About John Westwood Smithers Jr.

Westwood Smithers, Jr., former Executive Vice President and General Manager of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation in Virginia, has been named Senior Vice President, General Counsel of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) effective October 17, 2005.

Smithers was Executive Vice President and General Manager for Business Operations of the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation's Central Virginia television stations, WCVE-TV and WCVW-TV from 1999 until he joined CPB...