Everything was handled professionally and the knowledge and expertise of the staff were evident and extremely helpful. The interviews of the board and senior staff beforehand helped to instill confidence in Tom and really set the tone for the entire process.

  • Tracy McFerrin Foster
  • Board Chair, Kansas City Public Television
  • Vice President, Hall Family Foundation

A consistent comment from our search committee members was the high quality of the semi-finalists...and the outstanding research and preparation provided by your professional team.

  • Geoffrey Simon
  • Search Chair
  • WEDU-TV, Tampa, FL

We have worked with Livingston Associates on three searches and business modeling. They not only met our expectations, but exceeded them on all counts. Thanks!

  • Larry R. Ciecalone
  • President & GM
  • KVCR
  • San Bernardino, CA

Associates

Tom Livingston, President and CEO

Tom Livingston is a public media pioneer, leader and consultant with 35 years of success at the local and national level. His company, Livingston Associates, has provided executive search and consulting services to more than 150 public media clients including National Public Radio, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and local stations, with services including executive search, strategy, facilitation and professional coaching. Livingston served two terms as Vice Chairman of the National Public Radio Board of Directors, and over the course of 21 years managed three different public radio organizations including WETA in Washington, DC. He also served as Executive Director for Eastern Public Radio, and Vice President, Executive Search for Transformations Consulting Group.

Livingston is a certified Myers-Briggs trainer (Otto Kroeger Associates) and a certified coach (Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation).  He is a board member of the Public Broadcasters Management Association (PBMA).  

Cheryl Head, COO

Cheryl Head has spent more than 25 years in public broadcasting management and production. She is most recently V.P. of Public Media Engagement at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. At CPB, she has been V.P. of Educational Programming and Services and held senior management positions in the TV Programming division where she directed CPB’s diversity, outreach and community engagement investments. At WETA TV/FM in Washington, DC Head served as Deputy Director of programming and Sr. Vice President of Corporate and Administrative Services. Head was also Vice President of Production and Community Development at WTVS/TV in Detroit. Head has a B.A. in Radio-TV-Film Communications from Wayne State University and an M.A. in Public Telecommunications Management from Ohio University.  She is a board member of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in San Francisco; and a member of the Public Innovators Corps of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation.

Sallie Bodie, Associate

Sallie has conducted interviews for Livingston Associates since 2005. She's worked in public service media for 20 years, starting as manager of NPR's outreach department. In 1997, she opened her own company to consult with public media. Her clients have included Sound Partners for Community Health, McNeil/Lehrer's By the People Initiative, and the PBS Health Initiative. Prior to NPR, she held positions with the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Office of Folklife Programs. Bodie holds a BFA in Fine Arts and a Masters in Human Relations. Visit her web site at www.bodieandkovitz.com

Doug Mitchell, Associate

Doug sits in the middle of the room (often, literally) of convergent media training projects for young people across this country. For 15 of his 21 years at NPR, Doug worked with rising college journalists and early career professionals in partnership with 15 media/journalism organizations, designing and executing radio and then multimedia training boot-camps. He founded "next generation radio" at NPR and successfully trained dozens of young people and helped them land jobs in all forms of media, focusing on public radio. Doug is a personal mentor/agent for those who have been through his programs as they search, land and maintain their careers. The guiding principle is to give people the skills and understanding they need to compete for positions and then keep those relationships. The mentoring doesn't stop because the project is done. It's only just getting started.  He is the Chair of the NABJ Media Institute.

Julie M. Anderson, Financial Manager and Executive Assistant