Before joining the Bernard Osher Foundation, Mary G. F. Bitterman had served as president and CEO of the James Irvine Foundation, president and CEO of KQED, executive director of the Hawaii Public Broadcasting Authority, director of Voice of America, director of the Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and director of the East-West Center’s Institute of Culture and Communication. Bitterman has produced several documentaries for public television and has written on telecommunications development and the role of media in developing societies. She is an honorary member of the National Presswomen’s Federation and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. She holds a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College.