On Monday evening, June 10, ICNY supporters gather to celebrate “The Courage of Conviction – Then & Now” and to honor five distinguished individuals, including Judith Davidson Moyers, CEO, Public Affairs Television.
Judith Davidson Moyers is CEO of Public Affairs Television, Inc, an independent production company in which she collaborates with her husband, journalist Bill Moyers. During PAT’s tenure, Judith Davidson Moyers has been executive producer of such major documentaries as Genesis, Amazing Grace, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith, Faith and Reason, Earth on Edge, Trade Secrets, On Our Own Terms, The Arab World, All Our Children, and Free Speech for Sale. A member of the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, she has been awarded several Emmys, two Peabody Awards, the Christopher Award and is a recipient of the Humanitas Prize. Other television credits include the award-winning series A Walk Through the Twentieth Century and Creativity, both produced for CBS and PBS. She was the Executive Editor of NOW with Bill Moyers (2002-2004) and Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010) and has returned to television with their current weekly series Moyers & Company.
In addition to serving on several corporate boards for more than 20 years, Judith Davidson Moyers was a trustee of the State University of New York and Vice-Chair for 13 years. She served as a director of the Research Foundation of New York State and the Rockefeller Institute of Government and as a member of the New York State Judicial Selection Commission. She has served as a U.S. Commissioner to UNESCO, on the White House Commission on Children, and is a member of the National Governors Association Task Force on Education and Economic Development.
Mrs. Moyers has been recognized for her work as an advocate for children by the Girl Scouts of America, The National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Christophers, and the National Council of Churches. Her reputation as a group catalyst and moderator has brought many invitations to lead seminars for the Women’s Political Caucus, the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association and the Aspen Institute’s Executive Seminars, for which she was the first female moderator. In 2000, she was awarded the Aspen Institute Public Sector Award. In 2001 she received the Global Green Media Award “for bringing key environmental issues to a wide audience” and in 2002 she received the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Award. The Committee of 100 awarded her their Headliner Award in 2003 and in 2010 the Legacy Award was given to her and Bill by the Museum of Chinese in America.
Born in Dallas, she is a graduate of the University of Texas earning a Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, and holds several honorary degrees. She and Bill Moyers have been married for 58 years and have three children and five grandchildren.
In this video recorded earlier this year at 92nd Street Y, Judith Moyers, along with her husband Bill and son William, discuss their experiences with addiction and recovery:
ICNY cordially invites you to join us in honoring Judith Davidson Moyers on June 10. Other JMP awardees on June 10 will be:
- Sister Pat Farrell, OSF, Vice President, Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque & Past President, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
- Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian, Veteran Civil Rights Activist & Colleague of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Bill Moyers, Host, PBS Bill Moyers Journal
- Russell Simmons, Chairman, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
