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Background and Education

A senior executive, negotiator and advocate with 30 years' experience in international banking, economic development and foreign policy; served as interim director of the International Development Program at SAIS from 2010 to 2012; was U.S. executive director and ambassador to the Asian Development Bank and alternate executive director; was senior adviser to various nonprofits and consulted in the fields of development policy, aid effectiveness, strategic philanthropy and international financial policy; was Washington representative for The Asia Foundation and held a range of positions at the field office in Indonesia and at the headquarters; has worked with the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership, Pathfinder International and Forest Trends; currently serves on the board of directors for The Development Executive Group and for Abt Associates and on the board of advisers for the Asian Development Bank Institute, the United States-Indonesia Society and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area; delivered keynote address on "What's New in International Development?" at the 2011 International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the U.S.A.; has offered congressional testimony; has been an expert reviewer for the Asian Development Bank Institute CD-ROM series on sustainable development and civil society; M.A., international relations, SAIS