• Encouraging Plurality
  • Providing Access
  • Building Capacity

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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. Dr. Aron was previously an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University from 1994 to 1996 and a Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation from 1987 to 1992. He was awarded the Peace Fellowship from the U.S. Institute of Peace from 1992 to 1993. Dr. Aron received a B.A. from Moscow State Pedagogical Institute and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has served on the Broadcasting Board of Governors since December 2014.

The Board

  • Kenneth Weinstein, Chairman
  • Dr. Leon Aron
  • Ambassador Ryan Crocker
  • Michael W. Kempner
  • Ambassador Karen Kornbluh
  • Jeff Shell
  • Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, Ex officio board member

2017 Board Meetings

  • Presenting the truth
  • Encouraging Plurality
  • Providing Access
  • Building Capacity
  • — Voice of America
  • — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • — Office of Cuba Broadcasting
  • — Radio Free Asia
  • — Middle East Broadcasting Networks
  • Leadership
  • Financial Highlights

Submitted on behalf of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (now U.S. Agency for Global Media) and pursuant to Section 305(a) of the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-236). Because this report covers work completed in 2017, this document will continue to refer to the agency as the BBG.