Kevin Klose

Kevin Klose (born September 1, 1940) is an American journalist, author, broadcast executive, and academic administrator, who served as president of National Public Radio for almost a decade, overseeing a major growth era for the service.

Klose is a graduate of Harvard University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1962.

Klose served successively as director of U.S. international broadcasting, overseeing the U.S. Government's global radio and television news services (1997–98) and president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), broadcasting to Central Europe and the former Soviet Union (1994–97).

Among his achievements, he relocated RFE/RL from Munich to Prague and helped devise and implement a strategy to refocus the mission of all U.S.-funded international broadcasting and update operations.

He also serves on the advisory board of the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy and the nonprofit America Abroad Media.