Stephanie Bergsma
Associate General ManagerStephanie Bergsma worked at KPBS from 1982 to 2012. As associate general manager, Bergsma was responsible for major gifts, production underwriting, Gays and Lesbians for Public Broadcasting affinity group and the Producers Club. Her greatest achievements include raising the funds to build the KPBS Copley Telecommunications Center and funding all of the equipment including the HDTV conversion pieces. Stephanie’s relationship with the late Joan Kroc resulted in a bequest of $235 million to National Public Radio and a $5 million bequest to KPBS in November 2003.
Stephanie has served several cultural organizations in San Diego including on the boards of the Museum of Photographic Arts, Francis Parker School, Charter 100 and Voices for Children. She was also one of the first graduates of Lead San Diego and has been active in the La Jolla Playhouse and the San Diego Museum of Art.
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A new state law allows California to set its own vaccine recommendations and requires health plans it regulates to cover them. -
Organizers say they plan weekly protests outside the Schwartz federal courthouse. -
In a bid to address San Diego's housing shortage, the city's Complete Communities program is paving the way for developments like this one in University Heights, where a single-family home will give rise to nearly two dozen new residences. -
Monday, September 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. See astounding ROADSHOW value updates to items discovered 15 years ago in San Jose, including a 1934 Martin 000-18 Guitar, Ansel Adams modern prints, ca. 1960, and a Longines aviator’s watch, ca. 1938. One Pop Art drawing doubles in value! -
Parents at Bethune TK-8 School are pushing back on the decision. -
Premieres Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. The film follows the charismatic West Virginian plaintiff attorney Paul Farrell, Jr., as he wages a legal war against some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a landmark battle fueled by personal stakes.
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