Pat MitchellSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

One of the most influential leaders in media, Pat Mitchell knows a great deal about the risks, responsibilities and rewards of leadership. The former President and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), she is the first woman and first producer to serve as CEO of the nation’s largest and only non-commercial broadcasting service. Currently, Mitchell is president and CEO of The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio), where she has worked to rebrand the 34-year-old institution for the changing media landscape.

Drawing upon its influential board of trustees and International Council of media executives, she has clearly positioned the Paley Center as both a neutral forum for industry professionals and a public space for media lovers to gather for informative and entertaining events. An enthusiast of new media herself, Mitchell continues to lead the Paley Center into the digital era: spearheading the conversion of the organization's collection of nearly 150,000 television and radio programs to a digital format; overseeing the redevelopment of its interactive website; negotiating content deals with prominent Internet portals and broadband companies including Yahoo! and Comcast; and convening the Paley Center's 2007 International Council in the digital media capital of the United States, Silicon Valley.

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