WASHINGTON – Radio Free Asia (RFA), a private nonprofit, today announced the additions of Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper to its corporate board of directors. Enos currently serves as a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, and Rapp-Hooper is a senior advisor at The Asia Group and a visiting fellow at Brookings Institute.
“Olivia and Mira bring decades of human rights and national security expertise in the Indo-Pacific region,” said RFA President Bay Fang. “Their invaluable experience and background will benefit RFA enormously as we rebuild journalistic operations and capacity. I welcome them both to RFA’s board of directors at a crucial time for our company.”
“RFA occupies a unique role as a beacon of press freedom in Asia and globally, amplifying voices and communities that would otherwise be silenced by brutal regimes,” Enos said. “As a member of its corporate board, I look forward to helping RFA achieve its goals, returning it to its status as a bulwark against foreign propaganda and malign influence.”
“RFA’s incisive reporting and analysis of national security issues in the Indo-Pacific, and their timely coverage of China’s tightening grip in the region, makes its work more important now than ever,” Rapp-Hooper said. “I am thrilled to help this great organization meet the moment as a member of its board.”
In addition to her work at Hudson Institute, Enos is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a contributor at Forbes. Previously, she worked as Washington Director for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and as Senior Policy Analyst for Asian Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Prior to working at Brookings and The Asia Group, Rapp-Hooper served as the senior director for East Asia and Oceania at the White House’s National Security Council (NSC), as well as the NSC director for Indo-Pacific strategy.
The two new members join Chair Carolyn Bartholomew, Shanthi Kalathil, Sam Stratman, Michael Green, Michael Kempner, Keith Richburg, and James Mann in serving on RFA’s corporate board.