Tom Chiodo is the executive producer of Special Projects National Productions for WETA (Washington Educational Telecommunications Association), the flagship PBS station in Washington DC. WETA develops primetime documentary films and original digital content, accompanied by national impact and engagement campaigns, broadcast on 330+ PBS stations in more than 150 markets across the country. Recent projects: Ken Burns presents Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness, a film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers (2022); Emmy nominated documentary Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History (2020); Rethinking High School with Soledad O’Brien Town Hall at Howard University (2016); DuPont Columbia Award & Emmy nominated documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015). In development: Caregiving, Mighty Real: Out & Proud In America, GERMS, Life, Unexpected, Hiding In Plain Sight: Adult Mental Illness, Remote Chance: Health Care In Rural America, The Age of Alzheimer’s. Former SVP Development Entertainment Industry Foundation creating programs and funding national initiatives in health care, volunteerism, childhood hunger and education. Senior positions at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Massachusetts Department of Public Health & State Office for Children. Past board memberships: Fenway Community Health Center (Boston), Professional Performing Arts High School (NYC), Heart Gallery New York. Contributing writer Forbes.com. Co-author “Home Care for Respirator Dependent Children” New England Journal of Medicine.The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences judge News and Documentaries Emmy Awards.