Russ Hodge is Executive Producer and Founder of 3 Roads Communications, Inc.Mr. Hodge has created and produced hundreds of hours of network television for domestic and international distribution. He recently served an appointment as Director of Television for the Voice of America, a position that was created for his unique talents and experiences.

Mr. Hodge began his career as a producer at WNBC Radio and TV in New York City. He then moved to Oliver Productions in Washington, DC, where for three years he produced John McLaughlin’s One on One program and The McLaughlin Group. Mr. Hodge also created, and was the Senior Producer for Mr. McLaughlin’s nightly CNBC talk show. Fox TV then hired Mr. Hodge to be the creator and producer of their young-skewing political talk show, Off the Record, which launched the careers of, among others, Susan Molinari and Tony Snow. Mr. Hodge won an Emmy Award for Off the Record. He has been a producer/consultant to Politically Incorrect for Comedy Central, to Fox News Sunday and to the Fox News Channel. His other clients have included CBS News and the America’s Voice cable network.

Mr. Hodge was Director of Special Communications Projects for the Bush-Quayle Campaign in 1992. Working for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and for the International Republican Institute, he developed and produced political talk shows on-site in Moscow and Kiev that targeted younger viewers. He has produced television programs in international locales ranging from Pakistan, Costa Rica, South Africa, London and Moscow. Before being named to his post at VOA, Mr. Hodge consulted with Voice of America to launch successful television programming for their Persian, Mandarin, Ukrainian, and Indonesian Services. The New York Times praised News and Views, a Persian Service offering that Mr. Hodge helped to launch. And Congressional Quarterly recently wrote that News and Views “delivers a fast-paced news report with production values that rival top-rated U.S. shows.”

Mr. Hodge established 3 Roads Communications in 1994. With a dynamic creative team, 3 Roads has produced dozens of hours of awards-winning programs. Legends of Airpower is a biography-style series of 52 episodes detailing the life and times of America’s greatest aviators. Legends of Airpower is broadcast on more than 250 public TV stations, on the Discovery Military Channel, and around the world on AFRTS. Frontiers of Medicine, a series of 39 episodes detailing the latest developments in hi-tech medicine, was broadcast on more than 200 public TV stations and in two dozen countries around the world. It is now on iVillage’s start up network, the Hospital Channel. The award-winning documentary, The Gift of Life, tells the story of a remarkable program to save the lives of critically ill children from third-world countries. New television programs in production and/or distribution, include Celebrate Freedom, a thirty minute public television program featuring one of America’s best small town air shows; Unspoiled Planet, 13 episodes about the most pristine environmental spots on the globe, which is in international distribution, and For The Love Of Their Brother, a heart-warming documentary about the struggles and triumphs of the Siller family after the death of their brother, Stephen Siller, a New York City Firefighter whose life was cut short on September 11th.

Mr. Hodge has been widely acclaimed by industry colleagues. He is recognized for his outstanding productions with more than three dozen awards, including an Emmy, Cable ACE, Telly, Aurora, Addy, Communicator, Aegis and several other broadcasting awards. A recognized expert in entertainment and media business practices, Mr. Hodge has been invited to speak at the American University School of Communication, and The Harvard Business School. He is also a regular Guest Host for NewsBeat on Radio America.