Jennifer Ahn is Program Manager at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), overseeing the planning and execution of the organization’s internal and external programming. In particular, she manages the Future of Korea (FOK) program, KEI’s flagship public diplomacy and outreach program in partnership with the World Affairs Councils of America, the U.S. Department of State, and the South Korean Embassy in Washington, DC.
Prior to joining KEI, she was the research associate for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where she provided research and administrative support for the program on U.S.-Korea policy. Her publications for CFR focused on the U.S.-South Korea alliance, South Korean politics, and Northeast Asian security. She has also worked as the South Korea intern at the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Korean Affairs, the Korea Studies intern at CFR, and the South Korea intern at the Eurasia Group.
Ms. Ahn holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with a minor in Korean Language and Literature from Boston University and a Master of Arts in Asian Studies from George Washington University.