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WCTE CEO Becky Magura has been named a recipient of PBS’s Development Professional of the Year Award.
Magura has served as an member of the WCTE team for over 39 years and became station CEO in 2006.
Since then, Magura has played an important role in fundraising. She launched a fundraiser in 1983 that helped keep WCTE on air. That fundraiser is still held each year and brings in about $100,000 annually. She has also served two terms on the PBS Board of Directors and served as Chair of the NETA Board of Directors.
“We applaud Becky (…) for their extraordinary dedication, passion and leadership to their stations and communities,” PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger said in a release. “This award represents the highest level of professional achievement in the public broadcasting development community, and we are thrilled to recognize their contributions.”
The award was established in 1990 in memory of Scott Elliott, who raised more than $100 million for PBS member stations in Detroit, Buffalo and Cincinnati over the course of his career. Magura was one of two who received the distinction.
