Sherri Hope Culver

President

Sherri Hope Culver specializes in content development and strategic management for children's media and public media. She serves as director of the Media Education Lab at Temple University and as a lecturer in the department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media. Under her supervisor, the Lab developed an award-winning website and play environment for girls exploring media production and media literacy. (www.mypopstudio.com)

Sherri's commitment to public media is reflected in her more than twenty years working with public broadcasting. Recent projects include serving as a consultant in the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Small Station Strategic Planning Initiative and conducting research for PBS Kids Sprout. Sherri served as General Manager of WYBE Public TV in Philadelphia and as an executive with New Jersey Public Broadcasting. She has served on several national panels charged with planning future components of the industry, including the CPB Digital Consultation Panel and the Legislative Advisory Group for the Association of Public Television Stations.

Sherri was an invited speaker to the University of Chicago's symposium on the Future of Public Broadcasting and authored a similarly titled article for the journal TV Quarterly. Her production background includes executive producing and producing over 600 hours of public television programming including talk shows, documentaries, town meetings and dramas.

Sherri holds a masters in Public Culture from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Radio/TV/Film from Temple University. She is the author of the book, The Television and Video Survival Guide: An Insiders Top Notch Creative and Technical Advice for Your First (or next) Production.

Sherri has served on the AMLA board since 2005. She also serves on the board of Women's Way, the oldest grantmaking organization for women in the US. She serves on the Media Literacy committee of Girls, Inc. and is member of the Future of Public Media Initiative at the Center for Social Media. Sherri has volunteered for the past 12 summers as a camp counselor with the Birch Family Camp, a camp for children and families effected by HIV/AIDS.