publishing and marketing communications.
Acklin has a distinguished background in television, media production and management, having first served WQED as executive producer and later as the senior vice president of production and technology. She developed the programming that became the highly popular “Doo Wop” music specials for PBS; oversaw the production of national documentaries including “The War That Made America,”, one of public television’s first high-definition docudramas; and she conceived and launched WQED’s nightly television magazine program, “OnQ”.
A Pittsburgh native, Acklin has been honored with a national Emmy award nomination for a documentary about the legendary Mister Rogers, seven Emmy awards (Mid-Atlantic), a CINE Golden Eagle, White House Press Association honors, The Gabriel Award from the Catholic Communicators Conference, the Pearl Award from the descendants of the Warner Brothers, the Pennsylvania TV/Film award from the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh’s Tribute to Women Award for Leadership in Arts and Culture.
Richard L. Stover, chair of the WQED Board of Directors said “Deborah Acklin has served WQED with loyalty, dignity, passion and dedication since she first came here in 1996.”
Stover added “We are firmly committed to continued strong leadership and sustainability, and there is no one more qualified to assume this role at WQED than Deborah Acklin. The board was unanimous in support for her as uniquely qualified to guide us through the next decade and beyond.”
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