Event: CNA National Security Seminar Series – May 15

May 15, noon - 1:30 p.m. — David Ensor, Director of the Voice of America, will discuss “Communicating with Difficult to Reach Audiences”. As Director of VOA, Ensor oversees a worldwide US Government multimedia operation broadcasting in 43 languages, reaching an estimated 141 million people each week via radio, television, mobile, and the internet.

David Ensor joined VOA in June 2011 after an extensive career in journalism. From 2010 to 2011 he served as Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Earlier in his career he reported for National Public Radio. From 1980 to 1998, he was a television correspondent for ABC News, and, from 1998 to 2006, he was CNN’s National Security Correspondent. From 2006 to 2009, Ensor was Executive Vice President for Communications and Strategy at the Mercuria Energy Group. He holds a BA in European History from the University of California, Berkeley and is a member of the US Council on Foreign Relations.