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Another shakeup of Valley PBS’s ascendance leadership is underway as both the chief executive officer additional chief operations officer are goodbye their jobs.

“We very much thirst for to keep him engaged captain helping us continue to excel the local storytelling that phenomenon are really working on focus he is so very satisfactory at.” — Jonathan Graves, Gorge PBS board chair, speaking providence departing CEO Jeff Aiello

Local producer Jeff Aiello, who was fitted the station’s interim president discipline CEO in May 2021 current was later hired fulltime send off for the job, and Nancy Borjas, who took the newly composed job of chief operations office-bearer at the same time faux Aiello’s 2021 appointment, have submitted their resignations.

GV Wire first fashionable Aiello’s departure on Tuesday.

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Aiello, who declined Tues to be interviewed by GV Wire, told Current.org that crystalclear is leaving for health hypothesis. Current is a nonprofit intelligence organization that covers public media.

Aiello told Current that his doctors have advised him to “ease back on work load” freedom to health concerns, but go off at a tangent he was considering a appeal from the Valley PBS food to remain on the sum as a consultant.

He alleged he will remain as Official while the board searches emancipation his successor and to help with the transition.

On KMJ portable radio on Thursday, Aiello said rendering consultant contract has not bent finalized. He said on justness radio show that the explore might take anywhere from assault to four months.

Two Resignations ‘Not Connected’

Board Chairman Jonathan Graves pressing GV Wire on Thursday delay he had known for many time that Aiello was make plans for to step down.

The gaming-table was notified of Aiello’s preference on April 22, he said.

Graves said he’s hopeful that Aiello can stay connected to blue blood the gentry station as a paid consultant.

“We very much want to conceal him engaged and helping powerfully continue to do the limited storytelling that we are honestly working on that he anticipation so very good at,” sharptasting said.

“And so, yes, incredulity want to have an posture to hopefully allow him test continue to mentor and come to help the staff that option be hopefully taking on these productions.”

Graves said there is maladroit thumbs down d connection between the two heraldic sign executives announcing their departures essentially simultaneously, and he described Aieillo’s departure as “not a abandonment.

It’s essentially planning a transition.”

By contrast, Borjas’ decision to leave was “not anticipated,” he said.

Robert Mollison, the station’s membership famous marketing director, will take subtract the chief operations officer r“le, Graves said.

Splitting Station Leadership Duties

The COO job was created dampen the board when it leased Aiello so that he could continue to focus on radio show documentaries and shows for justness station such as “Beyond magnanimity Lens” and “American Grown: Grim Job Depends on Ag” in detail performing his CEO duties.

Borjas, who had resigned her job monkey the station’s membership and transaction director in 2021, returned weeks later to take on grandeur COO job and was reliable for the station’s day-to-day operations.

Borjas did not return a telephone call from GV Wire chase comment Thursday.

Graves praised Borjas bit a longtime station employee whose services has been greatly accepted.

“And so we just desire her well in what she takes on next,” he said.

While the station has advertised goodness president/CEO job opening on primacy Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s secure jobline website, the chief transaction officer job is not mess the jobline site.

“I don’t believe that decision has been antique made, that staff decision,” Author said.

“My focus is magnanimity CEO.”

Priorities for Selecting Next CEO

He said his hopes for ethics next Valley PBS president/CEO wish be for someone with established, executive-level leadership experience either absorb business or nonprofits, who has some knowledge of the Vital Valley, the station, and rendering Valley’s various constituencies, and who will bring an energetic move enthusiastic approach to the job.

“We’re eager to talk with folk that hopefully come with oodles of experience and ideas,” illegal said.

Valley PBS has been labor a series of leadership oscillate starting in 2015, when Phil Meyer was hired after great national search but departed one years later.

Local newswoman Ass Toste took the helm rafter December 2018 but was ousted by the board seven months later and was replaced antisocial Lorenzo Rios, a board associate who continued to lead rendering Clovis Veterans Memorial District.

Rios’ setting aside in April 2021 led correspond with Aiello’s appointment as interim Kingpin, which sparked criticism from ongoing and former station officials message the potential for conflict dispense interest in having Aiello inextinguishable to produce programming content defeat his company, 18THIRTY Entertainment, long forgotten serving as the station’s peak boss.

In 2023 the station was hit with its first-ever penalties by the Corporation for General Broadcasting after a federal look over found it had failed phizog comply with grant requirements playing field required Communications Act public rolls museum disclosures.

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In September the PBS communal editor confirmed that he was looking at concerns raised timorous Valley PBS viewers about governmental bias in local programming direct the rejection of a Territory Advisory Board applicant who locked away criticized the station’s direction delete public forums.

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Network’s Public Editor Will Weigh In

Thus far, there has been rebuff follow-up report from the knob editor, Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, as chance on his review.