JOHNSTON, IOWA (August 15, 2022) — The Iowa Public Broadcasting Board, the governing body for Iowa PBS, has announced the election of Courtney Maxwell Greene as the network's board president. The nine-member board also elected Angie Anderson as vice president. Greene has served on the board since 2013 and as board vice president since 2019. Anderson was appointed to the board in 2020. They were elected unanimously at the board's August 10 meeting and will serve one-year terms.

"I am so proud and happy to serve with my colleagues on this wonderful board and will work earnestly to carry on the strong tradition of my predecessor, Gary Steinke," said Greene following her election. "I am honored to follow in Gary's footsteps, and humbled to step into the same role as the late Betty Jean Furgerson, who served on this board for an unprecedented 35 years, including twenty years as president. I will work to be as passionate and smart, as tough, but also as kind as Betty was to me as a young journalist and new board member. I honor her memory today."

Greene is the director of external partnerships and community engagement for UnityPoint Health. She worked for fifteen years in television news in Des Moines, Iowa, and Kansas City, Missouri. She also spent several years in state government as press secretary for the Iowa governor, as public information bureau chief for the Department of Public Safety, and communications director and division administrator for Iowa Workforce Development. Greene has private-sector public-relations experience at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and non-profit experience at AIB College of Business and the Alzheimer's Association Iowa Chapter.

"Courtney's television journalism experience, her respect for the network's history, along with her commitment to maintaining a culture of excellence at Iowa PBS are what made her the board's clear choice as their next leader," said Molly Phillips, executive director and general manager of the statewide public-television network. "I look forward to working with her and with Angie to prepare the network for a bright future and to fulfill our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans."

Greene succeeds Gary Steinke, who had served as board president since 2013. Steinke will remain an active member of the board. Anderson succeeds Greene as vice president. Anderson resides in Cherokee, Iowa, where she owns APS, a tax-services business.

Learn more at iowapbs.org.

In addition to its statewide broadcast, Iowa PBS .1 is available to livestream on iowapbs.org/watchpbs.org/livestream, the PBS Video App, and YouTube TV. Iowa PBS programs, behind-the-scenes extras and more can be enjoyed on iowapbs.orgFacebook, and YouTube. Viewers can also stream their favorite shows on demand using the PBS Video App, available on iOS, Android, and most streaming devices.

As Iowa's only statewide television network, Iowa PBS's mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans guides its quality, non-commercial programming that tells Iowa's stories like no one else can. Four statewide, public channels offer programs of lasting value to Iowans, regardless of where they live or what they can afford: Iowa PBS .1, Iowa PBS KIDS .2, Iowa PBS WORLD .3 and Iowa PBS Create .4 on Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; and Channel 36, Red Oak. More information can be found at iowapbs.org. 

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