Patricia de Stacy Harrison (born 1939)[1] is an American public relations executive and government official serving as president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,a non-profit established by the federal government to support public radio and television broadcasting.[2]
In 1973 she co-founded the public relations agency the E. Bruce Harrison Company. While working with the company,which was sold in a merger in 1996,"she created and directed programs in the public interest comprising diverse stakeholder groups,including the National Environmental Development Association,a partnership of labor,agriculture and industry working for better environmental solutions together."[3]
In June 2005 she was appointed president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.[2] Later that year,the process by which she was selected was called into question by a report from the Inspector General of the CPB. The report concluded that then-CPB chairman Kenneth Tomlinson "was strongly motivated by political considerations in filling the president/CEO position".[4] Tomlinson resigned from the CPB board on November 4,2005 and was replaced by Cheryl Halpern. Harrison is the CPB president and CEO as of January2021[update].[5] In 2015,Harrison gave public support to the work of the David Lynch Foundation.[6]
Books
Patricia Harrison (ed),America's New Women Entrepreneurs:Tips,Tactics,and Techniques of Women Achievers in Business,Acropolis Books,May 1986, ISBN0-87491-810-3
Patricia Harrison, Seat At The Table: An Insider's Guide for America's New Women Leaders, Mastermedia Publishing Company, February 1996, ISBN1-57101-042-4
↑ "Women in the Media Who Meditate". David Lynch Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. Eight nationally renowned women leaders in the media who meditate gathered on April 16, 2015 in New York City to raise awareness about the benefits of the evidence-based Transcendental Meditation technique for overcoming stress, improving performance, and enhancing work-life balance in their lives.
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