Benjamin Herman
Secretary and General Counsel
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.
Meet our leadership
Senior Leadership
RFE/RL is overseen by a Board of Directors, chaired by Ambassador Karen Kornbluh, and Senior Leadership led by President Stephen Capus.
Stephen Capus
President & CEO
Karen Johnsen
Acting CFO and Assistant Treasurer
Nicola Careem
Vice President and Head of the News Division
Benjamin Herman
Secretary and General Counsel
Tanya Youngberg
Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
Christine Fetzko
Head of Operations
Marylin Keating
Head of Human Resources
James Landis
Head of Corporate Security
Paul Tibbitts
Head of Strategy and Corporate Development
Diane Zeleny
Head of External Affairs
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