Leadership

Mi-Ai Parrish

Managing Director at ASU Media Enterprise, Interim General Manager at Arizona PBS

Mi-Ai Parrish, a longtime media executive, is the Interim General Manager of Arizona PBS. Parrish served as president and publisher of The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com and market president at USA Today Network, where the team won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for “The Wall.” Parrish currently leads ASU Media Enterprise and is the Sue Clark-Johnson Professor for Media Innovation and Leadership at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Ebonye Delaney

Senior Director and Content Officer

Ebonye Delaney oversees the content strategy across platforms, including broadcast programming, news, production and digital content. She brings over a decade of content creation and production experience from a variety of fields including news broadcast, film and commercial production.

Kimberly Flack

Senior Director – Education and Community Impact

Kimberly Flack, Arizona PBS’ Senior Director for Education and Community Impact, previously served as associate general manager for educational outreach from 2010 to 2019. Prior to that, she was associate director for educational outreach, after joining the station in 2001 as an instructional specialist coordinator on the professional development team remotely located in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Mardi Gradolf

Senior Director of Development

Mardi Gradolf is responsible for securing major and planned gifts from individuals, foundations and corporate partners in support of Arizona PBS. Prior to Arizona PBS, Gradolf served as the associate director of development at The Nature Conservancy and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU, where she was responsible for major gift fundraising and planned giving.

Tiffany Khan

Senior Director and Revenue Officer

Tiffany Khan is responsible for securing and sustaining memberships in support of Arizona PBS. Tiffany joined the Arizona PBS team in April 2019 after more than a decade fundraising for education and healthcare organizations. In those roles, Tiffany leveraged telemarketing, email, direct mail, social media and crowdfunding channels for annual giving, pipeline development and donor engagement efforts.

Jeremy Cauthen

Senior Director of Brand Engagement and Marketing

Jeremy Cauthen serves as the Senior Director of Brand Engagement and Marketing at Arizona PBS. Responsible for maintaining and advancing the station’s brand, he oversees public relations and community engagement efforts, determining promotional priorities across the station’s many promotional platforms, including its quarterly magazine, e-newsletters and on-air.

Heather Kivatinos

Director of Sales

Heather Kivatinos leads the media sales strategy of our four TV channels as well as print and digital assets. She brings 10-plus years of advertising leadership to Arizona PBS and previously led local and national sales teams for USA Today. Heather is an Arizona native and enjoys giving back to her community; she is a proud graduate of Valley Leadership.

Alex Rukashaza

Director of Digital and Broadcast Operations

Alex Rukashaza, an innovative media technologist with over 20 years of experience in broadcasting production, is the Director of Digital and Broadcast Operations for Arizona PBS, a position critical to the station’s goals of leading in innovation and technology.

Katie Jones

Assistant Director of Digital Content

Katie Jones oversees content strategy and development for Arizona PBS digital platforms, including our website and social media channels. She first joined the station in 2014 to manage the monthly program guide, and added website content to her duties in 2017.

Karl Voss

Chief Engineer

Karl Voss has worked as a Broadcast Engineer for over 40 years and as the Chief Engineer at Arizona PBS for the past 12 years. In addition to overseeing the broadcast technology behind Arizona PBS, Karl sits on several technical committees to help shape future FCC Rules as well as works with other broadcasters to allow for the seamless implementation of FCC required changes that could affect multiple broadcasters in the state.

Marisa Upham

Project Manager and Advisor to the General Manager

Marisa Upham serves as Project Manager and Advisor to the General Manager at Arizona PBS. After more than a decade of experience in casting, marketing and production for both CBS and Disney, she joined Arizona PBS in April 2019. She leads and directs a wide range of strategic activities, initiatives and executive duties. Dedicated to advancing the stations role for public good, Marisa supports the Arizona PBS mission to enrich the lives of the people and communities we serve.

Gregg Elder

Assistant Production Manager

Gregg Elder has been involved in film, media, TV and live production for over 25 years and uses his knowledge and expertise to oversee the productions at Arizona PBS.

Mike Maggio

Associate Director of Membership

Mike Maggio is responsible for securing and sustaining memberships in support of Arizona PBS.