KCET's community engagement efforts with its viewers and supporters would not be possible without the help of the Community Advisory Board (CAB). This active group of volunteer leaders is the station's eyes and ears of the community and play an integral part of the planning and implementation of many KCET outreach programs.

Their function, as mandated by Congress in 1979, is to advise the governing body of KCET with respect to whether the programming and other policies are meeting the special educational and cultural needs of the various communities served by the station.

Regular membership consists of 30 members and reflects the diversity, needs and interests of KCET's viewers. CAB members serve a six-year term, with new members joining annually. Because KCET has the largest geographic reach of any public media television station in California, the Community Advisory Board members represent diverse constituencies and a wide array of issues such as aging/senior citizens, cultural diversity, national commemorative heritage month initiatives, community services, culture and the arts, economy, family, health/medical services, media services, substance abuse, science/technology, youth, and education/schools.

The CAB meets bimonthly on Wednesdays, at 5:30 pm at KCET.

Patti Koltnow
Chair, Community Advisory Board & Non-profit Consultant
President, The Koltnow Group
Representing women's issues and community services

Luis R. Quintero
Vice-Chair, Community Advisory Board
Director & Producer, The Handmade Movie Company
Representing Latino Issues, film and digital media

Oni Adunni
Adjunct Professor, Los Angeles City College Learning Skills Department
Representing religion and church issues, education/schools, culture and art

Karmen Beck
Festival Managing Director, Sunset Strip Music Festival LLC
Representing media services, culture and the arts

Barbara Bickham
President & Chair, TechGenii, Inc.
Representing science & technology

Rick Boggs
Director of Described Media, VITAC
Representing blind and visually impaired persons, service animal handlers, equal employment opportunities, accessibility, and disability issues

Caprice L. Collins, Esq.
Collins Law Firm
Representing African-American, community, media and women's issues

Hong S. Dea
Attorney at Law
Representing legal issues

John Esaki
Director of Programs, Japanese American National Museum
Representing Asian Pacific American, education, culture and arts issues

LaTasha Hawthorne
Teacher Advisor, Education and Career Center, Mid-wilshire Campus, LAUSD
Representing education and the arts

Claudia S. Hernandez
Community Relations Manager, CalOptima
Representing Latino and healthcare issues, and arts and culture

Marco A. Jimenez
Senior Lead Officer & Community Relations Liaison, Los Angeles Police Department
Representing crime prevention, law enforcement, ethnic and minority, and youth and gang issues

Patrice Jinso-Springer
Educator & Instructor
Representing education, Latino, and women's issues

Jenny C. Krusoe
Director of Development, Legacy LA
Representing nonprofit, community government, arts, youth and poverty issues

Munson A. Kwok, Ph.D.
Representing Asian Pacific American, education and public policy issues

Robert Lewis
Program Officer, California Community Fund
Representing African-American, family, foster care and at-risk youth issues

Y.Y. Lin
Chairman/President, SunGreen Systems
Representing Taiwanese community and environmental Issues

Daniel Loera
Director, Office of Multicultural Services University of La Verne
Representing Latino issues, higher education, gang and prison issues and religion and cultural diversity

Thomas Nakanishi
Special Assistant to the President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Representing Asian Pacific American, civil right and governmental issues

Mark S. Reed
Actor and National Representative for American Indians in Film and TV
Representing American Indian issues

Jeanne Shamim
Executive Director, Aim High Learning Services
Representing children under age 16, youth education and natural/manmade disasters

Sonny Skyhawk
Founder, American Indians in Film and Television; CEO, Omnimedia and Reel NDN Films
Representing American Indian issues

Linda Taheripour
Representing cultural diversity and community government issues

Richard Zaldivar
President & Founder, The Wall/Las Memorias Project
Representing community services, cultural diversity, ethnic/minority Groups, Latino, substance abuse addiction, AIDS and LGBT issues.