Vince Petronzio
Chief Financial Officer; Associate General Manager, Business & Financial AffairsVince Petronzio is the chief financial officer and associate general manager for business and financial affairs at KPBS. He has been with the organization since 2010 and oversees the business administration, financial management, and membership and underwriting fundraising for the FM and TV station’s multimillion dollar budget. In that capacity, he also works closely with the senior management team at San Diego State University and its related Research Foundation.
Vince is an experienced financial executive with over 35 years of progressive responsibilities in accounting, finance, operations, strategic planning, and business development. He started his career as a CPA at Ernst & Young and rapidly progressed to senior manager. At Ernst & Young, Vince focused on a variety of public and privately held organizations in retail/wholesale, manufacturing, technology, publishing, and non-profit institutions including several colleges and universities. Prior to joining KPBS he served as chief financial and operating officer in several organizations including an international publisher of management training programs, a privately held engineering and IT organization, a large dietary supplement organization, and an international apparel brand in the action sports market.
Vince formerly served as the board chair of the Public Media Business Association and currently serves as the board treasurer of the University Station Alliance. Vince graduated Cum Laude from Ohio University.
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Premieres Monday, May 20, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 26 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. Travel to all five cities of ROADSHOW's Season 28 Tour for never-before-seen appraisals, including a 1976 Mark Hamill-signed Star Wars poster, a 1979 Bob Ross landscape oil, and a 1973 Iditarod Race sled!
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More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Thursday, May 23 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV. Test cook Keith Dresser makes host Julia Collin Davison a Southern Thai speciality, Khua Kling (Pork Stir-Fry). Science expert Dan Souza explains how broccoli and dogs are more similar than you think, and test cook Elle Simone Scott makes host Bridget Lancaster Khao Niaow Ma Muang (Sticky Rice with Mango).
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration says it will cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel to capture and store more water.
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U.S. figures show that San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April.
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A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.
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- Six years after an assessment found a ‘climate of anti-Blackness’ at Southwestern College, what’s changed?
- Mexico’s only tall ship makes port in San Diego