Molly Phillips, who has led Iowa PBS as executive director and general manager since 2013, has announced her retirement, which will be official in early 2024. She recently notified the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board of her plans, according to a news release, following a career at the network that began in 1990. The board plans to immediately start a national recruitment plan to fill the position, the release says. “I am immensely proud of the statewide network and the stories we have shared with Iowans over the last 34 years,” Phillips said in the release. “I will retire with confidence that the extraordinary team here at Iowa PBS is well positioned for the future, and will continue bringing compelling voices and programming to a devoted audience by telling Iowa’s stories like no one else can.” While at Iowa PBS, Phillips served in human resources, communications and community engagement roles. For nearly 15 years, she was responsible for the network’s state and federal public policy advocacy. Under Phillips’ leadership, Iowa PBS celebrated 50 years of broadcasting; added the PBS Kids program and YouTube channels; multiple livestreams and on-demand viewing; underwent an organizational rebrand; and earned dozens of national awards and regional Emmys. “It has been wonderful to watch Iowa PBS thrive under Molly’s leadership, earning countless awards for quality programming, expanding distribution across platforms to meet the evolving needs of audiences and deepening its commitment to Iowa’s youngest learners,” PBS President Paula Kerger said in the release.