United States Information Agency
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
301 Fourth Street SW., Washington, DC 20547
Phone, 202-619-4700. Internet, http://www.usia.gov/.
Director Joseph D. Duffey
Chief of Staff Joyce Kravitz
Deputy Director Penn Kemble
Counselor Harriet L. Elam
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 Ronna A. Freiberg
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 (vacancy)
Deputy Associate Director Myron L. Hoffmann
Director, Geographic Liaison J. Davis Hamell
Director, Thematic Programs Judith S. Siegel
Director, Foreign Press Centers Marjorie Ransom
Director, Support Services C. Anthony Jackson
Executive Officer Stephen Sinclair
Associate Director for Educational and Cultural John P. Loiello
Affairs
Deputy Associate Director Robert L. Earle
Executive Director, Cultural Marie Papageorge Property Staff Kouroupas
Staff Director, J. William Fulbright Ralph H. Vogel
Foreign Scholarship Board
Director, Office of Citizen Brian Sexton
Exchanges
Director, Office of International Leslie A. Wiley
Visitors
Director, Office of Academic Keith Gieger
Programs
Director, Office of Policy and Van S. Wunder
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 Marilyn Hulbert
Deputy Director Patrick J. Corcoran
Director, Office of Inter-American Affairs Linda Jewell
Deputy Director Barbara Moore
Director, Office of East Asian and Pacific William Maurer
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, David P. Good
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 between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. It prohibits, with certain exceptions approved by Congress...
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