Meet the Team

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Maxim Gantman

Audience and Member Services Supervisor

Maxim Gantman serves as the audience and member services supervisor at KPBS where he oversees the audience and member services representatives as well as the lobby staff. In this role, Max ensures the delivery of exceptional customer service to members, listeners, viewers and the general public. His team handles a wide range of inquiries related to donations, radio and television programming, KPBS Passport, news content and other station-related topics.

Max began his career at KPBS in 2012 as an audience and member services representative, bringing with him over 20 years of customer service experience. He holds a master’s degree in history from California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). Beyond his professional work, Max has been a dedicated volunteer with FIRST Robotics for nearly a decade, serving in various capacities including core values and project judge, head judge, and judge advisor. He also served on the board of the Southern California Robotics League.

Currently, Max is taking a pause from volunteer activities to focus on his growing family and enjoys spending free time with family exploring the San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, and SeaWorld.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

Politics

Senate Republicans turn to 'nuclear option' to speed confirmation of Trump nominees

Barbara Sprunt

The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP complaints that Democrats were dragging out the confirmation process.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Vintage San Jose - Hour 1

Jennifer Robinson

Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. ROADSHOW revisits vintage treasures from San Jose with values updated for today’s market including a Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring, an Edwardian jockey chair, and a Tlingit bowl and ladle. Watch to learn which find is now $325K-$350K!
Appraisal: 1901-1910 Steam Car & Racing Collection

See Leila Dunbar appraise a 1901-1910 steam car and racing collection in "Vintage San Jose, Hour 1."
Economy

Avocado growers in San Diego County face multiple challenges

John Carroll

The region's avocado acreage has dropped from roughly 26,000 acres in 2008 to about 13,000 in 2024. A combination of increased water rates and labor costs is bringing the industry down.
Environment

California may help solar bloom where water runs dry

Rachel Becker, CalMatters

The state’s farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting agricultural land. The goal of a bill proposed by Assembly Democrat Buffy Wicks is to seed solar farms on fallowed fields.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FDR

Jennifer Robinson

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Part 1 and 2 Saturdays, Sept.13 + 20, 2025 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 or Tuesday, Sept.16 from 8 - 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. The policies and persona of Franklin Delano Roosevelt set the cast of the "modern" presidency. He was unquestionably the most vital figure in the nation, and perhaps the world, during his 13 years in the White House. Engendering both admiration and scorn, FDR exerted unflinching leadership during the most tumultuous period in the nation's history since the Civil War.