Libby Liu             

President of Radio Free Asia, Libby Liu also presides over Radio Free Asia’s Internet freedom program, The Open Technology Fund, and BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service serving audiences in South and Southeast Asia. 

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Ms. Liu provides strategic and operational direction for RFA’s mission of providing balanced, objective news to listeners in East Asian countries. 

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Ms. Liu also provides strategic and operational direction to the Open Technology Fund, which utilizes public funds to support Internet freedom projects promoting human rights and open societies.

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Prior to joining RFA, she served as director of administration and strategic planning at the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

In her previous career as a lawyer, Ms. Liu focused on labor and employment law. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California-Berkeley, an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.  A California native, Ms. Liu is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and she has traveled widely in East Asia.