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John (Jack) Galmiche III, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jack Galmiche is KETC’s President and CEO. Jack is a native St. Louisan and returned to his hometown in November, 2006 from Portland, Oregon.

KETC 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. KETC now manages its community engagement initiative, Facing the Mortgage Crisis, in over 70 public television and radio markets around the U.S.

A new 5000 square foot digital media center is currently under construction at KETC. Known as the Nine Network of Public Media and funded by a grant from the Dana Brown Foundation, the facility will produce new forms of digital media and online content. The Nine Network will also be home to the daily online news service, the St. Louis Beacon.

Prior to joining KETC, Jack was the Executive Vice President and COO of Oregon Public Broadcasting 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 pubic television from 30 hours to more than 200 hours, including the current PBS series History Detectives.

Jack has served on several public broadcasting and industry boards and committees. He is a current member of the PBS board of directors, treasurer and chair of the finance committee for the board of American Public Television (APT) and immediate past member and treasurer of the board of the Integrated Media Association (IMA). He is the past board chair of the Northwest Public Affairs Network, a former member of the NAB Data Broadcasting Committee, and a contributing member of several DTV standards organizations, including the ATSC Committee on Interactive Services. He also served as a director of the International Electronic Cinema Festival.

Jack holds a B.S. in Finance and Business Management from St. Louis University.

Dick Skalski, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Dick Skalski is senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of KETC. As CFO, he is responsible for KETC's fiscal and administrative affairs, including preparation of annual operating budgets, financial statements and forecasts, and human resource management. As COO, he manages the day-to-day operations of the station. Prior to joining KETC, Skalski spent 20 years with PerkinElmer Optoelectronics in various management positions, most recently as controller and part of senior management. He is a licensed CPA and a member of the Missouri Society of CPAs (MSCPA). He has a M.B.A. in finance from Suffolk University in Boston and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Patricia Kistler, Vice President of Programming

As vice president of programming at KETC, Patricia Kistler has more than 20 years of television industry experience. She is responsible for creating and distributing KETC's broadcast schedule, overseeing programming for suitability and compliance with FCC regulations, and planning membership drives. Since joining KETC, Kistler has held several positions including traffic manager, program operations manager and program director, and has received the Golden Grid Award for innovation and achievement in programming. She is a member of the Public Television Programmers' Association (PTPA) and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Kistler graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from St. Louis University.

John Lindsay, Vice President of National/International Productions

An experienced production executive, John Lindsay’s produced or co-produced nearly 300 hours of national primetime public television programming. He has executive produced an additional 22 international co-production projects with partners from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan. Lindsay and his colleagues share 62 of the television industry’s most prestigious broadcasting awards including seven national Emmys, three Japan Prize awards, three George Foster Peabody awards and two Columbia-DuPont awards.

Lindsay came to KETC in 2007 from Towers Productions in Chicago, where he was vice president of international productions. He is the executive producer of the PBS documentary The 22nd Century, a science pilot broadcast in January 2007. He has also served as executive vice president of Carlton Productions LLC in Princeton, New Jersey, and spent 14 years at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), where he served as senior vice president/director, national/international productions.

Chrys Marlow, Vice President of Engineering and Operations

In serving as vice president of engineering and operations for KETC, Chrys Marlow oversees all technology at the station, including the engineering, production, operations, traffic and IT departments. Since joining KETC in 1985, Marlow has held a number of positions, including maintenance engineer and senior editor. His background includes over 29 years in television, beginning in high school when he was employed by KDNL-TV in St. Louis. Marlow attended Jefferson College and graduated with an associate's degree in electronic technology.

Patrick Murphy, Vice President of Production

In serving as vice president of production for KETC, Patrick Murphy is responsible for the development, content and presentation of programs produced by the station. Murphy produced and directed the Telly Award-winning documentary American Tower, which profiles the history of the Continental Life building. He is the executive producer and co-creator of the multi-award-winning KETC series Living St. Louis.

Murphy is an adjunct faculty member at Webster University. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor of arts degree and did post-graduate work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Amy Shaw, Vice President Education and Community Engagement

A public media leader, Amy Shaw is leading KETC in deepening its role as a more significant local organization, important to and deeply involved in the St. Louis community. Since coming to KETC in 2003, Shaw has led the station in ground-breaking projects focusing on early literacy, teacher training, foster care, quality healthcare, the impact of race and economics on the community and the state of education in the St. Louis region. In 2007, Shaw led the station in the unprecedented Your Stories: St. Louis Remembers World War II engagement project which personifies how KETC can create safe and trusted spaces for the community’s untold stories. Shaw is leading a collaborative community engagement initiative focused on the impact of the mortgage crisis on the St. Louis region and markets across the country. Shaw serves on numerous local and national boards and is deeply committed to the power of public broadcasting and the health of the St. Louis region.

Shaw came to KETC-TV from WSIU-TV in Carbondale, IL after directing the station’s education efforts for five years. Shaw was the co-founder of the ChalkWaves consortium, an educational media partnership of public television stations. Shaw holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Public Relations from Bradley University, Peoria, IL; and a master's degree in Telecommunications from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Michael Hardgrove, President Emeritus

Michael Hardgrove is president emeritus of KETC, having recently retired from his position of president and CEO. Hardgrove joined KETC in 1978 as president and general manager. He currently serves as the chairman of the National Membership and Expansion Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), and as treasurer and founding president of the Public Telecommunications Association of Missouri. His numerous awards for television broadcasting include five Emmy Awards from the Washington, D.C., chapter of NATAS and two Governor's Awards from the St. Louis chapter.

Prior to joining KETC, Hardgrove worked at televisions WTOP (CBS affiliate) and WETA (PBS) in Washington, D.C., and KVIE (PBS) in Sacramento, California. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Tucson, with a bachelor's degree in speech, he served two years in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps.