Leadership

As director of radio, Sarah oversees Wisconsin Public Radio’s two networks, 38 stations and seven bureaus. Her 25 years of experience includes work as Vermont Public’s head of content and newsroom roles at Minnesota Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and KBIA in Missouri. Under her leadership, Vermont Public and NHPR won national Edward R. Murrow awards for overall excellence. Raised in Minnesota, Sarah became interested in public radio while pursuing her journalism degree at the University of Missouri–Columbia. She has taught radio journalism in Russia and China and has been a leadership fellow with Columbia University and with Public Media Women in Leadership.

Jon Miskowski, a native of Stevens Point, is Director of Television at PBS Wisconsin, leading the six-station PBS Wisconsin network that includes four multicast channels, Wisconsin productions, online and digital services, PBS Wisconsin’s Pre-kindergarten-12th grade education service and community engagement. He previously held the position of Director of Development at PBS Wisconsin for 15 years, where he oversaw all of PBS Wisconsin’s fundraising activities. During that time, Miskowski also served as Executive Director of Friends of Wisconsin Public Television, the citizen support group for PBS Wisconsin. He is the recipient of the 2009 C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year Award from PBS.