Louise H. Bryson
Chair of the Board of Trustees
J. Paul Getty Trust
Louise Bryson was EVP and general manager of Lifetime Movie Network and president
of distribution and affiliate business development, representing the Hearst-Argyle Stations
Group in retransmission negotiations and Lifetime Networks in all contract negotiations
with satellite and cable companies from 1999 to 2008.
Ms. Bryson previously served as senior vice president of affiliate sales and marketing
at FX Networks. She was responsible for distribution of Fox Inc.’s new cable television
channels and represented the Fox-owned and affiliated stations in retransmission
negotiation with all cable television companies in the United States. FX Network launched
in June 1994 with the largest distribution in cable history at that time. She began in
public television as a writer and producer and received numerous awards, including
an Emmy from the Washington, D.C., chapter of the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences.
Ms. Bryson is currently a board member for three capital management funds: Investment
Company of America, Fundamental Investors, and Growth Fund of America. In addition,
she serves on the board of councilors for the Annenberg School for Communication
and is a trustee for Southern California Public Radio. She is a former chairman of the
board for KCET, the local PBS station in Los Angeles, and a former member of the
PBS National Board, which honored her with the 1998 Award for Excellence in Public
Television Leadership.
Ms. Bryson holds an MBA and an MAT from Stanford University. She is a graduate of the
Stanford Broadcast Institute and received her BA from the University of Washington. She
resides in San Marino, California, with her husband, John Bryson, and their four daughters.