MODESTO - David H. Hosley, president and general manager of KVIE
Public Television in Sacramento, has been named president of the
University of California, Merced’s Modesto-based Great Valley
Center. The veteran journalist, author, nonprofit consultant, and
community leader succeeds the regional development organization’s
founder and former president, Carol Whiteside, who has led the
center for more than a decade. He will begin his new position
effective Feb. 1, 2008.
“We are extremely pleased to find a candidate of David Hosley’s
caliber to take the helm at the Great Valley Center,” said Steve
Kang, chancellor of UC Merced and chair of the GVC board of
directors. “He is a proven manager and strategist, a skilled
communicator and fund-raiser, and a strong proponent of regional
planning and socio-economic development. The center will benefit
enormously from his leadership, his knowledge of regional issues,
his great familiarity with academic institutions, and his unique
combination of nonprofit and managerial experience as we seek to
improve the quality of life in the fast-growing Central Valley.”
Hosley has a long and distinguished record as a newsman, media
executive, community volunteer and strategic consultant to
nonprofit organizations. Beginning at age 14, he worked for 25
years as a journalist in Northern California, Miami and New York.
He entered public broadcasting management in 1987, managing both
radio and television outlets in the San Francisco Bay Area before
moving to Sacramento. He has served as president and general
manager of KVIE-TV since 1998.
In the Central Valley, Hosley has developed strong links to
community groups and nonprofit organizations addressing a wide
range of regional issues. At KVIE, he created the New Valley series
that has resulted in 23 programs on the future of the Central
Valley. He also has supervised the production of more than a dozen
videos to support visioning, blueprint, and economic development
efforts in the Valley.
In addition, Hosley serves on the University of California,
Davis Foundation Board of Trustees and chairs the Dean’s Advisory
Council for the UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental
Sciences. He also serves or has previously served as a board member
of more than a dozen other nonprofit or civic organizations,
including the Sacramento Asian-Pacific Chamber of Commerce and the
Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, which is honoring
Hosley as Volunteer of the Year next month.
Hosley has written, lectured, and consulted extensively on
strategic planning and development for nonprofit organizations. He
is the author of two books on broadcast journalism, held a faculty
appointment at the University of Florida, and has taught at
Stanford University, Florida International University and the
College of Notre Dame.. He is a volunteer with the Stanford Alumni
Consulting Team, which provides pro bono consulting in strategic
planning and development in the nonprofit sector.
Hosley holds a co-terminal master’s degree from Stanford
University in communications and a Ph.D. from Columbia University
in sociology.
“One of the key community leaders I visited after joining KVIE
was Carol Whiteside and I attended the first annual Great Valley
Center conference,” says Hosley. “It was a great way to learn about
the challenges presented by the rapid growth of the Valley. Since
then, we have partnered in many ways to help engage the public in
decisions how we’re going to live together in the future as we add
so many new residents. I am excited that Chancellor Kang and the
center’s board have chosen me to lead the GVC into its second
decade and look forward to working with students, faculty and
university leadership as UC Merced grows as a unique regional resource.”
The Great Valley Center is a nonprofit organization founded in
1997 to promote the economic, social and environmental well-being
of California’s Central Valley. In its 10 years of existence, the
GVC has brought a regional perspective to a wide range of issues,
from water supply and air quality to transportation, housing,
work-force development and health care. The center is credited with
launching an era of regional cooperation and planning that has
greatly strengthened the area’s influence on public policy issues
at the state level. As of November 2005, the GVC is a unit of UC
Merced, the newest University of California campus, for research
and staff support.
“Carol Whiteside’s contribution to the Great Valley Center and
the people it serves has been nothing short of extraordinary,” said
Kang. “She recognized a pressing need for regional planning and
turned it into a thriving, highly effective force for change in
just 10 years. The future of the Central Valley and its five
million residents has been greatly enhanced by her vision and leadership.”
Note to Editors: A photograph of David Hosley is available by
contacting Ana Shaw at
ashaw@ucmerced.eduor (209) 228-4406.
For more information about the Great Valley Center, please visit
the organization’s Web site at
www.greatvalley.org
