5 Minute Leadership Dialogue Series
Welcome to World Unity Inc's Leadership Dialogue. Short interviews asking thought-provoking questions. We hope you will be enlightened, empowered, and inspired!
Liz Cheng is GBH’s General Manager for Television, overseeing Boston channels and their live linear streams -- GBH 2, GBH 44, GBH Kids, GBH Create, and Boston Kids & Family -- as well as the national nonfiction 24/7 channel, WORLD. WORLD features four exclusive series that she co-created: America ReFramed, Local, USA, Doc World, and Stories from the Stage, including its eponymous podcast and radio program.
Before joining WGBH in 2011, Cheng served as Vice President and Director of Programming at WCVB-TV Channel 5, Boston’s ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television, and also oversaw programming for WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH. She co-launched many national programs, including 10 years of Pops Goes the Fourth! and Holiday Pops with the Boston Pops for simulcast on the A&E Network as well as original documentaries and specials for the History Channel.
Cheng is President of the Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless and Acting Chair of the Board of Directors for The Partnership, a national nonprofit coaching program and network for executives of color. She is on the board of directors for the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Public Media Women in Leadership; she also serves on the Board of Ambassadors for the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center.