Wonya Lucas

Wonya Lucas has served as president and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta since 2015, overseeing Atlanta’s NPR (WABE) and PBS (PBA) stations. Previously she held marketing and communications positions with CNN, the Weather Channel, and Discovery Communications, and was president and CEO of TV One—the second African American woman to lead a cable television company. She takes pride in the fact that her father, Bill Lucas, was the first African American general manager in professional baseball with the Atlanta Braves. Education: Georgia Tech, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (MBA)