• Impact
    • Getting Results
    • Awards
  • Targeting resources
    • Countering violent extremism
    • Russia
    • Iran
    • China
    • Cuba
    • Africa
  • Shift to digital
  • Curation
  • Coordination
    • U.S. election coverage timeline
  • Operations
    • Board
    • Networks
BBG 2016 annual report BBG 2016 annual report BBG 2016 annual report BBG 2016 annual report
  • Impact
    • Getting Results
    • Awards
  • Targeting resources
    • Countering violent extremism
    • Russia
    • Iran
    • China
    • Cuba
    • Africa
  • Shift to digital
  • Curation
  • Coordination
    • U.S. election coverage timeline
  • Operations
    • Board
    • Networks

Board

The Broadcasting Board of Governors is the name of the board that governs the agency of the same name. The board provided oversight of the agency’s strategy and operations, including creation of the Office of Internet Freedom and the reorganization of IBB resources.

Jeff Shell, Chairman

Jeff Shell, Chairman

Jeff Shell is chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment. He previously served as chairman of NBC Universal International from 2011-2013 and…

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Matt Armstrong

Matt Armstrong

Matt Armstrong is an author, lecturer, and strategist on public diplomacy and international media. He has worked on traditional and…

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Dr. Leon Aron

Dr. Leon Aron

Dr. Leon Aron is Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a position he has…

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Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Ambassador Crocker is dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University — a position…

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Michael Kempner

Michael Kempner

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Ambassador Karen Kornbluh

Ambassador Karen Kornbluh

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Kenneth Weinstein

Kenneth Weinstein

Mr. Weinstein has been President and CEO of Hudson Institute since 2011. Since joining Hudson Institute in 1999, he has…

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John Kerry

John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry was named as the 68th Secretary of State of the United States on February 1, 2013. Previously,…

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“Our mission is neither Democratic nor Republican, it’s American.”

— BBG Chairman Jeff Shell

Board Meeting Archives

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The BBG’s mission is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.

Contact

  • Broadcasting Board of Governors
  • 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20237
  • (202) 203-4400
  • pubaff@bbg.gov
  • https://www.bbg.gov

Documents

2016 Annual Report

2016 Financial Highlights

2016 Performance and Accountability Report

2016 Congressional Budget Request

BBG’s Impact Around the World