RSS FeedTHE ASIA FOUNDATION APPOINTS KATHERINE HUNTER AS DEPUTY COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN
San Francisco and Kabul
The Asia Foundation recently appointed Katherine S. Hunter as its Deputy Country Representative in Afghanistan. Since joining The Asia Foundation in 1988, she has served in numerous leadership positions in the U.S. and in Asia.
Most recently, Ms. Hunter was the Luce Scholars Coordinator for two years, where she managed the successful placement of 34 young American professionals in Asian host institutions in ten countries, including the first-ever placement in Laos. Prior to that, Ms. Hunter served as Country Representative in Timor-Leste, from 2003 to 2007. Under her direction, the Foundation significantly expanded its program portfolio with new initiatives in conflict management, legal reform, and legislative development. Ms. Hunter has also served as the Foundation’s Country Representative in Mongolia, as well as Deputy Country Representative in Bangladesh and Mongolia.
Ms. Hunter previously held other positions at the Foundation, as well: Program Officer for the Foundation’s Center for Asian Pacific Affairs; Program Officer for the South Asia Regional Desk, in San Francisco; Program Officer for Women’s Political Participation, in the Washington D.C office; and Senior Director for the Women’s Political Participation program in Indonesia.
With an M.A. in international relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University, Ms. Hunter also holds an M.A. in museum practice from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and a B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College.
The Asia Foundation’s Kabul office was re-established in February 2002 to launch programs in areas vital to the political, social, economic, and intellectual development of post-Taliban Afghanistan. The Asia Foundation also conducts their informative annual “Survey of the Afghan People” — the largest, most-comprehensive public opinion poll ever conducted in Afghanistan. Read more about the Foundation’s programs in Afghanistan.
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