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Nenad Pejic Vice President / Editor-in-Chief of Programming
Nenad Pejic, who was named Vice President and Acting Chief Executive Officer of RFE/RL, Inc. by RFE/RL's Board of Directors on August 31, 2015, became Editor-in-Chief of Programming in December 2013. Pejic joined RFE/RL in 1993, when he was named the first Director of RFE/RL's Balkan Service. Prior to joining the Radios, Pejic held various positions with Sarajevo Television including head of the News Department, Belgrade correspondent, and Program Director. He also served briefly as the Head of Publications and Public Relations at the European Institute for the Media. Pejic lectures regularly at universities in Germany, Ukraine, Georgia and Montenegro; international events such as NATO summits and the Salzburg Seminar; and to a number of non-governmental organizations around Europe.
RFE/RL, Inc. is a private, nonprofit corporation, funded by the U.S. Congress through the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). BBG chairman Jeffrey Shell serves as the chair of RFE/RL's corporate board. Under IRS rules, RFE/RL, Inc. is a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c) 3 corporation. Chartered in Delaware, it receives federal grants as a private grantee. RFE/RL maintains a corporate office in Washington, D.C.
RFE/RL's corporate board is made up of all members of the BBG:
Jeffrey Shell Jeffrey Shell was named Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group in September of 2013. He served as Chairman of NBC Universal International from 2011-2013 and as President of Comcast Programming Group from 2005 to 2011. Chairman Shell was appointed to the BBG in August 2013. [READ MORE] Matthew Armstrong Matthew C. Armstrong is an author, speaker, and strategist on issues related to public diplomacy. In 2011, he served as executive director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Governor Armstrong was appointed to the BBG in August 2013. [READ MORE] Dr. Leon Aron Dr. Leon Aron is Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a position he has held since 1993. He was a weekly Contributor at the Voice of America’s Russian language radio and television show Gliadya iz Ameriki (Looking from America) from 1990 to 2004. [READ MORE] Ambassador Ryan Crocker Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker is dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University -- a position from which he had taken a leave of absence to serve as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012. Ambassador Crocker was appointed to the BBG in August 2013. [READ MORE] Michael Kempner Michael W. Kempner is the Founder, President, and CEO of MWW, a public relations firm he founded in 1986. He is board member of Goodwill Industries International and a Founding Board Member of ConnectOne Bancorp. He served on the White House Council for Community Solutions from 2010 to 2012. [READ MORE] John Forbes Kerry On February 1, 2013, John Forbes Kerry became the 68th Secretary of State of the United States. Previously, Mr. Kerry served 28 years in the United States Senate, with the last four as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Secretary Kerry serves on the BBG ex officio. [READ MORE] Ambassador Karen Kornbluh Ambassador Karen Kornbluh is the Executive Vice President of External Affairs for Nielsen, responsible for global public policy, privacy strategy, and corporate social responsibility. Prior to joining Nielsen, Kornbluh was the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009-2012. Previously, she was Policy Director for then Senator Barack Obama. [READ MORE] Kenneth Weinstein Kenneth Weinstein has been President and CEO of Hudson Institute since 2011. Since joining Hudson Institute in 1999, he has held several other positions, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Fellow, and Director of the Washington Office. Governor Weinstein was apointed to the BBG in October 2013. [READ MORE] ---
In addition to providing general oversight, the BBG serves as a firewall to protect the professional independence and integrity of all civilian U.S. international broadacasters, including Voice of America, Radio and TV Marti and the non-profit corporations that are BBG grantees: Radio Free Asia, RFE/RL and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra, Radio Sawa). RFE/RL’s corporate officers are: