Dave Pentecost is a video producer and editor who spent 20 years at the television networks.   He was a longtime editor for the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour at PBS and has edited programs for Frontline and P.O.V.  He went on to work for CBS, ABC, NBC, and National Geographic.  He was senior editor for 190 programs and live broadcasts at Discovery News.  At Biography and A&E, he edited profiles of Shirley Temple, Aristotle Onassis, Jimmy Hoffa, J. Edgar Hoover, Groucho Marx, Brigitte Bardot, Jimmy Carter, Charles Manson, Fidel Castro, David Brinkley, and Eva Peron.
    Along the way, programs Dave edited have won two National News Emmy Awards as well as a Peabody Award for his work on Roger Rosenblatt's essays on PBS.
    With his longstanding interest in the Maya, he has produced specials for National Geographic and he hosts a Weblog, The Daily Glyph (GoMaya.com).  He also produced a virtual exhibit in four languages for the Smithsonian Institution, "Unmasking the Maya."
    In recent years Dave oversaw the transfer of digital assets and document management for the Travel Channel and helped build a Media Asset Management System for Televisa's 60,000 hours of TV and web media.
    He is assisting the Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York with digital photography, video weblogs, podcasts, and other internet and broadcasting projects.
    A composer and musician, he has written and performed scores for Discovery News, Biography, and World of Audubon.  He has edited music programs that featured Phillip Glass, Daryl Hall, and Pavarotti.
    Dave attended Princeton University in the late 60s and graduated from State University of New York with a B.S. in Communications in 1979.
    He is joining the team at the Community Environmental Health Program that is planning to produce videos on safe water practices for the Navajo.