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 Penn Kemble, Acting

Chief of Staff Joyce Kravitz

Deputy Director Harriet L. Elam, Acting

Counselor Harriet L. Elam

Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Harold Pachios

Diplomacy

Vice Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Charles Dolan, Jr.

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 Evelyn S. Lieberman

Director, Voice of America Evelyn S. Lieberman

Director, Office of Public Affairs Mary Ellen Glynn

Director, Office of Budget and John Sholhead

Planning

Director, Office of Affiliate Myrna Whitworth

Relations and International Media Training

Director, Office of Personnel and John S. Welch

Administration

Director, Office of Policy Steve Munson

Director, Office of Program Review Oksana Dragan

Director, Office of Engineering and George Woodard

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 Brian Conniff

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

Chief of Staff Kathleen Harrington

Director of Evaluation and Analysis Anthony Scardino

Legal Counsel John A. Lindburg

Budget Officer Carley Ford

Program Review Officer Bruce Sherman

Confidential Assistant Brenda Hardnett

Associate Director for Information Jonathan Spalter

Deputy Associate Director John Dwyer

Director, Geographic Liaison J. Davis Hamell

Director, Thematic Programs Rosemary Crochett

Director, Foreign Press Centers Marjorie Ransom

Director, Support Services C. Anthony Jackson

Executive Officer Stephen Sinclair

Associate Director for Educational and Cultural William B. Bader

Affairs

Deputy Associate Director Judith S. Siegel

Executive Director, Cultural Marie Papageorge Property Staff Kouroupas

Staff Director, J. William Fulbright Beverly Lindsey

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 W. Smith

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 Joe Johnson

Director, Office of East Asian and Pacific William Maurer

Affairs

Deputy Director Greta Morris

Director, Office of West European and Canadian Brian Carlson

Affairs

Deputy Director Richard Virden

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 Daniel Sreebny

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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...