Cheryl Feldman Halpern is the chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). She was appointed in 2005. An active Republican, she was chair of the Republican Jewish Coalition for eight years. In this capacity, she has been a critic of National Public Radio, accusing the public network of anti-Israeli bias. She has extensive experience with overseeing pro-American media campaigns abroad. In 1990, she was confirmed as a member of the Board for International Broadcasting and as a director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). From 1995 through 2002, she served as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees non-military overseas broadcasts by the US Government such as Radio Martí, the Voice of America, and Radio Free Iraq. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting logo, used from 1969 to 2002. ... GOP redirects here. ... NPR redirects here. ... Radio Martí is a radio and television broadcaster based in Miami, Florida, financed by the United States government (Broadcasting Board of Governors), which transmits Spanish-language radio broadcasts to Cuba. ... The Voice of America (VOA) is the official international broadcasting service of the Government of the United States. ...

Mrs. Halpern has been nominated to the boards of national or international public broadcasting organizations by Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

External links

• Biography at CPB website
• SourceWatch profile of Cheryl Halpern
• Presidential nomination on August 22, 2001
• Paul Farhi. Major GOP Donor Favored as Next CPB Chairman, Washington Post, July 15, 2005.