Bio

Joseph Tovares is an award-winning media executive with experience as a filmmaker, multimedia producer, and executive producer. He is a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America.

Career highlights include business development of Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. by the podcast powerhouse Wondery and the Boston Globe Spotlight investigative team. While Sr. Vice President & Chief Content Officer at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Joseph oversaw support of the Independent Television Service, Veterans Coming Home, Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, TED TALKS: War and Peace, many other specials

Joseph is a Chicano/Mexicano with dual US and Mexican citizenship. He served as Sr. Vice President of Diversity and Innovation at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. At CPB he supported BIPOC professional development and leadership training programs to build a more diverse and equitable public media system.

He produced, directed, and wrote Zoot Suit Riots, a film on the youth culture of 1940s Los Angeles, and Remember the Alamo, a film about the Mexican families living in San Antonio during the epic battle.

Joseph serves on the Board of Maine Media + College in Rockport, ME.

He is a native of San Antonio, Texas.