Jeffrey Gedmin

Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin is editor-in-chief and CEO of American Purpose magazine and media venture. He was President and CEO of the London-based Legatum Institute and served for four years as President and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Prior to this he served as President and CEO of the Aspen Institute in Berlin.

Dr. Gedmin is the author/editor of several books and served as co-executive producer for two major PBS documentaries: "Spain's 9/11 and the Challenge of Radical Islam in Europe" (2007) and "The Germans, Portrait of a New Nation" (1995). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on several advisory boards. He is also co-chair of the Transatlantic Democracy Working Group, hosted at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Dr. Gedmin holds a B.A. in music from the American University, a master's degree in German Area Studies from American University, and a Ph.D. in German Area Studies and Linguistics from Georgetown University.