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Benjamin Herman is RFE/RL’s General Counsel and the Secretary of the Corporation. He graduated from Brown University in 1991 with a degree in Russian Studies, earned a Master’s degree in Czech Language and Literature from UC Berkeley in 1994, and graduated from Stanford Law School in 1998. After receiving his law degree, Herman spent four years as an associate at the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell before joining RFE/RL in 2002.

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Stephen Capus

President and CEO
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Nicola Careem

Vice President and Head of the News Division

Joseph Lataille

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
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Benjamin Herman

Secretary and General Counsel
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Tanya Youngberg

Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel

Christine Fetzko

Head of Operations
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Marylin Keating

Head of Human Resources
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James Landis

Head of Corporate Security
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Paul Tibbitts

Head of Strategy and Corporate Development
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Diane Zeleny

Head of External Affairs

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