Mary Pratt-Henaghan

About Mary Pratt-Henaghan

Mary Pratt-Henaghan joined WETA and NewsHour Productions in the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer in August,2021. In this role, she provides strategic and tactical leadership for WETA’s media and information technology, broadcast/digital content distribution, engineering, and infrastructure services. WETA is the flagship public media station in the nation’s capital and serves the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia with content that educates and inspires on WETA television channels WETA PBS, WETA Metro, WETA PBS Kids, WETA UK, and WETA World; and on WETA Classical 90.9 FM; innovative literacy websites; and educational content for learners of all ages. WETA is also the second-largest station producer of content for the public television system; productions and co-productions include PBS NewsHour; PBS News Weekend; Washington Week; documentaries with Ken Burns, history and genealogy series with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr; and performance and arts specials from the nation’s leading cultural venues including the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress. Pratt-Henaghan returned to WETA after more than thirty years of leadership in technology and network operations. She held vice president and senior vice president roles with BBC Studios, and then with AMC Networks, serving as brand guardian for BBC America in the U.S, where she ensured all operations of the channel were executed to BBC editorial and technical standards. Prior to BBC America, Pratt-Henaghan worked at Discovery Inc, as part of the new technology group, directing network operations for the launch and operations of new channels. Pratt-Henaghan got her start in public broadcasting initially as an intern with the MacNeil/ Lehrer NewsHour. She then joined WETA as a production assistant on the documentary film series Smithsonian World.

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer

   WETA

   Aug 2021 — Present

Education

• Paul Denniston Training

  Certified Grief Yoga Instructor

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  MS, Management

• DeSales University

  BA, English/Communications & Foreign Languages

• Amrit Yoga Institute

  Certified Advanced Facilitator, Integrative Amrit Method Yoga Nidra

• Amrit Yoga Institute

  Certified 200 Hour Teacher, Integrative Amrit Method Yoga

• Harvard Business School Executive Education

  Cable Executive Management Program

• David Kessler/www.grief.com

  Certified Grief Educator/Peer to Peer