Amanda Bennett | |
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CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media | |
In office December 6, 2022 – January 20, 2025 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Kelu Chao (acting) |
Succeeded by | Brent Bozell (nominee) |
Personal details | |
Born | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | July 9, 1952
Spouse(s) |
Philip Oxley (m. 1976–1983)Terence Foley (decd. 2007)
(m. 1987–2007) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Amanda Bennett (born July 9, 1952) is an American journalist and author, who is the current CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media. She was the director of Voice of America from 2016 to 2020.[1][2] She formerly edited The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Lexington Herald-Leader. Bennett is also the author of six nonfiction books.