America's Public Television Stations

Tela Hansom-Pitt joined America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) in 2002 and currently serves as APTS’ senior director, membership, administration and events. She manages APTS’ coalitions, associate membership and event sponsorship. Her activities on behalf of the organization involve managing internal projects and meetings, serving as a liaison between APTS and its board members, securing sponsors for the organization’s annual conference and serving as floor manager for that event.

Hansom-Pitt previously worked on Capitol Hill for eight years on the staff of Sen. Charles S. Robb, D-Va., where her responsibilities ranged from giving personally guided tours of the Capitol to researching and responding to constituent inquiries regarding the budget, commerce, crime, the environment, gun control and the Small Business Administration.

Hansom-Pitt is a former employee of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), where she worked in the Ready to Learn (RTL) and PBS LiteracyLink® departments assisting public television stations in the development and implementation of plans to utilize adult literacy services in their existing early childhood education workshops. At PBS, she also managed and represented RTL and LiteracyLink at several local and national conferences and conducted train-the-trainer workshops on adult literacy.

Hansom-Pitt has a bachelor’s degree in business from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., and a master’s degree, with an emphasis on project management, from Strayer University. She also obtained her paralegal certificate from George Mason University.