Deanna Martin Mackey is the KPBS station manager, overseeing the station’s content on TV, radio and the Web; as well as the corporate development, marketing, membership, communications and outreach divisions. Mackey has worked at KPBS since 1990 in jobs ranging from managing editor of KPBS’ On Air magazine, to media relations coordinator to director of public information. Prior to becoming the station manager, Deanna spent 10 years as the Associate General Manager for Marketing, Education and New Media.

Mackey serves on the board and executive committee of the Integrated Media Association (IMA), an organization that creates and supports projects that harness the power of the Internet and other new media for the benefit of public broadcasters. She served as chair of the board for two years.
Mackey serves on the board of the Girl Scouts San Diego/Imperial Valley Council and chairs the board’s strategic planning committee.

Prior to working at KPBS, Mackey was a writer and editor for numerous San Diego-based publications. She spent her early years in journalism as a radio news writer. Mackey earned her bachelor of arts from San Diego State University with a double major in journalism and political science.