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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release July 27, 2000

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES EDWARD KAUFMAN AND ALBERTO J. MORA AS MEMBERS OF

THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

President Clinton announced the nomination of Edward Kaufman and Albert J. Mora as Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Mr. Edward Kaufman, of Wilmington, Delaware, was appointed to the Broadcasting Board of Governors in 1995. He is President of Public Strategies; a political and management consulting firm. Since 1991, Mr. Kaufman has been a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University and The Sanford Institute of Public Policy. From 1973 to 1994, he served as Administrative Assistant and Executive Assistant to United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Mr. Kaufman received a B.S.M.E. from Duke University and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Mr. Alberto J. Mora, of Miami, Florida, was appointed to the Broadcasting Board of Governors in 1995. He is an attorney with Greenberg Traurig specializing in international law. Mr. Mora served as General Counsel for the U.S. Information Agency from 1989 to 1993. In addition, he is a former Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. Mr. Mora received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.

The Broadcasting Board of Governors is the successor to the Board of International Broadcasting. The Board is responsible for policy and budgetary oversight for all of the entities controlling the Consolidated International Broadcasting Assets of the United States government. These entities include Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America, Radio and Television Marti and Radio Free Asia.

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