Kelu Chao was the acting interim CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, from January 20,2021 to December 29,2022.
10 Facts About Kelu Chao
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Kelu Chao was born in Taiwan and studied in Zhongshan Girls' High School there.
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Kelu Chao moved to the US after graduating from the Journalism Department of National Chengchi University in 1975.
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Kelu Chao has a master's degree from Kent State University in the United States.
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Kelu Chao was the VOA's first Language Programming Director from 2001 to 2007.
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Kelu Chao worked as a VOA editor, VOA's Mandarin Service Chief, VOA's East Asia Division Director, VOA's Hong Kong Bureau Chief, a field reporter and radio announcer.
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Kelu Chao has received more than 30 awards as a VOA programmer, including from the New York Radio Festival and the Asian Broadcasting Union.
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Kelu Chao was appointed on January 20,2021 by President Joe Biden to lead the USAGM as interim CEO, replacing the Trump appointee Michael Pack.
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Kelu Chao is the first woman to hold the top position at USAGM.
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Taiwanese people call her "the light of Taiwan", but Zhao Kelu Chao has been in the United States for nearly half a century and has long been an American.