Leadership
Bay Fang, President
As President, Bay provides Radio Free Asia with leadership, vision, and mission-based strategic and operational direction. She first came to RFA as Managing Director for East Asia, overseeing the management and editorial content of RFA’s five East Asian language services. She went on to become RFA’s Executive Editor, supervising coverage across all of Asia. Prior to RFA, she began her 20-plus year career in journalism as the Beijing Bureau Chief for US News and World Report, where she won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for her story "China's Stolen Wives." She went on to cover the wars in Afghanistan (2001-2002) and Iraq (2003-2004) for US News, and then became the Diplomatic Correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Also before coming to RFA, Bay previously served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, overseeing public diplomacy and public affairs for Europe and Eurasia. Bay earned her undergraduate degree at Harvard University and was a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a Fulbright scholar in Hong Kong. She trained as a French chef at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and holds a brown belt in kung fu.
Kevin W. Fleming, Chief Operating Officer
2023-08-24As Chief Operating Officer, Kevin oversees the day-to-day operations of RFA’s human resources, finance, technology, and security teams. A member of RFA’s leadership team, he leads efforts to develop and bolster the organization’s overall efficiency as it expands its journalistic operations and capacity, in addition to enhancing the organization’s technology capabilities and operational footprint. Before joining RFA in September 2023, Kevin has more than 25 years of public, private, and NGO sector experience in the United States and abroad, focusing on issues ranging from education, and public health to agriculture, food security and economic development. He was the Chief of Operations for the Africa region at the Peace Corps, a position he held since 2019. Throughout his tenure with the Peace Corps, which began in 2015, he served in a number of managerial positions, including Acting Regional Director for the Africa region, and the Country Director of Peace Corps Liberia and Peace Corps Namibia. Prior to the Peace Corps, Kevin served as the Interim Executive Managing Director for Last Mile Health, during which he oversaw the organization's rapid scale-up during the Ebola epidemic in Liberia. Before that he served as Chief of Staff and Strategy at the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship and SVP, Global Field Operations for Operation HOPE, Inc., nonprofits focused on providing entrepreneurship, and financial literacy opportunities for youth and adults in the United States, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He also worked as Country Relations Manager for Teach For All/Teach South Africa, Senior Project Manager for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Peace Corps Agriculture Volunteer in Lesotho, Teach For America Corps member in Los Angeles, California, and as Operations Manager at Keller Environmental Inc., in Columbus, Ohio. Kevin earned his bachelor's degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and his master's degree in Management and Public Policy from the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. In his spare time, he loves to play tennis and keep up with his three nieces and nephew.
Rohit Mahajan, Chief Communications Officer
2023-08-24Rohit Mahajan serves as RFA’s Chief Communications Officer. He leads media and Congressional relations, while overseeing messaging, branding, public speaking events, and internal and public-facing corporate communications. During his 10+ year tenure at RFA, Rohit has served in progressive communications roles and was an early strategic advisor to the Open Technology Fund, a digital freedom funder incubated at the company before becoming its own private entity. He has been interviewed by and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, BBC, Washington Post, CNN, and Reuters, among other outlets. He has also served as Acting Secretary to RFA’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining RFA, Rohit spent five years on Capitol Hill, working in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. He most recently served as a Press Secretary for a Subcommittee Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. During his tenure, Rohit focused on advancing members’ legislative priorities in the media on foreign policy, food security, technology, and climate issues. Rohit began his career in newspapers, writing for and editing sections of an award-winning community newspaper chain in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. He has a Master of Arts degree in English from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Beloit College. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.