Spring 2013: Sharing the Vision

FOR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF WGBH

SPRING/SUMMER 2013

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Powerful Stories

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IN THIS ISSUE

• Dramatic Gift to Masterpiece

• Trust Is a Game Changer • Taking an Activist Approach

• Speaking Up for WGBH • New Trustees

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Look for the drama to continue in Season Four of Downton Abbey on WGBH’s Masterpiece

GBH was founded on a simple but profound principle: to harness the power of media to serve the public interest. Creating innovative, educationally rich programs that have a national impact is a WGBH hallmark. And few positions have had a greater role in our success than that of Vice President for National Programming. As Margaret Drain steps down after 25 extraordinary years at WGBH—the past 10 as VP—I am excited to share the news of the appointment of John Bredar to fill this pivotal position.

John is no stranger to WGBH. We had the good fortune to work with him on a Nova film, Ape Genius, for which he won a Peabody Award. He is an accomplished filmmaker who brings more than two decades of experience at National Geographic Television, where he served as senior executive producer of the National Geographic Specials. We are thrilled to welcome him, and the feelings are mutual. “The opportunity to work with some of the most talented producers and staff in the documentary realm constitutes a kind of irresistible force for me,” John says.

He arrives at an opportune moment. Our signature series are thriving across an expanding array of platforms. From the stunning multi-year hit Downton Abbey on Masterpiece to American Experience’s revelatory docudrama The Abolitionists and its companion interactive Map of America, WGBH continues to break new ground.

In this issue, we’ll introduce you to some of WGBH’s generous and visionary friends who are making this work possible. You’ll meet Masterpiece Trust donor Darlene Shiley, a passionate believer in the power of the arts to transform lives. And Marjie and Bob Kargman, who are dedicating their time and resources to the causes they believe in, including WGBH.

You’ll also learn more about Michelle Shell, an Overseer and Ralph Lowell Society member committed to spreading the good word about WGBH. And Jean and Larry Rhodes, an Ohio couple determined to help secure Masterpiece’s future through their legacy. We’re grateful to them…and to all of you for helping WGBH create original, innovative content that millions of Americans count on every day.

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Trust Is a Game Changer

Darlene Shiley’s dramatic

Gift to Masterpiece

With the 40th anniversary of Masterpiece fast approaching, WGBH knew it was time to think outside the box to secure the future of the longest-running and most honored prime-time drama on American television.

In 2011, WGBH launched a bold initiative to keep Masterpiece strong for the next 40 years: the Masterpiece Trust provides the opportunity for philanthropists nationwide who care deeply about Masterpiece to support the WGBH-produced series and their local public stations in a substantive way. And it’s working.

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ou’ve seen her at the opening of your favorite Masterpiece productions, from Sherlock to Downton Abbey. Her messages are personal and to the point.

“Great drama is a life-changing experience. It has been for me.” And, “Masterpiece is television for the mind…and the heart.”

A passionate believer in the power of the arts to transform lives, da r le n e s h i l ey is Masterpiece’s single most generous patron and eloquent advocate. In 2011, her inaugural gift to the Masterpiece Trust helped jumpstart the initiative— an innovative collaboration between series producer WGBH and public television stations nationwide designed to ensure Masterpiece’s future (see sidebar). In 2012, the San Diego-based philanthropist took Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton’s breath away at the end of a lively dinner when she quadrupled the size of her original gift. “Darlene has a true understanding of the value of Masterpiece and public broadcasting,” Eaton says. “We are incredibly grateful for her significant, ongoing support.”

With her late husband Donald Shiley (inventor of the Bjork-Shiley tilting disc heart valve that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives since the 1970s), Darlene has championed causes and institutions close to her heart, including San Diego’s Old Globe Theater and public television station KPBS. Darlene credits the arts and her fifth-grade drama teacher with altering the course of her life. “I had a difficult stepfather, and if it hadn’t been for my teacher,” she says, “I honestly don’t know what direction I would have taken. She saw something talented in me and got me to try out for a show.” Years later, it was Darlene’s starring role in a local production of A Lion in Winter that was the catalyst for meeting Donald, and their happy, 33-year marriage.

“I see PBS as the last bastion for arts and culture,” she says. “And I love Masterpiece—Inspector Morse, Lewis, Prime Suspect. I have watched almost everything.” Darlene also was impressed with the way WGBH structured the Masterpiece Trust to support both the national series and her home station. “I thought it was a really smart national/local collaboration.” What does she hope her gifts will achieve?

“Making sure that children grow up in a world where everyone has access to the arts is very important to me. Masterpiece does that every single week.”

“The Masterpiece Trust has been a fundraising game changer for KPBS by partnering local and national funding for the first time,” says Tom Karlo, General Manager for San Diego’s public television station, KPBS. “We are thrilled that our donors such as Darlene Shiley have played a part in sustaining the quality of programs we have come to expect from Masterpiece.

And to see our local supporters thanked nationally is remarkable. We hope it will inspire others to be part of this national/ local partnership.”

Now entering its third year, the Masterpiece Trust’s innovative fundraising model is helping fuel the success of groundbreaking multi-year series, Downton Abbey among them. “I am profoundly grateful to our generous friends here in the Boston area and the Trust’s contributors from across the country,” says WGBH’s Rebecca Eaton, Masterpiece executive producer.

To learn more about the Masterpiece Trust, please contact Ellen Frank, Director of Major Gifts, at 617-300-3809 or ellen_frank@wgbh.org.

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Rob Rapley Named McGhee Fellow American Experience, WGBH’s award-winning exploration of the past, changed the future for rob rapley, who remembers watching the series’ 1992 film The Donner Party and afterwards contemplating a career in filmmaking.

“American Experience is the reason I got into the field of documentary films,” Rob says.

The source of his inspiration has become a platform for Rob’s passion for history and storytelling. He co-produced Trail of Tears, part of American Experience’s groundbreaking We Shall Remain project, and wrote, directed, and produced Buffalo Bill, The Greely Expedition, and Wyatt Earp, for which he received a Writers Guild Award, a Western Heritage Award, and a Western Writers of America Award. In January 2013, his ambitious three-part series The Abolitionists blended traditional documentary techniques with scripted drama to tell the stories of courageous anti-slavery advocates.

His contributions in nonfiction film earned Rob WGBH’s Peter S. McGhee Fellowship. The award, given annually to a filmmaker whose work reflects intelligence, fairness, passion, and scholarship, bears the name of WGBH’s former Vice President for National Programming, who brought American Experience, now television’s mostwatched history series, to public television.

“Accepting an award named after the driving force behind American Experience is a great honor,” Rob says.

Rob is working on a new film about the birth of forensic medicine, based on The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum.

Scheduled to premiere on American Experience next season, it will feature the same hybrid style Rob used in The Abolitionists. “It’s a tremendously powerful and versatile way of presenting history,” he says.

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The Kargmans Take

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y dad said, ‘We’re not philanthropists, we’re activists,’” says b o b k a rg m a n, recalling the words of his father, Max Kargman, a lawyer, educator, and real estate visionary who turned privately developed low-income housing into a national business model and a life’s work. Fittingly, Bob, a lawyer and real estate developer, and m arj ie, a volunteer leader, have dedicated themselves to the causes they believe in.

For Marjie, that cause is WGBH, and few have worked harder to keep it strong.

Marjie first became involved with WGBH through Masterpiece. “I appreciate the marvelous things the series does with great literature, creating a rich narrative over several weeks without commercial interruption,” says Marjie, a WGBH Trustee who has done it all: chaired the Ralph Lowell Society, served as an Overseer and then Overseer Chair, and now sits on the Trustee Executive and Nominating Committees.

In her first major volunteer role, Marjie chaired WGBH’s celebration of Julia Child’s 80th birthday. The televised party drew raves from attendees (Julia among them!) and a nation of viewers. Some 20 years later, she’s still raising the bar: in December, the Kargmans hosted a dinner for 50 of Masterpiece’s closest friends to celebrate Downton Abbey’s third season. “You come to love WGBH because of the people,” Marjie says. “The staff and the volunteers are smart, educated, and engaged. It’s a wonderful community to be part of.”

For Bob, “a deep connection to America’s democratic values” drives his interests.

As an undergraduate at Harvard, he volunteered in the black community, and later headed to Mississippi as a freedom worker. In the 1980s, he teamed up with minority developers to build a mixed-income housing development next to Boston’s Frederick Douglass Square, named after the famed abolitionist. Inspired by Douglass, Bob installed a monument in his honor on the site and in 2012 the Kargmans made a gift to WGBH for American Experience’s The Abolitionists and its interactive Map of America. “The abolitionists is one of the greatest stories of America that had never been told,” Bob says. “The series brought that story to life, and the mobile app is a map of American greatness.” That map includes Bob’s own Douglass entry, geo-tagged to the monument.

“Marjie and Bob lead by example,” says WGBH President Jon Abbott, “whether it’s being among the first to join the Masterpiece Trust or the Ralph Lowell Society’s Innovator’s Circle, or their gift to The Abolitionists. We are grateful for their vision, energy, and commitment.”

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News from the Ralph Lowell Society RLS Success

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fter becoming chair of this committee named for Ralph Lowell, I decided to do a little research on him. I learned that he was the founder of WGBH, a committed fundraiser, and that, when WGBH needed support, he instigated, and I quote, “Donations by…penny sales, auctions, card parties, concerts, and athletic contests.” If only we knew more about those athletic contests!

We use different strategies now, but I think our namesake would approve.

RLS contributions are up 17% this year, and we are thrilled to see increased strength in giving at the higher levels, including our new Innovator’s Circle, with support starting at $100,000. We also have expanded RLS on-air credit opportunities.

Membership is going strong—913 at last count—including more than 80 first-time members. They join others who have been giving for 40, even 50 years. We are determined to do all we can to keep inspiring that kind of loyalty.

In March, we hosted a discussion on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War with journalists Bob Woodruff, Sebastian Junger, and WGBH’s own Aaron Schachter from PRI’s The World ®. In April, WGBH Trustee Chair Amos Hostetter and his wife Barbara hosted a dinner for Chairman’s Circle and Innovator’s Circle members.

And in May, we all enjoyed a preview of some of Nature’s newest programs. And there’s more to come.

Since my day job is as an eighteenthcentury scholar, I’ll end with a quote from the great Samuel Johnson, who said, “What is easy is seldom excellent.”

It is your generous participation in the RLS that makes WGBH’s innovative and important work possible.

Masterful Celebrations of Downton Abbey In December, more than 400 RLS members and Masterpiece Trust supporters attended one of two spectacular preview parties at WGBH in celebration of Masterpiece’s Downton Abbey Season 3, with some very special guests from across the pond.

downton abbey executive producer gareth neame with wgbh president jon abbott and rebecca eaton, masterpiece executive producer

rls fellows penny bragonier and frank mead iii join actors hugh bonneville (left, earl of grantham) and rob james-collier (right, valet thomas barrow)

rls benefactors ann and hans ziegler (trustee)

actor hugh bonneville captivates rls friends susan and brian schanning

from left: rls fellows jill and robert gallery (overseers chair), rls benefactors dr. sandra stratford and oscar malcolm (trustee), and guests annie and paul sartori

great blue hill society members john sweeney and wendy sturn

Iraq War: 10 Years Later RLS supporters and friends turned out for a panel discussion with top journalists in March moderated by WGBH’s Aaron Schachter of PRI’s The World® to mark the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War. A video of the debate was posted on The World’s website.

With thanks,

melinda a. rabb c hair, ralph lowell society

overseer and rls friend liz rogers with us army col. richard coffman and wgbh director of major annual giving vanya tulenko

the world’s aaron schachter moderates the panel that includes sebastian junger, bob woodruff, rita leistner, and col. richard coffman

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Upcoming RLS Events Taste of WGBH Food & Wine Festival THURSDAY-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19-21

Enjoy a gala reception, chef demonstrations, wine auction, educational seminars, and an artisan tasting.

Speaking Up

Frontline Preview and Discussion

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American Experience: JFK

for WGBH Boston

native New Yorker, m ichel le shell arrived in Boston in 1993 to study at MIT and never left. Twenty years later, she declares, “I’m a Bostonian now.”

Her strong commitment to WGBH—as a Ralph Lowell Society member and WGBH Overseer—only solidifies the title.

Michelle and her husband, Greg, a portfolio manager at the investment management firm Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, are raising two sons, Greg and Elijah (ages 16 and 12), in Milton. Having worked for 15 years in finance, serving as a vice president of Fidelity Investments, she is heading back this fall to Harvard Business School (where she and her husband received MBAs) to begin her doctoral studies.

Michelle’s close connection to public broadcasting has evolved with the times.

Growing up on Long Island, she turned to PBS for her after-school entertainment.

Among her favorite shows was The Bloodhound Gang, about a group of teenage detectives. “It taught critical thinking and was my first taste of a crime drama,” she says. But it wasn’t her last. Today, Michelle watches Masterpiece Mystery! on her iPad, and enjoys the sleuthing of the modern-day Sherlock.

What other programs are favorites in your house?

My sons loved Between the Lions and Arthur. Now they watch Nova and History Detectives. I’m a Masterpiece fan. I didn’t miss a Downton Abbey episode or event!

Attending the RLS Downton Abbey party last December at WGBH was the perfect way to prepare for Season 3.

Are you WGBH Radio fans?

Yes! We’re loyal 89.7 WGBH listeners. My boys love Says You!, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, and The Moth.

What do you enjoy most about your work as a WGBH Overseer?

Being an advocate for WGBH around Boston, in my professional and social circles. I’m the “town crier” who gets everyone excited about programs that are about to premiere.

With so much on your plate, why have you made WGBH a priority?

WGBH is a cornerstone to building a life of the mind. I want to help ensure that WGBH can continue to fulfill this important role for years to come.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Learn about Frontline’s collaboration with ESPN investigating concussions and the NFL. FALL 2013

Get a peek at American Experience’s latest Presidents series’ film, marking the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination.

Downton Abbey Season 4 Party DECEMBER 2013

Join us for an exciting party celebrating Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece.

Has your RLS membership expired? Renew or increase your support before WGBH’s fiscal year ends on June 30 in order to join us for these events, and more!

r a lp h lo we l l s o ci e t y m e m b e r sh i p l eve ls friend • $1,500 fellow • $2,500 sponsor • $5,000 benefactor • $10,000 president’s circle • $25,000 chairman’s circle • $50,000 innovator’s circle • $100,000 For a complete list of the benefits and privileges at each membership level, please call the Ralph Lowell Society Hotline at 617-300-3900, visit wgbh. org/ralphlowell, or email ralph_lowell_ society@wgbh.org. We welcome your questions and value your support.

Chair, Ralph Lowell Society • Melinda Rabb Director • Vanya Tulenko Development Officer • Charlotte Porter Senior Events Manager • Jeanmarie Roberts Senior Development Associate • Christopher Reilly Development Assistant • Victoria Crnovich

An Eventful Season The Abolitionists

Students Experience

at the Library

Three hundred guests, including Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, packed the Boston Public Library at Copley Square to celebrate the January premiere of American Experience’s The Abolitionists with the documentary’s executive producer, WGBH’s Sharon Grimberg, filmmaker Rob Rapley, Wesleyan University Professor Lois Brown, and actor Richard Brooks.

the abolitionists executive producer sharon grimberg (left) joins rls chairman’s circle members and documentary investment group supporters gloria and bud rose

The Abolitionists

trustee oscar malcolm (left) and dr. jude nixon (right) with guest

wgbh 89.7 senior reporter phillip martin moderates a lively panel discussion

from left: wgbh president jon abbott with liberty mutual senior vice president of communications paul alexander, governor deval patrick, actor richard brooks, and american experience executive producer mark samels

More than 150 students and teachers from the Boston Public Schools attended a screening of American Experience’s The Abolitionists at WGBH in February, made possible in part by RLS Chairman’s Circle members and Documentary Investment Group supporters Gloria and Bud Rose.

students get their chance to ask questions about the abolitionists, a three-part series produced for pbs by wgbh’s american experience

special guests (from left) include boston public schools’ director of social studies robby chisholm, wesleyan university professor of african american studies lois brown, the abolitionists executive producer sharon grimberg, and african american history museum’s director of education l’merchie frazier

Ken Burns Stirs Up

Excitement

Filmmaker extraordinaire Ken Burns visited WGBH in November for a preview of his stirring film, The Dust Bowl, that includes vivid interviews with survivors and seldom-seen video footage chronicling the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history.

filmmaker ken burns talks about lessons learned from the dust bowl

rls friends frances chin and wai jit chow chin

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Familiar Face, New Role jim dunford may be new to his position as Director of Board Relations, but he is no stranger to WGBH. During his 24-plusyear career here, the Quincy native and Boston College grad has done it all: directed live local television, produced and edited promos for local and national series, and, for the past 12 years, served as series manager for WGBH’s acclaimed history series, American Experience.

So how do you make the leap from keeping a major national production on track to working with WGBH’s leadership boards?

Jim pondered that question on a flight back from the 2012 Summer PBS Press Tour in LA after learning about the open position. “I’ve spent my career empowering WGBH’s mission by building relationships —with producers, with PBS, with our Major Gifts team. I was intrigued.”

So was WGBH President Jon Abbott.

“Jim has a deep knowledge of WGBH and public media and a superb skill set that have helped American Experience prosper,” Jon says. “One of WGBH’s greatest assets is our board leadership. I am confident that Jim not only will enhance our board members’ experiences here, but will enable us to utilize their considerable talents even further.”

What’s next? “One of my goals this year is to get to know our board members and help them choose the committees that best match their interests and expertise,” Jim says. “It’s a great way not only to strengthen WGBH, but to meet other interesting leaders.”

Jim is right where he wants to be.

“WGBH is a special place,” he says. “To be able to work at an organization for two and a half decades and reinvent yourself every so often while still serving the larger mission is extraordinary.”

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WGBH Welcomes Our

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Newest Trustees

his past February, WGBH welcomed aboard two new Trustees: Amy Abrams and Terrie F. Bloom. “It’s always an exciting moment when we add new talent to our Board,” says WGBH Chair Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. “And as former WGBH Overseers, Amy and Terrie will be able to step into their new leadership roles without skipping a beat. We’re looking forward to tapping their considerable experience and expertise in the year ahead.” amy a br a ms of Brookline is the President of the Abrams Foundation, which supports nonprofit organizations focused on youth development and related education organizations and initiatives, the arts, and community issues.

She is a Trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and a member of the Brown University Women’s Leadership Council, and was a member of the WGBH Board of Overseers. Abrams received an AB degree in History from Brown University and an MBA and Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University. Previously, Amy worked with financially troubled companies and was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs and Company and RD Smith and Company, and a corporate lending officer at the Chase Manhattan Bank. terr ie f. blo o m of Wellesley is the founder and Managing Director of i-concepts, LLC, which has the mission of helping nonprofit organizations generate income from their core assets of photography, artwork, and ephemera.

Since 2004, i-concepts has worked with the Boston Public Library, The Sports Museum, the Schlesinger Library, and other prominent institutions, searching their archives for historic art and photographs that can be made into unique, beautiful, fun, or whimsical prints, posters, and note cards. An active member of many nonprofit boards, Terrie serves on the Harvard Libraries Visiting Committee and the Schlesinger Library Council, and was a member of the WGBH Board of Overseers. She has consulted to numerous nonprofits in greater Boston through Community Action Partners. Terrie is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

Consider an IRA Rollover

A Masterful

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Bequest

efore Masterpiece signs off every Sunday, the WGBH logo fills the screen.

“Seeing it warms my heart,” says jean rho d es of Silver Lake, Ohio.

The familiar four letters bring her back to her childhood in Boston and later, Waltham, Massachusetts.

She remembers riding her bike down Trapelo Road and passing a giant, mobile number “2” promoting the WGBH Auction. As a teenager, she watched Masterpiece premiere in 1971, and recalls being captivated by shows such as Elizabeth R and Jude the Obscure.

“I was hooked by Masterpiece from the very beginning,” Jean says. “As a very shy kid, it rescued me. It opened up the worlds of literature and the imagination.”

Jean and her husband, Larry, have put Masterpiece in their will to help ensure the series can do for future generations what it did for Jean. Theirs is one of more than 40 bequest intentions received by the Masterpiece Trust to date.

With their bequest, Jean and Larry are setting an example for their three teenage children. “We wanted to show them how to grow up with integrity, to do the right thing, and to think about other people,” Jean says.

She has shared her love of Masterpiece with her children: watching Emma with her daughter, Ainsley; The 39 Steps with her son, Eric; and Inspector Lewis with her son, Alec. “We always remind them to enjoy Masterpiece because now it belongs to them, too,” Jean says. “They’re proud when Sunday night comes around.”

After 42 years, Masterpiece remains appointment television for Jean, who enjoys current hits such as Sherlock and Downton Abbey. But she also can quickly recall a scene or storyline from the series’ early days. “The stories and the characters are so compelling,” Jean says. “They stay with you.”

How has WGBH changed your world?

Perhaps you spent Sunday nights with your family, watching Masterpiece turn great literature into brilliant drama. Or saw your children or grandchildren master their vocabulary with a little help from Martha Speaks. Maybe your love of classical music or public affairs was sparked by listening to WGBH on radio, online, or even your smartphone! Every day, WGBH feeds your passion for learning, inspiration, and entertainment.

But, we can’t do it without you. If you’ve been thinking about giving a gift to WGBH, there’s never been a better time. The Charitable IRA Rollover is back through the end of 2013.

If you are 70 and 1/2 years of age or older, you may transfer up to $100,000 from your IRA directly to WGBH and enjoy tax savings through this Charitable IRA Rollover.

Here’s how it works: Rather than taking all or a portion of your required minimum distribution from your IRA, which would be treated as taxable income, the law allows you to donate it to a qualified charity and does not treat it as taxable income.

We hope you’ll consider how this Charitable IRA Rollover extension may benefit you…and WGBH. If you would like to take advantage of the extended Charitable IRA Rollover or would like more information, please contact Ericka Webb, Director of Gift Planning and Endowment (617-300-3860 or ericka_webb@wgbh.org).

W H AT W I L L YO U R L E G A C Y B E ?

Everyone has the power to leave a lasting legacy through WGBH, and it’s easy to do. Explore the possibilities by contacting Ericka Webb, Director of Gift Planning and Endowment, at ericka_webb@wgbh.org or 617-300-3860.

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– Gareth Neame

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