Interim Co-Director of the International Development Program; Associate Practitioner-in-Residence
Expertise Geographic Areas
Asia Issues
foreign aid and global poverty | sustainable development | World Bank and International Monetary Fund Background and Education
A senior executive, negotiator and advocate with 30 years' experience in international banking, economic development and foreign policy; was U.S. executive director and ambassador to the Asian Development Bank and served as alternate executive director; was senior adviser to a range of 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 Abt Associates and on the board of advisers for the Asian Development Bank Institute, the United States-Indonesia Society and United Nations Association of the National Capital Area; 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 Foreign Languages
Indonesian Publications
"What's News in International Development?" keynote address at Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (2011); "Reflections on a Case of Post-Disaster Development Assistance in Banda Aceh, Indonesia," a lab school project for the United States-Indonesia Society (2007); "New Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia," a background paper for The Stanley Foundation (2007); monograph on strategic philanthropy for Georgetown University; articles on international financial institutions for Emerging Markets and Euromoney | 
