Joaquín Alvarado

Senior Vice President, Diversity and Innovation

Joaquín Alvarado is senior vice president for Diversity and Innovation. He provides strategic guidance and leadership to strengthen CPB’s capacity in serving as a catalyst for innovation and inclusion with public media, as well as broadening the reach and diversity of public media’s audience.

Previously, he was the founding director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet (INGI) at San Francisco State University. Under his direction, INGI formed San Francisco’s Digital Media Advisory Council and Digital Sister Cities initiative to connect communities around the world in efforts to stimulate economic development, innovation and diversity.

Alvarado is the author of “Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art Volumes 1 & 2” and the writer and director of the film “The Silent Cross.” He holds a B.A. in Chicano Studies from U.C. Berkeley and an M.F.A. from the UCLA School of Film, Television and Digital Media.