Join NAMIC Capital Area for our new series, Diversity in HERstory. The series will highlight four awe-inspiring women who are leaders and change agents in their respective fields and follow their journeys to positively impact the world around them, despite their diverse backgrounds and their perceived diversity challenges.

In part-two, NAMIC will sit down with PBS' Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, Sylvia Bugg to discuss representation in the boardroom and on screen and why it is so important. We will follow her career and rise to her current position as one of the top executives on PBS' Senior Leadership Team, and learn about her journey to champion a world more representative of the world we live in.

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Sylvia Bugg Bio:

Before becoming Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming, Bugg served as Vice President of General Audience Programming, where she oversaw the PBS editorial team and led the strategy across all genres, including news, public affairs, documentaries, history, science, natural history and arts programs.

Prior to joining PBS, Bugg served as Vice President of Diversity and TV Content at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). In this role, she provided strategic leadership and was responsible for CPB’s efforts to advance diversity across public media through the collaboration and support of content creators, distributors and partnering organizations.

Bugg holds an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, an MA in Journalism from American University and a BA in Communications from Old Dominion University. She is a member of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications and Women In Film and Video. Through the T. Howard Foundation, she also mentors diverse and underrepresented college students and young professionals interested in media.

For More Information on Sylvia Bugg, please visit: https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/senior-management-team/sylvia-bugg/