The KERA Community Advisory Board (CAB) serves in an advisory role to KERA's staff and Board of Directors.  The membership of the CAB reasonably represents the diverse needs and interests of the North Texas communities served by KERA.  The CAB assists KERA in being responsive to community interests in regard to programming and services.  

The CAB meets twice a year with meetings held in an alternating rotation between KERA's Dallas office and sites in Denton and Fort Worth.  Meeting dates will be in April/May and October/November; they are held from 10:00 am to 3 pm.

Applications are reviewed by the CAB Membership Committee and final nominations for membership on the CAB are approved by KERA's Board of Directors. 

The members of the 2008 CAB are as follows:
• Jac Alder, Dallas
• Gopa Biswas, Irving
• Reta Fretwell Douglas, Ft. Worth
• Elizabeth Ann Gates, Dallas
• Melanie Harris, Ft. Worth
• Betty Haynes, Sunnyvale
• Hedy Helsell, Dallas
• Ray Hernandez, Grand Prairie
• Craig Holcomb, Dallas
• Kenneth Johnson, Alvarado
• Sharon King, Richardson
• Yolanda Juanita Lara, Mesquite
• Benjamin Jarrod Larkin, Addison
• Twyla Masterson, Fort Worth
• Robert Milnes, Corinth
• Robert Ortega, Irving
• Hersh Parekh, Plano
• Charmaine Price, Dallas
• Ehad Rahman, Richardson
• Paul Samrane, Dallas
• Angela Scheurele, Dallas
• Joanna St. Angelo, Grapevine
• Marcia Staff, Denton
• James Tillman, Wichita Falls
• De'Edra Williams, Dallas

Bob Ray Sanders, Vice President and Associate Editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, will chair the 2008 CAB. Becky Sykes, Executive Director of the Dallas Women's Foundation, will serve as Vice Chair.

Biography: Bob Ray Sanders

Biography: Becky Sykes

Document: CAB Governing Policy (Microsoft Word)

Document: CAB Governing Policy (PDF)  [Requires Acrobat Reader]

 

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