Tamara Gould

Job Title: 
Vice President of Distribution
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"Tamara Gould has worked in public media for the last fifteen years, most recently as the Vice President of Distribution for the Independent Television Service (ITVS) where she oversees domestic distribution of international documentaries from around the world through the ITVS International Media Development Fund (IMDF). Tamara is involved in all aspects of bringing international programs to U.S. audiences through broadcast and digital outlets. Tamara also is Supervising Producer of the ITVS True Stories and Global Voices series, and runs the ITVS International Production unit. She also heads up the Independent Digital Distribution Lab in partnership with PBS. Previously, Tamara served as Executive Producer for KQED Television in San Francisco, where she managed production of numerous local and national series including: Independent View, SPARK, and This Week in Northern California. In addition, Tamara directed and produced the award winning documentary Afghanistan: Hell of a Nation for PBS. Tamara is the former Executive Director of the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) in San Francisco. She received a BA from Brown University, and an MA from UC Santa Cruz. Tamara is a former Fulbright Scholar and currently resides in Washington DC with her husband and two young children. "