Kathryn "Kate" Neeper

Kathryn "Kate" Neeper served as USAGM Director of Strategy and Performance Assessment (and Chief Strategy Officer). In her executive role, she oversaw operational metrics, agency strategy, and audience reach for VOA's global networks. Following management directives that placed core personnel on administrative leave and shuttered key operations, Neeper joined the lawsuit to defend the agency's statutory mandate and structural governance against unauthorized administrative dissolution.