Leadership
Adrienne Fairwell, General Manager
Adrienne Fairwell, a proven media leader in the public television and communications industries, is the general manager of Arizona PBS. She has deep experience in audience engagement, partnership development, multiplatform content generation, studio and field production, local and national programming, brand management and government transparency work.
Allysa Adams, Executive Producer
Allysa Adams has been reporting and producing for television for more than 25 years. She’s worked as an on-air reporter and producer for local television stations, national news outlets and various cable shows including CBS News, National Geographic TV and KNXV-TV. In addition to overseeing Horizon and Horizonte, Allysa also produces stories for both shows. She loves storytelling and talking to people across the state about the issues and stories that matter to them.
Amber Back, Director of Events
Amber Back is responsible for signature events for the Cronkite School and Arizona PBS, including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Luncheon, PBS KIDS Festival, convocation ceremonies and the weekly speaker series Must See Mondays.
Karen Bordeleau, Director of Communications
Karen Bordeleau oversees communications for Arizona PBS and the Cronkite School, including websites, press releases, social media and periodicals. She is also a professor of practice at Cronkite and team-teaches the boot camp for the master's students in investigative journalism. Bordeleau, a journalism educator for 25 years, is the retired executive editor/senior vice president of The Providence Journal and is the first and only woman in The Journal’s 191-year history to hold the top editor’s position.
Ebonye Delaney, Director of Digital Content and Production
Ebonye Delaney is the director of digital content and production at Arizona PBS, where she oversees the digital content strategy for all social media, web, and OTT platforms. Delaney brings over a decade of content creation and production experience from a variety of fields including news broadcast, film, and commercial production.
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Kimberly Flack, Director of Education and Community Impact
Kimberly Flack served as associate general manager for educational outreach at Arizona PBS 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, 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, Director of Annual Giving
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.
Heather Kivatinos, Director of Sales and Media Operations
Heather Kivatinos is the Director of Sales and Media Operations at Arizona PBS. Heather 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 Kosiorek, Manager, Central Sound at Arizona PBS
Alex Kosiorek has been manager of the audio-media production service Central Sound at Arizona PBS since 2012. Kosiorek oversees recording productions, end-to-end management of production facilities, design team coordination and close affiliation with dozens of recognized arts institutions.
Justin Neal, Assistant Director of Finance
Justin Neal is the assistant director of finance at Arizona PBS. Justin leads Arizona PBS’ financial reporting efforts, manages accounting and finance operations, and ensures that Arizona PBS is in compliance with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting standards.
James Scriven, Creative Services Director
James Scriven is the creative services director at Arizona PBS, where he oversees overall design and branding for the station across broadcast and digital platforms. Scriven brings 20-plus years of design experience, including work at television stations in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, as well as corporate agency work.
