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DeAnne Hamilton is Executive Director and General Manager of KBTC Public Television, a service of Bates Technical College serving western Washington from its location in Tacoma Washington.  
In addition to providing quality content from public media sources, KBTC has increased its engagement through locally produced content, and in providing education services to youth and families in partnership with local school districts and community partners devoted to children’s educational success.

Hamilton joined KBTC in 2016 after serving four years as founding general manager of 90.5 WESA, a multi-platform public media organization in Pittsburgh, PA. Before joining 90.5 WESA Hamilton served as general manager and director of broadcasting services for WKAR Public Broadcasting at Michigan State University where she had oversight for four digital television channels, several cable and two radio channels.

Prior to joining WKAR, Hamilton began her public media career at KQED in San Francisco, CA. In 1999, she was named vice president & television station manager, where she was responsible for leading the   daily broadcast and local and national production operations. Before KQED, Hamilton served as a producer with CBS affiliate KPIX Television in San Francisco, CA and ABC affiliate KATU in Portland, OR where she began her broadcasting career.

Hamilton has served on several national boards of directors including America’s Public Television Stations (APTS), the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA). She was a founding member of the University Licensee Association (ULA), Affinity Group Coalition, and board member of Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), Black Public Media, the Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters, Michigan Public Radio Network and the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross. She currently serves on the boards of the Washington Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, Rotary 8 and South Puget Sound & Olympics Chapter of the America Red Cross, APTS and NETA.

Hamilton holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Washington Seattle.