CPB Names Slavitt SVP/General Counsel

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has named Evan Slavitt as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective March 11. He will succeed Westwood Smithers Jr., CPB’s Chief Legal Officer since 2005, who is retiring after a long and distinguished career.

“Evan is an accomplished attorney with decades of experience who will be of great value to CPB as we steward the federal appropriation for public media,” said Patricia Harrison, CPB President & CEO.

Slavitt most recently served as Chief Legal Officer of Paper Excellence. Before that, he was VP for Business and Legal Affairs and later, SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Kyocera AVX Corporation. Slavitt began his legal career in the U.S. Department of Justice, before moving into private practice in 1987, working for three Massachusetts law firms before becoming a founding member of Bodoff and Slavitt, LLP. Slavitt is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Slavitt said, “I’m looking forward to working with the Board and senior management of CPB to achieve its important statutory mission. I view this position as the capstone of my career.”