Ms. Lauderdale is the chief legal officer of PBS and manages the Office of the General Counsel, which includes the Legal and Business Affairs departments, as well as the Corporate Secretary's Office and Legislative and Regulatory Affairs. The Legal Department is responsible for providing a wide range of services with respect to intellectual property, litigation, regulatory, labor, corporate and other legal matters. The Business Affairs Department, among other things, negotiates content agreements for PBS programming services. Prior to joining PBS in June of 2002, Ms. Lauderdale was Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and General Counsel at WTTW in Chicago, where she served in various legal, business and business affairs capacities for nearly 20 years. Ms. Lauderdale is a graduate of New York University Law School and began her legal career as an associate at the Chicago law firm of Schiff, Hardin & Waite. |