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 panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression. -
This week was full of mysteries. If you're a super sleuth who followed the news, you'll be well on your way to a perfect score. -
For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit Songs of Love Foundation has created custom songs for kids with terminal illnesses. Now it has harnessed AI to expand its services to older adults with memory loss. -
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight. -
Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools. -
Reneé Rapp conquered Broadway in Mean Girls and the small screen on The Sex Lives of College Girls. Now she's gunning for the pop charts with her new album, Bite Me.
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- California’s last beet sugar plant is closing. Can Imperial County keep the industry alive?
- Electric vehicle drivers in California could soon lose HOV lane perk
- Gov. Gavin Newsom, California Democrats announce redistricting plan to counter Texas effort
- Vista approves $3.5 million for Wave Waterpark repairs