PBS Reno Hires Development Officer
RENO, NV (NOV 28, 2022) – PBS Reno has hired Robin Mercer for the role of Development Officer. Mercer started with PBS Reno on November 14, 2022.
Mercer brings extensive fundraising experience to PBS Reno, after having worked at Capitol Hill fundraising for a major political party. She earned her Masters in Developmental Psychology from University of York in Yorkshire, England, before working for U.S. Senator John Ensign of Nevada, who recruited Mercer to the Silver State in 1998.
Mercer also worked as a consultant to Nevada Mining Association, Nevada Trucking Association, and the Discovery Museum, along with the campaigns of Governor Jim Gibbons, Secretary of State Ross Miller, and Brian Sandoval when he ran for Nevada Attorney General.
This isn’t Mercer’s first venture with PBS Reno; in 2010 and 2014, Mercer led the PBS Reno Aged to Perfection fundraiser (renamed in 2020 to Spotlight Awards and Auction), the station’s biggest and most important fundraiser of the year.
“I am honored to return to PBS Reno in the role of Development Officer,” Mercer said. “My family and I are loyal PBS viewers and as a mother, I am so pleased we have this important presence in our community; especially when it comes to educational workshops and programming. It will be such a pleasure to assist PBS Reno with its goal to provide trustworthy and accessible content to this community that I love.”
As PBS Reno Development Officer, Mercer will handle the station’s major giving program and will work to bring PBS Reno the crucial funding it needs to provide educational outreach in local classrooms through its Curiosity Classroom Workshops, along with producing award-earning local productions including Wild Nevada and ARTEFFECTS.
“I am thrilled to have Robin joining the team as the station’s new Development Officer,” said Emma Glenn, PBS Reno Vice President of Development. “She will be an excellent asset for PBS Reno, playing a key role in fundraising and working to further the station’s mission to Entertain Your Curiosity.”
About PBS Reno
As of February 2022, PBS Reno Channel 5.1 is watched weekly by more than 113,000 people in approximately 62,000 households in northern and central Nevada and northeastern California, with viewership on multicast channels Reno Create 5.2 and PBS KIDS Reno 5.3. PBS Reno channels are also available on cable, satellite services, and via livestream on YouTube TV. PBS Reno provides PBS national programming and award-earning, locally-produced content. PBSReno.org provides engaging interactive content, including the video portal at watch.PBSReno.org that streams all locally-produced content and most PBS national content. PBS Reno serves students, teachers, parents and caregivers through immersive educational services including Curiosity Classroom Workshops that bring classroom lessons to life with standards-based lessons and activities. Through the support of local corporations and foundations, as well as thousands of individual members, PBS Reno has been delivering public television and educational services to the communities it serves since 1983.
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