Cynthia Fenneman

Cynthia A. Fenneman is president and CEO of American Public Television (APT), the leading syndicator of award-winning programs to the more than 360 U.S. public television stations. Last year, APT presented 33 of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles. American Public Television content ranges from high quality drama and documentaries to lifestyle and travel. APT also distributes two of public television’s most widely carried multicast channels: Create TV featuring popular cooking, travel, gardening, arts and crafts and home improvement programs; and WORLD, showcasing quality non-fiction content from established, diverse and emerging producers.

Fenneman is a broadcasting and production executive with more than 30 years of experience in commercial, public and network cable television. Fenneman has been awarded more than 40 international, national and regional honors, including 12 Emmys, a Columbia duPont and CableAce award.

Prior to APT, as president of Fenneman Productions, she was executive producer for A&E Biography, PBS, Discovery and American Public Television programs. In the mid ‘90s, she was special projects executive for PBS’s Local/National Initiatives including The Democracy Project which fostered political coverage. From 1999 to 2001, Fenneman was major projects executive and launch team member for the Discovery Health Channel. For more than a decade, Fenneman produced content with Westinghouse Broadcasting at WJZ-TV/Baltimore, KPIX/San Francisco and KYW/Philadelphia for news, top rated daily live talk shows, documentaries, entertainment specials and investigative consumer report series. During her several years with Evening/PM Magazine, she was the leading producer of national stories. Fenneman serves on many awards juries including DuPont Columbia, International Emmys, Banff World Media Festival, Seoul International Drama and Realscreen.

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