John (Jack) Galmiche III, President and Chief Executive Officer
Jack Galmiche is president and chief executive officer of the Nine Network of Public Media. Jack is a native St. Louisan and returned to his hometown in 2006, from Portland, Oregon.
Nine is among the most watched public television stations in the PBS system with one of the most highly rated audiences for full day viewing. Jack has focused the station’s efforts around new forms of community engagement and expanded the reach of the station’s programming and content through four local channels in the St. Louis market and new capabilities of digital distribution through the internet. The Nine Network’s groundbreaking community engagement initiative, Facing the Mortgage Crisis, has been implemented in more than 70 public television and radio markets around the United States. Through Homeland, a new initiative focused on immigration, the Nine Network again is using multiple platforms to engage, educate and inspire the community.
A new 5,500-square-foot digital media center known as the Nine Center for Public Engagement is producing new forms of digital media and online content. The center also is home to the daily online news service, the St. Louis Beacon.
Prior to joining the Nine Network, Jack was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) where he managed the operations of a statewide network of public television and radio stations. Under Jack’s leadership, OPB’s National Television Production unit posted substantial gains, increasing national productions for public television from 30 hours to more than 200 hours, including the popular PBS series History Detectives.
Jack has served on several public broadcasting and industry boards of directors. He currently serves on the national board of directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). He serves on the PBS Audit Committee and is chair of the Interconnection Committee. Jack is also a participating member of the PBS Communications Advisory Committee and Contributor Development Partnership. He is vice chair of the Public Television Major Market Group and chair of the Public Television Association of Missouri. Jack serves as vice chair of the board of directors of American Public Television (APT). He is also on the board of directors of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and serves on the NETA Executive Committee. Jack is also chair of the Education Committee of the Affinity Group Coalition and is a former board treasurer of the Integrated Media Association (IMA) and past board chair of the Northwest News Network.
Jack holds a B.S. in Finance and Business Management from Saint Louis University.
Public Addresses
About Nine
Nine Network of Public Media Announces Public Phase of $25 Million Campaign
Our Journey: From Sesame Street to Your Street
The Arts Are Alive
Igniting the Spirit of Possibility
Resources
Collective Impact – www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact/
"Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations."
Charting Impact – stlouis.bbb.org/charity/charting-impact/
