Meet Wonya Lucas

In 2020, the Community Foundation welcomes four new members to our Board of Directors. Get to know Wonya Lucas.

Wonya Lucas is President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta where she oversees Atlanta’s NPR (WABE) and PBS (ATL PBA) stations. Under Lucas’ leadership, WABE has broadened their audience primarily driven by a format change adding more national and local news coverage.  She is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the NPR national board.

Previously, Lucas was President and CEO for TV One where she was the second African-American woman to be President and CEO of a cable television company. Prior to joining TV One, Lucas held several positions at Discovery Communications including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Discovery Channel and Science Channel and Global Chief Marketing Officer with responsibility for marketing in 210 countries and over 130 networks. She has held senior leadership positions with The Weather Channel Networks, Turner Broadcasting System and their networks CNN and TNT, as well as brand management roles for The Coca-Cola Company and Clorox.

Lucas is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, International Women’s Forum, Leadership Atlanta and the Metro Atlanta Chamber. She serves on the boards of  JC Penney, EW Scripps, Westside Future Fund, Georgia Tech Foundation, Task Force for Global Health and the Children’s Museum of Atlanta.  She is also a member of the Links, Inc. and Jack & Jill of America, Inc.

Lucas is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA. She is the proud mother of two adult daughters Alexis and Sydney Kirton.