Weinstein Tapped for Broadcasting Board of Governors

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Kenneth R. Weinstein to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Weinstein is President and CEO of Hudson Institute, a position he has held since 2011.

Since joining Hudson Institute in 1999, he has held several other positions, including Senior Fellow, Director of the Washington Office, and Chief Operating Officer. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Director of the Government Reform Project at the Heritage Foundation, and from 1994 to 1996, he was Director of Research at the New Citizenship Project. He served on the National Council of the Humanities from 2006 to 2012 and was appointed to the D.C. State Advisory Board to the U.S. Commission on Human Rights in 2010. Dr. Weinstein received an A.B. from the University of Chicago, an M.Phil. from Institut d’ Études Politiques de Paris, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.