Louise H. Bryson joined the board in June 1998, becoming a vice chair in July 2004 and chair in August 2006. In 2009, Bryson retired as the president of distribution, Lifetime Entertainment Services. She was also the executive vice president and general manager of Lifetime Movie Network. Bryson currently serves on the boards of Pomona College and Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), as well as the advisory councils for the Stanford Graduate School of Business and USCs Annenberg School for Communications. She was chairman of KCET, the local PBS station in Los Angeles, and a former member of the PBS National Board, which honored her with the 1998 Award for Excellence in Public Television Leadership. Bryson holds both an M.B.A and M.A.T. from Stanford University and received her B.A. from the University of Washington.