United States Information Agency

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

301 Fourth Street SW., Washington, DC 20547

Phone, 202-619-4700

Director Joseph D. Duffey

Chief of Staff Joyce Kravitz

Deputy Director Penn Kemble

Counselor Anne M. Sigmund

Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Lewis Manilow

Diplomacy

Vice Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on William Hybl

Public Diplomacy

Director, Office of Civil Rights Hattie P. Baldwin

General Counsel Les Jin

Director, Office of Congressional and Carrie Isacco, Acting

Intergovernmental Affairs

Director, Office of Public Liaison Marthena Cowart

Director, Office of Research and Media Reaction Ann T. Pincus

Deputy Director Stephen M. Shaffer

Associate Director for Broadcasting Kevin Klose

Director, Voice of America Evelyn S. Lieberman

Director, Office of Public Affairs Sidney Davis

Director, Office of Budget and (vacancy)

Planning

Director, Office of Affiliate Myrna Whitworth

Relations and International Media Training

Director, Office of Personnel and Eva Jane Fritzman

Administration

Director, Office of Policy Steve Munson

Director, Office of Program Review Frank Cummins

Director, Office of Engineering and Robert E. Kamosa

Technical Operations

Director, Office of WORLDNET John Lennon, Acting

Television and Film Service

Director, Office of Cuba Herminio San Roman

Broadcasting

Director, Radio Marti Rolando Bonachea

Director, TV Marti Antonio Dieguez

President, Radio Free Europe/Radio (vacancy)

Liberty, Inc. (RFE/RL)

Broadcasting Board of Governors:

Chairman David W. Burke

Members Joseph D. Duffey, Cheryl Halpern, Edward E. Kaufman, Tom C. Korologos, Bette Bao Lord, Alberto J. Mora, Marc B. Nathanson, Carl Spielvogel

Chief of Staff Kathleen Harrington

Director of Evaluation and Analysis Brian T. Conniff

Legal Counsel John A. Lindburg

Budget Officer Mike Ringler

Program Review Officer Bruce Sherman

Confidential Assistant Brenda Thomas

Associate Director for Information Robert Barry Fulton

Deputy Associate Director Myron L. Hoffmann

Director, Geographic Liaison Pamela H. Smith

Director, Thematic Programs Judith S. Siegel

Director, Foreign Press Centers Jacob P. Gillespie

Director, Support Services C. Anthony Jackson

Executive Officer Stephen Sinclair

Associate Director for Educational and Cultural John P. Loiello

Affairs

Deputy Associate Director Dell Pendergrast

Executive Director, Cultural Marie Papageorge Property Staff Kouroupas

Staff Director, J. William Fulbright Ralph H. Vogel

Foreign Scholarship Board

Director, Office of Citizen Robert Schiffer

Exchanges

Director, Office of International Lula Rodriguez

Visitors

Director, Office of Academic Edward McBride

Programs

Director, Office of Policy and Mark Taplin, Acting

Evaluation

Executive Officer J. David Whitten

Associate Director for Management Henry Howard, Jr.

Deputy Associate Director John Baker

Director, Office of Administration Eileen Keane Binns

Director, Office of Technology Daniel S. Campbell

Director, Office of Human Resources Jan Brambilla

Comptroller, Office of the Stanley M. Silverman

Comptroller

Director, Office of Security Larry Carnahan, Acting

Director, Office of Contracts Edward G. Muller, Acting

Executive Officer Daniel D. Dunning

Director, Office of African Affairs Thomas Hull

Deputy Director Helen Picard

Director, Office of Inter-American Affairs Stephen Chaplin

Deputy Director Linda Jewell

Director, Office of East Asian and Pacific Frank Scotton

Affairs

Deputy Director Nicholas Mele

Director, Office of West European and Canadian C. Miller Crouch

Affairs

Deputy Director Susan Ann Clyde

Director, Office of East European and NIS Robert E. McCarthy

Affairs

Deputy Director Paul R. Smith

Director, Office of North African, Near Eastern Kenton Keith

and South Asian Affairs

Deputy Director Jonathan Owen

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The mission of the United States Information Agency is to understand, inform, and influence foreign communities in promotion of the national interest; and to broaden the dialog between Americans, their institutions, and counterparts abroad. In support of that mission, the Agency conducts academic and cultural exchanges, international broadcasting, and a wide variety of informational programs. The Agency is known as the U.S. Information Service overseas.

The legislative mandates of the United States Information Agency (USIA) derive from the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431) and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451). The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act's purpose is to increase mutual understanding...

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