WGBH Educational Foundation

The WGBH Educational Foundation (est. 1951) of Boston, Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization that oversees the WGBH stations in Boston (WGBH-TV and WGBH (FM)), WGBY-TV in Springfield, and other productions.^[1] It won a Peabody Award in 2007 for Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial^[2] and Design Squad.^[3]

Jonathan C. Abbott is President and CEO of the foundation.^[4] His predecessor, Henry P. Becton, Jr. was president from 1984 to 2007.^[5] WGBH is online at wgbh.org. The WGBH alumni website is here.

Board of Trustees

Richard M. Burnes, Jr. of Charles River Ventures is the chair of the board as of 2014, replacing Amos Hostetter, Jr, who left the board. Henry P. Becton, Jr., former WGBH President, and Maureen L. Ruettgers, the wife of former EMC Corporation CEO Michael Ruettgers, are vice chairs. Jonathan C. Abbott, as WGBH president, is also on the board. William N. Thorndike, Jr., managing partner of the Housatonic Partners private equity firm, is on the board of trustees as the chair of the WGBH board of overseers.

The presidents of four regional universities are institutional trustees: Joseph E. Aoun of Northeastern University, Jackie Jenkins-Scott of Wheelock College, Frederick M. Lawrence of Brandeis University, and L. Rafael Reif of MIT.

The remaining board members are:

• Amy Abrams, wife of Abrams Capital founder David C. Abrams
• Terrie F. Bloom, wife of Berkshire Partners managing director Bradley Bloom
• Laura A. DeBonis, former Google Books manager and wife of hedge fund executive and State Department official Scott Nathan^[6]
• Juan Enriquez, managing director of Excel Venture Management and husband of Cabot family heir Marjorie Cabot Lewis
• Ann L. Gund, wife of architect Graham Gund
• Susan B. Kaplan, daughter of Stanley H Kaplan and president of the Kaplin Family Foundation
• Marjie B. Kargman, wife of Commonwealth Capital Ventures founder Robert Kargman
• David H. Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries
• Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, sociologist
• William A. Lowell, partner of the Choate, Hall & Stewart law firm
• Richard K. Lubin, managing director of Berkshire Partners
• Oscar F. Malcolm, president of Darien Capital Management
• Christopher J. McKown, husband of Fidelity Investments executive Abigail Johnson
• Cathy E. Minehan, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Paul R. Murphy, former partner at the Foley Hoag law firm and former counsel for Amherst College
• Melinda Alliker Rabb, Brown University professor and wife of Stop & Shop heir James Rabb
• Henri A. Termeer, retired chairman, president, and CEO of Genzyme Corporation
• David T. Ting, president of Mugar Enterprises, the investment firm of Star Market heir David Mugar
• Hans Ziegler, retired senior managing director of Bernstein Global Wealth Management

See also

• Ralph Lowell, president of the foundation, 1951-1970s^[7]

References

1. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "WGBH Educational Foundation". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved July 2014.
2. 67th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2008.
3. 67th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2008.
4. "WGBH Board of Trustees". Retrieved December 5, 2014.
5. "Henry Becton, Jr., President of WGBH, to Assume New Role in October". WGBH Alumni. April 26, 2007.
6. WGBH Spring 2009
7. "Ralph Lowell Award". USA: Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Retrieved July 2014.