Annual Report - FY2013

Message from the Chairman of the Board and President
      





       




      



           



         
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 
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 
 
 
 
 
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT


 

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         

        


       
  
      
       
 
      
         
        
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

        

       




         

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L A C K O F T R A N S P A R E N C Y A N D A C C O U N TA B I L I T Y I N G O V E R N M E N T
Lack of Transparency and
Accountability in Government
Accountable governance institutions are critical to sustainable growth, particularly
in countries experiencing rapid social and economic change. As more Asian
countries achieve “middle income” status, citizen demands for good government
are growing, as seen by rising anti-corruption movements in India, Indonesia,
Philippines, and Vietnam. Even Mongolia, often rated as one of the world’s most
corrupt nations, is determined to overcome this problem despite significant
obstacles. Left unaddressed, corruption and a lack of transparency may relegate
many to economic stagnation, social unrest, and political instability.
L A C K O F T R A N S P A R E N C Y A N D A C C O U N TA B I L I T Y I N G O V E R N M E N T
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Malaysia


       

     


      
       






L A C K O F T R A N S P A R E N C Y A N D A C C O U N TA B I L I T Y I N G O V E R N M E N T
7
Myanmar

       


      
     


 

      
     
     
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
     

        





        
     

      
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 A LDADCRKE SOSFI NT GR ACNRSI PT AI CRAELN CI SYS AU NE SD A C C O U N TA B I L I T Y I N G O V E R N M E N T
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Persistent Poverty and
Rising Income Inequality
Despite the region’s dramatic growth, income inequality in Asia continues to rise
and some 700 million people live on less than US$1 a day. This is more than an
economic issue, it is a social justice issue, a sustainability and a stability issue. The
Asia Foundation has been working to promote economic growth, shared prosperity,
and regional economic cooperation in Asia for six decades. Many Asian nations
have the resources, and capacity to diversify and grow—but these societies
urgently need better governance and policy reform to create jobs and foster
“inclusive growth.” In Myanmar, for example, a lack of transparency, combined with
bureaucratic and legal impediments, is preventing citizens from opening businesses.
The country is rich in oil, gas, timber, gems, and hydropower, but its future will
hinge on its ability to build a private economy and create jobs.
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Bangladesh
       

        




      




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
       




        


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PERSISTENT POVERTY AND RISING INCOME INEQUALITY
Exclusion of Women from
Political and Economic Life
Increasingly, women are visible in Asian public leadership, but the actual rates of
men and women voting and running for office are vastly unequal. Women are
routinely discouraged from entering politics; the few who do are paid less than
men for the same work. The low status of women in countries such as Afghanistan
and Pakistan has led activists to strengthen the link between women’s political
participation and their ability to preserve hard-fought legal, educational, and
economic gains. Women entrepreneurs, who represent a significant portion of Asia’s
small and medium-sized businesses, face barriers to entry, access to credit, and
discrimination. If women are not able to participate as equal partners, poverty,
illiteracy, and lack of opportunity will threaten the region’s prospects.
EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE
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Laos



     

     


       

      

     
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       
       
      
  

      


 
       

      

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EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE
India

         

       

     

       
       

  

      

      

       

       
      

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The Lotus Circle
         
      
 
 
  
 
        
 
 
  
       
 
 

EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE
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Ethnic and
Religious Conflicts
Subnational conflicts are the most deadly, widespread, and enduring violent
conflicts in Asia. Our landmark findings revealed that between 1999 and 2008,
more people died in subnational conflicts in Asia than in all other forms of conflict
combined. In South and Southeast Asia, these conflicts are affecting regions the
size of Indonesia and more than 130 million people. In fact, many of Asia’s worst
cases of instability, poor governance, and political violence are a result of ethnic
and religious conflicts such as in Southern Thailand, Southern Philippines, and
Myanmar. In Thailand, the resurgence of an indigenous ethno-nationalist conflict
in the nation’s three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat has left
nearly 6,000 dead and over 9,500 injured. Enduring grievances there, and in other
areas, will continue to feed a sense of resentment and foster violent responses
unless sustainable solutions are reached.
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Philippines
      

      
      
       

       

     
     


       
      

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 

      




      

     


       

Indonesia


      


      

      




       
     

      







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ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS
Access to Justice
and Human Rights
Weak legal institutions and systems of justice mean citizens throughout Asia
face daunting challenges in resolving disputes, enforcing their rights, and accessing
benefits to which they are legally entitled. In a number of fledgling democracies,
political uncertainty, high unemployment, and social divisions breed violent
acts, leaving communities helpless and shattered. For example, Cambodia, still
recovering from decades of war and genocide, remains plagued by impunity, poverty,
nepotism, corruption, and land grabs. Yet, after six years of judicial proceedings and
a cost of $200 million, the Khmer Rouge tribunal is likely to secure no more than
three convictions.
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Sri Lanka
 
          
 
            
      
 
 
 
         
         
         
        
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       
      






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      
       
        
    
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


        
      
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      
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  

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       
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
       
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    
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      
     
       
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     
      
       
          
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D I S A S T E R M A N A G E M E N T, C L I M AT E C H A N G E , A N D W AT E R R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T
Disaster Management,
Climate Change, and Water
Resource Management
The devastation caused by large-scale disasters and climate change imposes a
huge economic and human toll on developing countries of Asia. As of this writing,
millions in the Philippines are still recovering from the injuries, psychological trauma,
and financial losses caused by Typhoon Haiyan, which tested and overwhelmed
the government’s disaster management response system. In China, one of the
countries most vulnerable to natural disasters, the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan
Province claimed the lives of nearly 70,000 people and left 1.5 million without
shelter. After the devastation, a coalition of Chinese NGOs active in the disaster
response and relief field recognized the urgency of establishing standardized
preparedness systems and rallied to address the needs of affected populations.
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       
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       
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      
      
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     
    
       
    
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      
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     
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        
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          
     
         
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       
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       
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      
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Fostering Leadership to
Address the Critical Issues
ASIA FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT FELLOWS
For 60 years, our support of emerging leaders in Asia has yielded an extraordinary
list of talented and distinguished Asians, from public office, academia, the private
sector, and civil society, who have influenced the course of development and
progress in their countries. We have always believed and invested in the “human
capital” needed for societies to develop and flourish. Our newest endeavor, the
Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future
program targets and empowers a dynamic network of “change agents” across
Asia, with the goal of pursuing creative and lasting solutions to the region’s diverse
development challenges. Last year, we put out the call for the inaugural
2014 participants; the 10 men and women selected are an accomplished and
inspirational group of young professionals working in government, nonprofit
organizations, social enterprises, and media across Asia. All under 40, the Fellows
have demonstrated outstanding commitment and leadership potential within their
professional fields and their larger community. The 2014 program includes a
customized Leadership Training Program in partnership with Lee Kuan Yew School
of Public Policy in Singapore; an applied workshop on Asia development in the
Philippines; a custom professional development plan; a mentoring program with
leaders who have participated in Asia’s progress; and, a capstone two-week
leadership dialogue and exchange in Washington, DC and San Francisco, coinciding
with the Foundation’s 60th Anniversary.
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          
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         
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      
      
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     
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       
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        
       
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FOSTERING LEADERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ISSUES
Donors
Donations Received Fiscal Year 2013
(October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013)
INDIVIDUALS
Trustee’s Circle ($25,000 +)
Gina Lin Chu
Jerome and Thao Dodson
Walter J. Frost
Stephen and Maria Kahng
Janet Ketcham / Janet Ketcham
Family Foundation
Chien Lee
Chong-Moon and Reiko Lee
Missie T. Rennie and Zach Taylor
Masako and James Shinn
Haydn Williams
President’s Circle ($10,000 - $24,999)
Anonymous (1)
Michael H. Armacost
Ron D. Boring and Christine LeGrand
Howard Cox
Theodore and Karen Eliot
Winnie and Michael Feng
Harry Harding
Bill S. Kim
S. Timothy Kochis and Penelope Wong
Maja Kristin
Meredith Ludlow and Marc Teillon
Thomas and Shelagh Rohlen
Judith Wilbur
Masamoto and Yoko Yashiro
Alice Young
Benefactor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Todd Ahlsten
David R. Andrews
David and Sherry Arnold
William M. Carey
Tom and Helen Clausen
Scott Cook
Ernest M. and Jean M. Howell
Vickie Johnston
Kenneth I. Juster
Ida Liu
Janet and Thomas Montag
Douglas Paal
Carol Rattray
Suzanne E. Siskel and Peter Gajewski
Patron ($1,000 - $4,999)
Anonymous (2)
Terrence B. Adamson and Ede Holiday
Marie Anderson and Ronald J. Anderson
William S. Anderson
Vickie Au
William L. Ball, III
Susan Beningson
Amy E. Biewen
Herve Bouvier
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DONORS
Victor and Kate Boyd
Douglas Broderick
Mary Brown Bullock
Michael A. and Victoria Callen
Polly and Dan Weissman
Todd Leong
Annette Clear and Michael Begert
John Clough
Charles J. Conroy and Debby Carter
Farok J. Contractor
Irene Corbari
Judith-Ann Corrente
Miyoko and John Davey
Donald Davis
Eric Douilhet
Marsha Dubrow
Elizabeth Economy
Karl and Ching Eikenberry
Stephanie and John Foster
William P. Fuller
Geoffrey Garrett
Adrienne Halper
Mary Beth Harvey
Michelle Hayashi Koo
Catherine Houghton
Karl F. and Meredith R. Inderfurth
Stacey Keare and John Hodge
James A. Kelly
Peter Kessler
Jeanie and Murray Kilgour
Susan and David King
Yoriko Kishimoto
Ken Krug and Andrea Scharf
Ellen Laipson
Steven Landsberg
Joanne Leung
Kim Seng Liew
Clare Elizabeth Lockhart
Mark Loomis
Kent A. Lucken
James and Mini Mammen
Edythe Messer
Gary and Joey Mosko
Ruth and Harold Newman
Mimi Oka
Roderick O’Neill
Wendy O’Neill
Dailey and Gordon Pattee
Michael Green and Eileen Pennington
Mary Ann Peters
Janice and Marvin Pettey
Susan J. Pharr
Sunder and Varna Ramaswamy
Michael L. Riordan
Linda Rizk
Elise and Richard Ronzetti
Pat Rosenwald
J. Stapleton Roy
Nobuko Sakurai
Teresita Schaffer
Joan D. Schneider
Michael Shapiro
Javier Simon
Paul S. and Mary Slawson
Abigail Snoddy
Agnes and Oscar Tang
Linda Tsao Yang
Barbara Vogelstein
Sean and Khanh Wachob
Fabrice Weber
Sue Ann Weinberg
Kenneth Wong
Mary Young
Nadia Zilka
Supporter ($500 - $999)
Anonymous (1)
George Baker and Lauren Jennings
Theresa K. Balaran
Vanessa Barboni
David and Araceli Barclay
Swati and Bharat Bhise
Marie-Ann Billens
Alexander and Cornelia Calhoun
Minalie Chen and Jackson Hsieh
Margareet Chooi
Z. Gale Cogan
Bo Crowell
Mark and Linda Dalsin
Silvia Damen
Rebecca and Maurice D’Lima
Lien Do
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa /
J.I. Foundation, Inc.
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
Mary Elliott Interior Design
Catherine Farrell
Alison Gardy
Marianne Gerschel
Iris M. Giordano
Carolyn Hsu Balcer
Karen Hsu
Lucia Hwong Gordon
Judi R. Kilachand
Kyu Kim
David M. Lampton
Cathy S. Lawrence
Lau Pik Lee
Estelle LeTang
Christina Livingston
Philip Lyons and Carol Lyons
Daver Massion
Karen McDonald
Gillian Mestre
Carol Mills
Joyce L. Moss
Umang Pabaru
Kathryn Pellegrini Inglin
Joan Pierpoline and Chin Koock
Hilary Geary Ross
Diane H. Schafer
Susan Shin
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Paul Slavin
Dun Tan and Jane Huang
Eve Tetzlaff
Fenton C. Tom
Tran Thi Thanh Thuy
Emmanuelle Vernet
Aya Weissman
Carol H. Yost
Linda Yu Lam
Fabrizio Zanardo
Tina Zonars
Aspasia Zoumas
Friend (Up to $499)
Anonymous (23)
Kimberly Abreu
Walter and Maria Luiza Adamson
Betty N. Alberts
William Alves
Yvonne Ascher
Eiko S. Assael
Dev Aujla
Barbara L. Barck
Mia Baviera
Richard and Carolyn Beahrs
Sean Belfi
Douglas and Louise Bereuter
Avijit Bhunia
Patricia W. Bigelow
Fannie Billings
Susanne Blanke
James Bogin
Lawrence and Joyce Bohan
Alex Bouzalis
Susan Parker Brant
Susan and James Breece
Chase Briggs
Christopher Briggs
Katherine Brown
Meaghan Burke
Nicola Burt and Chris Banks
Melissa Cast-Brede
Susan Chadick
Julia Chaykin
Connie Chen
Christina Cheng
Kelly T. Cheng
Xing Chew
Peter Chiang
Jay J. Choi
Leo Clark
Rebecca Collora
William Comfort
Brendan Connellan
Elizabeth Cross
Tania Das
C. Sean Day
Georgia and Michael de Havenon
Jennifer De Lotto
Sharon DeCourcey
Dinyar S. Devitre
Rob Dretler and Muffie Michaelson
Barry Duong
Thomas and Barbara Elliott
Ben Emons and Buwon Tran
Ronald and Sonia Ettinger
Nancy Evans
Robert Fallon
Jennifer Fan
Thomas and Sarah Fargo
Curtis Farrar and Carol J. Lancaster
Douglas Felt
B.A. Fernando
Diane Filippi
Maria and Joseph Finetti
John and Margaret Francis
Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland
Tom Froehlich
Richard and Susan Fuller
Katherine Gali
Robin Garner
Drue Gensler
Wendell and Hilde Gerken
Suzanne and Richard Gerson
Hannah Gibson
Jonathan Goldberg
James and Christine Gould
Michael J. Green and Eileen Pennington
Joseph and Marie Gunn
Irene Hahn
Susan D. Hairston
Sadia Q. Halim
John Hamalian
Michelle Heffernan
Richard and Beatrice Heggie
Gordon R. Hein
George and Julia Hernandez
Pamela G. Hollie
Nancy Hopkins and Bruce McKenney
Peter Hsu
Le Hui
Angela Hung
Stephen Hunter
Sania Ilahi
Andrew Jacobs
William Jakel
Ms. Lin Jamison
Richard E. Jorgensen
James V. Joyce
Grace Kanzawa
Kate A. Kaplan
Nixa Khuon
Anand Kinkhabwala
Ann Kinney
Deborah Kopinski
Samantha Ku
Ralph and Carol Kuiper
Valerie Kuo
Caroline Lamey
Arthur W. Lane
Robert Lawrence
Hung The Le
Lan T. Le
Corey Lee
Dong Ho Lee
Nancy Lemon
Ron Leven
Herbert Levin
Lyn Lewis
Ai-Ling Li
Jeremy Lieberman
Rosemarie Lieberman
Nicole Lindstrom
Thi My Linh Tran
Germaine Long
Mariko Tanabe Lucas
Beijia Ma
Regina Malgouyres
Tommy Marcotte
Caroline Marsden
Patrick Andre Mather
Jessica Matthews
Phillip McLamb
Chaitanya Mehra
Suketu Mehta
Bonnie Melville and Dan TerLouw
Ingrid Miller
Timothy McGue Millhiser
John and Bonne Mogulescu
John G. Mori and Adela Tax
Jack Moshman
Dan and Dimity Mueller
Kerry Muldoon
Douglas P. Murray and Peggy Blumenthal
Joe Newman and Rachel Freeman
Hong Chee Ng
Hang Nguyen
Khanh Ninh
Julie and Kevin Oh
Jeriz Pamfilo
Ketal Patel
Sai Patro
Sarah H. Pedersen
Erin Perzov
Erin Pettigrew
Christine S. Pomeranz
Bradley and Faye Pond
Sonia and Ramon Quesada
Zaidur Rahman
Kavitha Ramaswamy
Veena Ramaswamy
Merrill Randol
Yasi Razvan
John and Elizabeth Reed
Marie Romero
Jennifer Rusk
Michael Rusli
Singkawan Rusli
Steven Sabotta
Julia Sands
Pam B. Schafler
Corrente Schankler
George Schlenk
David and Linda Schneider
Margaret A. Scott and Ben Rauch
Chad Shampine
Hong Sheng
Sophia Sheng
L. Shu
Neil and Deshi Singh
Rick and Simran Singh
Rebecca Singleton
Scott Slayton
Laura L. Smith
Albert Song
Kristin Soong
Constance and Stephen Spahn
Lauren Starr
Cheryl Steed
Meredith Steiner
Elizabeth Steuart
Susan Stinson
William Su
Ghulam Suhrawardi
Katie Sullivan
Peter H. Sullivan
Joseph Sum
Jeffrey Sun
Ling Sun
John and Doris Sutter
Dave Tan
Sonali Tanor
Rennie Taylor and Craig Cornelius
Phyllis and Max Thelen
Thi Thanh Thuy Tran
Sandra J. Tillin
Lisa Timbers
Jane Tjian
Elena Toth
Trung Nguyen Hoang Thai
Laura D’Andrea Tyson
Ruslan Usmanov
Michael Velasquez and Naoko Watanabe
Elizabeth Vera
Christopher James Vroman
John and Adrienne Wafer
Gabrielle Walters
Mira Weiss
Stephen and Juliana Weissman
Walter and Susan Wessels
Michael Wong
Yang Wu
Nancy Yuan
Philip W. Yun and Melissa A. Millsaps
Dan Zhang
Min Zhang
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Anonymous (1)
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Biogrow Lanka Pvt Ltd
Bloomberg
Capital One
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Chevron Corporation
China Educational Publications Import
& Export Corporation
Citi Private Bank
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Fernando, B.A.
The Ford Foundation
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Friends of The Asia Foundation, Korea
AIG
Air Busan
Tong Yang Securities
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
Give2Asia
Google Matching Gift Program
GSRD Foundation
Hatton National Bank
Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills PLC
Island School
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Levi Strauss Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
Malia Mills Swimwear
MAS Holdings
The McConnell Foundation
Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation
The Mirchandani Foundation
Momofuku Milk Bar
National Development Bank
Orion Marine Corporation
People’s Bank
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Chong-Moon Lee Foundation
Texas Instruments Community Fund
Skoll Global Threats Fund
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC
The Sungkok Foundation for Journalism
Two Ten Footwear Foundation
Villa College
Vista Equity Partners
Warburg Pincus LLC
Watawala Plantations Ltd.
YBM
GOVERNMENT AND
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
Australian Aid/Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade
Australian Aid, Developmental
Leadership Program
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade, in Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, TimorLeste, and Vietnam
Australian Labor Party
Banco Nacional de Comercio Timor-Leste
British Embassy, in Afghanistan, Indonesia,
Philippines, and Vietnam
British High Commission, in Bangladesh
and Sri Lanka
Canadian International Development
Agency
Danish International Development Agency
Department for International Development,
United Kingdom
European Union
German Embassy, in Bangladesh
The Hague Forum for Judicial Expertise
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Korea Development Institute
Korea Development Institute School of
Public Policy and Management
Korea International Cooperation Agency
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
in Afghanistan and Indonesia
New Zealand Aid
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
in Timor-Leste
Royal Netherlands Embassy, in
Afghanistan, China, Indonesia,
and Pakistan
Royal Danish Embassy, in Bangladesh,
Indonesia, and Nepal
Office of the Presidential Advisor on the
Peace Process in the Philippines
Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation
Swiss Embassy in Nepal
Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
United Nations Population Fund
United States Congress
United States Department of State
United States Embassy, in Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal,
Philippines, and Sri Lanka
DONORS
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United States Agency for International
Development
The World Bank
BOOKS FOR ASIA (IN-KIND)
Publishers
Abrams
Bearport Publishing
Big Kids Science
Heyday
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Kumarian Press, Inc.
LexisNexis
Lynne Rienner Publishers
McGraw-Hill Companies
Pearson Education
Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Springer Publishing Company
Swordpen Publishing
University Science Books
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DONORS
Corporations, Foundations,
and Organizations
Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant, & Miller
Law Offices
Contributions and Donations, Inc.
Orient Overseas Container Line
World Vision
Individuals
Anthony Arnold
Jean Bartlett
Madeleine Dunph
The Honorable Theodore L. Eliot Jr.
Douglas Fisher
David B. FitzGerald
Leonard Goodisman
Thomas G. Huebner
Mark Icanberry
Eva Salcedo
Myrna Santiago
Rumu Sarkar
Harvey Young
Leadership
Gordon Hein
Karl F. Inderfurth
Melanne Verveer 4
Vice President, Programs, The Asia Foundation
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and
International Studies
Former Assistant Secretary of State for
South Asian Affairs
U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs
to UN, rank of Ambassador
Executive Director, Georgetown Institute
for Women, Peace and Security
Former U.S. Ambassador for Global
Women’s Issues
TRUSTEES & OFFICERS
Nancy Yuan
Officers
Vice President and Director, Washington, DC,
The Asia Foundation
Michael H. Armacost 1
Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee 1
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow for Political
Affairs, Asia-Pacific Research Center,
Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and
the Philippines
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Ken Krug
James Andrew Kelly 1
Janice Gow Pettey 6
President, EAP Associates, Inc.
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East
A Asian and Pacific Affairs
Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee 2
George and Sadie Hyman Professor and Director
of China Studies, Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Alice Young
Special Counsel and Chair, Asia Pacific
Practice Group of Kaye Scholer, LLP
S. Timothy Kochis
Sarah Wan-Yau
David M. Lampton
Civic Leader
Chief Financial Officer, The Asia Foundation
Vice President, Resource Development,
The Asia Foundation
Judith F. Wilbur
Assistant Secretary, Board of Trustees
Special Assistant to the President,
The Asia Foundation
President, International Ventures
Principal at Aspiriant
TRUSTEES EMERITI
William S. Anderson
Ellen Laipson
Retired Chairman of the Board, NCR Corporation
President and CEO, The Henry L. Stimson Center
Members
Alexander D. Calhoun, Esq.
Chien Lee
Harry Harding 1
Terrence B. Adamson
Private Investor, Hong Kong
Vice Chair of the Board and Executive Committee 1
Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and
Public Policy, University of Virginia
Executive Vice President,
National Geographic Society
Chong-Moon Lee
Former Attorney at Law, Squire Sanders, LLP
Scott Cook
Chairman and CEO, AmBex Venture Group, LLC
Co-founder and Chairman of the Executive
Committee, Intuit, Inc.
Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Clare Lockhart
Thomas S. Foley 5
Howard L. Berman 3
Co-founder and Director, Institute for
State Effectiveness
Former U.S. Ambassador and Speaker of the
U.S. House of Representatives
Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP
Former U.S. Congressman
Lauren Kahea Moriarty 2
Ernest M. Howell
Former Dean of Academics, Asia-Pacific
Center for Security Studies
Former U.S. Ambassador to APEC
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management,
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
William L. Ball, III
Kenneth I. Juster
Vice Chair of the Board and Executive Committee 2
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, LLC
Former Under Secretary of Commerce
Counselor (Acting) of the State Department
Deputy and Senior Advisor to the Deputy
Secretary of State
Sunder Ramaswamy
Vice Chair of the Board and Executive Committee2
President and Frederick C. Dirks Professor of
International Economics, Monterey Institute
of International Studies
Ralph L. Boyce 2
President, Boeing Southeast Asia
Former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia
Gina Lin Chu
Board of Directors, DC Design International, LLC
Missie Rennie
Karl Eikenberry
Vice Chair of the Board and Executive Committee
Consultant
William J. Perry Fellow in International Security,
The Freeman Spogli Institute for
International Studies, Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Thomas P. Rohlen
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Stanford
University Institute for International Studies
Mary Brown Bullock 1
Secretary, Board of Trustees 1
Executive Vice Chancellor, Duke Kunshan University
Distinguished Visiting Professor of China Studies,
Emory University
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.1
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Executive Secretary and Inspector General
of the State Department
Dean Emeritus of the Fletcher School
Lee Hong-koo
Adil Najam
Professor, Department of International Relations,
Boston University
Former Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of
Management Sciences
Chairman of the Board, Seoul Forum
for International Affairs
Former Prime Minister of South Korea
Former Korean Ambassador to the U.S. and U.K.
J. Stapleton Roy
William H. Neukom 3
President and CEO, World Justice Project
Douglas H. Paal
Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and
the United States, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
Former U.S. Ambassador and Assistant
Secretary of State
Paul S. Slawson
Susan J. Pharr
Business Leader
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
and Director, Reischauer Institute of
Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Linda Tsao Yang
John Foster
Chairman and Managing Director,
Healthpoint Capital
Masako H. Shinn
Jared Frost
Kathleen Stephens 2
Executive Advisor, RMI Group, Jakarta
Koret Fellow in Korean Studies,
The Freeman Spogli Institute for
International Studies, Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
Founder, Graphis Asia
Chairman, Asian Corporate Governance
Association
Former U.S. Ambassador and Executive Director,
Asian Development Bank
Teresita C. Schaffer
Secretary, Board of Trustees 2
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates
Geoffrey Garrett
David D. Arnold
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Asia Foundation
Dean, Australian School of Business,
University of New South Wales
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, The Asia Foundation
Until 1/14
As of 1/14
3 As of 5/13
4 As of 9/13
5 Deceased
6 Until 9/13
Franklin Tugwell 1
Hong Seok-hyun
Suzanne E. Siskel
1
2
Former President and CEO, Winrock International
Chairman and CEO, JoongAng Media Network
Former Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
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PRESIDENTS EMERITI
Douglas Bereuter
William P. Fuller
Haydn Williams
PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL
Ron Boring
Former Executive, Vodafone Corporation
Meredith Ludlow
Janet Montag
Carol Rattray
Missie Rennie
Nobuko Sakurai
Masako Shinn
Mary Slawson
Alice Young
Shotaro Yachi 2
Park Jin
Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Executive Director, Asia Future Institute
Former National Assembly Member
Hagihara Yasuhiro
1
Senior Counsel, Squire Sanders
Gaikokuhou Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho
Toshio Kinoshita
SUPPORTING PARTNERS IN ASIA
Certified Public Accountant (US, Japan)
Council Member, The Japanese Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
The Asia Foundation gratefully acknowledges
the generous assistance and commitment of
its supporting partners in Asia.
As of 12/13
2 Until 9/13
The Asia Foundation, Singapore
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Manu Bhaskaran
Partner, Centennial Group Inc
1
Until 1/14
2 Until 12/13
Ralph L. Boyce
Advisory Partner, Greylock Partners
The Asia Foundation, Australia
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Friends of The Asia Foundation Korea
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Boeing Southeast Asia
Former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia
Ted Eliot III
Carrillo Gantner 1
Han Sung-joo, Chairman
Gordon Hein
President, Connell Brothers
Chairman, Sidney Myer Fund
Chairman, Korean-American Association
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vice President, Programs, The Asia Foundation
Tim Graczewski
Geoffrey Garrett
Customer Care Leader, QuickBooks Online, Intuit
Dean, Australian School of Business,
University of New South Wales
Howard Cox
Kristin Paulson
Stephen Kahng
Founder and Former Chairman and CEO of
Power Computing Corp.
David D. Arnold 1
Director, Energy Policy for ASEAN, GE Energy
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Asia Foundation
Ong Keng Yong
Andrew MacIntyre
Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia.
Dean, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific,
Australian National University
Peter M. Beck
Founder and President, Kizan International, Inc.
Peter McCawley
Janice Gow Pettey 2
S. Timothy Kochis
Visiting Fellow, Arndt-Corden Department of
Economics, ANU College of Asia and the
Pacific, Australian National University
Vice President, Resource Development,
The Asia Foundation
Country Representative, Korea, The Asia Foundation
Bill S. Kim
President of International Ventures
Principal at Aspiriant
Hong Seok-hyun
Jack Whelan
Meredith Ludlow
Leader, Global Services at Gensler
Chairman and CEO, JoongAng Media Network
Former Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
Secretary, The Asia Foundation,
Australia Board of Directors
1
Until 6/13
Janet McKinley
Former Chair, Oxfam America Board of Directors
Former Chair, The Income Fund of America
Former Director, Capital Research and
Management Company (CRMC)
Masashi Oka
The Asia Foundation, Japan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, The Asia Foundation
LOTUS CIRCLE ADVISORS
The Lotus Circle Advisors are a group of
committed philanthropists and business leaders
who provide advice and generous support to
The Asia Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment
Program to create more opportunities for
disadvantaged girls and women across Asia
to improve their lives.
Victoria Callen
Gina Lin Chu
Winnie C. Feng
Jared Frost
Michael Green
Victoria Johnston
Ida Liu
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LEADERSHIP
Chairman, World Peace Forum
Former Minister of Science and Technology
Kim Ki-hwan
Michael H. Armacost 1
Business Leader
Member of Council, The One Law Firm
Former Minister of Justice
Kim Jin-hyun
Suzanne E. Siskel, President
President and CEO, Union Bank
Paul S. Slawson
Kang Kum-sil
Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee,
The Asia Foundation
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow for Political
Affairs, Asia/Pacific Research Center,
Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and
the Philippines
Former Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs
Chairman, Seoul Financial Forum
Former Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry
Lee Hong-koo
Chairman, Seoul Forum for International Affairs
Former Prime Minister of South Korea
Former Korean Ambassador to the U.S. and U.K.
Min Sun-shik
President and CEO, YBM
Secretary-General, Korea-UK Forum for the Future
Alexander D. Calhoun, Esq.
Former Attorney, Squire Sanders, LLP
Akio Harada
Lawyer, Hironaka Law Office
Takahiro Moriguchi
Representative Director and Chairman,
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Moon Kook-hyun
President and CEO, Hansoll Textile
President, New Paradigm Institute for Green and
R Responsible Competitiveness
Former National Assembly Member
SENIOR STAFF
Michael Regimbal
Malaysia
Herizal Hazri
Timor-Leste
Susan Marx
Country Representative
Country Representative
Anthea Mulakala
Kylie Anderson
Director, International Development Cooperation
Deputy Country Representative
Director, Books for Asia
Mongolia
Meloney C. Lindberg
Vietnam
Michael DiGregorio
Senior Advisors
Country Representative
Country Representative
Abigail Friedman
Tirza Theunissen
William Taylor
Senior Advisor, Washington DC
Deputy Country Representative
Deputy Country Representative
Erik Jensen
Myanmar
Kim N. B. Ninh
SENIOR ADVISORS
Country Representative
Pamella Odhner, Singapore
Chen-Dong Tso, Taipei
Kaori Kuroda,Tokyo
Director, Internal Audit
IN THE UNITED STATES
Surya Sayed-Ganguly
David D. Arnold
Director, Global Information Services
President
Melody Zavala
Suzanne E. Siskel
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Gordon Hein
Vice President, Programs
Nancy Yuan
Vice President and Director, Washington, DC
Senior Advisor, Governance and Law Programs
Ken Krug
Chief Financial Officer
IN ASIA
Roger Craig
Afghanistan
Mark Kryzer
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nepal
George Varughese
Amory Sharpe
Chief Philanthropy Officer
1
Country Representative
2
Country Representative
Until 11/13
Since 11/13
Sagar Prasai
Abdullah Ahmadzai
Deputy Country Representative
Deputy Country Representative
Amy Ovalle
Chief Communications Officer
Najla Ayubi
Pakistan
Gareth Aicken
Deputy Country Representative
Country Representative
Bangladesh
Hasan Mazumdar
Ameena Ilahi
William Stadden Cole
Senior Director, Program Strategy, Innovation,
and Learning
Deputy Country Representative
Country Representative
Jaime Chua
Senior Director, Public Sector Development
Services
Cambodia
Silas Everett
Country Representative
Philippines
Steven Rood
Country Representative and Regional Advisor
for Local Governance
Nicole Sayres
Senior Director, Field Representation and
Operations
China
Jonathan R. Stromseth
Ky D. Johnson
Deputy Country Representative
Country Representative
Barbara Smith
Senior Director, Governance and Law Programs
India
Nick Langton 1
Carol H. Yost
Country Representative
Allen C. Choate 2
Director, Regional Cooperation Programs and
Associate Director, Washington, DC
Kim DeRidder
Deputy Country Representative
Acting Country Representative
Indonesia
Sandra Hamid
Thailand
Kim McQuay
Country Representative
Country Representative
Pauline Tweedie
Director, Environment Program
Laurel MacLaren
Barbara Groth
Country Representative
Johann Rebert
Senior Director, Women’s Empowerment Program
John J. Brandon
Sri Lanka
Dinesha de Silva
Deputy Country Representative
Deputy Country Representative
Veronique Salze-Lozac’h
Director, Public Sector Development Services
John Karr
Korea
Peter Beck
Director Digital Media and Technology Programs
Country Representative
David Kim
Laos
Nancy Y. Kim
Director, Conflict and Development Programs
Country Representative
Debra Ladner
Chief Economist and Senior Director,
Economic Development Programs
Patrick Barron
Coordinator, Luce Scholars Program
Director, Asia Foundation Development
Fellows Program
Director, Program Strategy, Innovation
and Learning
Jerry Martin
Director, Asian-American Exchange Program
Tim Meisburger
Regional Director, Elections and
Political Processes
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