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U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors
-BBG, Public Affairs 330 Independence Ave., SW; Washington, DC 20237 (202) 203-4400 | Website: http://www.bbg.gov/
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“Our Mission” – To promote freedom and democracy and to enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news, information, and other programming about America and the world to audiences overseas.
“About” – The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) encompasses all U.S. civilian international broadcasting, including the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio and TV Martí, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN)—Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television. …BBG broadcasters distribute programming in 59 languages to an estimated weekly audience of 165 million people via radio, TV, the Internet and other new media. The BBG works to serve as an example of a free and professional press, reaching a worldwide audience with news, information, and relevant discussions. …The Broadcasting Board of Governors is a bipartisan board comprised of nine members. Eight, no more than four from one party, are appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate; the ninth is the Secretary of State, who serves ex officio.
International Broadcasting Bureau- The BBG also oversees the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), which provides program placement and transmission services for all the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) broadcast organizations and manages a global network of transmitting sites and an extensive system of leased satellite and fiber optic circuits, along with a rapidly growing Internet delivery system. Please refer to our Program Delivery Fact Sheet for more information. …The IBB also shapes VOA’s increasing use of the Internet, mobile devices, social media and other digital platforms. …
“Our Broadcasters” - Voice of America (PDF, 428KB); Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (PDF, 129KB); Radio Free Asia (Word, 29KB); Radio and TV Martí (PDF, 227KB); Middle East Broadcasting Networks (PDF). “Or you can please visit their websites:” Voice of America (VOA); Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL); Radio and TV Martí; Radio Free Asia (RFA); Radio Sawa; Alhurra.
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Board Members
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www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2097935,00.html. | American Rivers – director; Broadcasting Board of Governors – governor; Hotchkiss School – graduate; National Trust for Historic Preservation – trustee; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty- board member. Past: Knoxville (TN) – mayor; Poland – U.S. ambassador; Skull and Bones- member. Lives and/or works in Knoxville, TN.
-Victor H Ashe II 3709 Kingston Pike; Knoxville, TN 37919-4605 (865) 523-6573 [65+ / Joan P Ashe, Martha H Ashe]
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-(Was or is)>3067 Whitehaven St NW; Washington, DC 20008
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-Walter S Isaacson 1314 28th St NW; Washington, DC 20007-3121 (202) 338-1343 [55-59 / Cathy L Isaacson]
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-Michael Lynton 48 W 70th St, Apt 1; New York, NY 10023-4626 (212) 787-5097 [Jamie J Alter]
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-?>Susan M McCue 117 N Peyton St; Alexandria, VA 22314-2723 [45-49]
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-?>Michael P Meehan 33 Rosecrest Ave; Alexandria, VA 22301-1527 (703) 549-7942 [45-49 / Tovah R Meehan]
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-Dennis M Mulhaupt 704 E California Blvd; Pasadena, CA 91106-3816 (626) 793-4956 [55-59]
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-Dana M Perino 318 16th St SE; Washington, DC 20003-2422 (202) 547-8502 [35-39 / Peter McMahon]
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| Samuel Enders Wimbush | 66 | Washington, VA |  |
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-?>Samuel E Wimbush 925 Hickory Run Ln; Great Falls, VA 22066-1904 (703) 757-7406 [65+ / Jane A Wimbush, Alex Wimbush]
-?>Samuel Wimbush 821 Long Mountain Rd; Washington, VA 22747 (540) 675-3353
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Senior Management
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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is responsible for the direction of all budgeting, financial, and strategic management operations for the BBG. Read More | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mary-jean-buhler/8/4aa/780 - Past: Deputy CFO at Executive Office of the President; Senior Manager at Grant Thornton; CFO at United Sates Capitol Police; Senior Management Analyst at United States House of Representatives; Senior Budget Analyst at United States House of Representatives; Manager at Cox & Associates CPAs (Sole Proprietorship); Senior Auditor at County of Ventura; Teacher at Port Hueneme School District. ******
Paul Kollmer-Dorsey joined the BBG as Deputy General Counsel and Acting General Counsel in June 2009. He also serves as Designated Agency Ethics Official. Read More | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-kollmer-dorsey/b/19a/264 - Past: Consultant at Freelance; Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Global Relief Technologies; Vice President & Associate General Counsel at New Skies Satellites; Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications; Associate General Counsel at COMSAT Corporation; Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Foreign Legal Consultant at Sumitomo Corporation; Foreign Lawyer at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu.******
The IBB Chief of Staff has direct oversight of Human Resources, Contracts, and Security functions, and coordinates efforts by Engineering and all other IBB elements in supporting the broadcasting entities operating under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Read More******
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The Director of the Office of Marketing and External Liaison oversees all IBB marketing support activities and represents the agency in its numerous and growing relationships with other governments, international broadcasters and private entities. Read More******
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The Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting oversees Radio and TV Martí which provide balanced news on local, regional and international events of importance to the Cuban people. Programming includes vital information on science, technology, health and culture. Read More******
Steven W. Korn was named President and CEO of RFE/RL, Inc. on June 3, 2011. From 1996-2000, Mr. Korn served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of CNN, where he oversaw all operational, financial, technological, and other non-editorial functions for the CNN News Group on a global basis. Read More******
Libby Liu was named president of RFA in September 2005 by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), following the retirement of RFA’s founding president Richard Richter. Read More******
The Director of the Office of Technology, Services and Innovation provides executive leadership in the planning, development, and operation of all the engineering and technical systems necessary to communicate with the people of the world by radio, TV, and the Internet. Read More******
Brian T. Conniff is President of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN), broadcasting news and information in Arabic to the Middle East. As President of MBN, Conniff oversees the operation of the popular radio network Radio Sawa, as well as two television channels: Alhurra and Alhurra-Ira Read More——
