program director

noun

: one in charge of planning and scheduling program material for a radio or television station or network

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Since the larger-scale raids earlier this year, immigration enforcement in the state has focused more on smaller workplace raids and individual arrests, said Jordan Garcia, the Colorado immigration rights program director for the American Friends Services Committee. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 The arrests give immigrants whose cases are winding their way through the system an impossible choice, said Nisha Kashyap, racial justice program director for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, which is representing some of the clients in the San Jose case. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025 Elizabeth Shackelford is a program director with the Institute for Global Affairs and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025 Graff used to be a mentor at The Preuss School on UCSD’s La Jolla campus in addition to her experience as a program director and teacher. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for program director

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of program director was in 1901

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“Program director.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/program%20director. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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