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Carla Koppell
BornNovember 18, 1966
New York, NY
EducationCornell University, BS; Harvard University, MPP
Parents
  • Oliver Koppell (father)
  • Kathleen Sunshine (mother)

Carla Koppell (born November 18, 1966) is US President Biden's nominee for Assistant Administrator for Development, Democracy, and Innovation of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[1] She currently serves as a senior advisor and distinguished fellow with the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University,[2] where she leads the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs.[3] In that role, she works with deans of graduate schools of public policy and international affairs to incorporate attention to diversity and inclusion in their curricula and programs. In July 2020, she was reported to be leading a policy working group on international women's and girls' issues for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[4]

She previously was a Vice President with the U.S. Institute for Peace. During the Obama Administration, she served as Chief Strategy Officer and, prior to that, inaugural Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at the U.S. Agency for International Development.[5]

Early life and education

Carla Koppell was was born and grew up in New York City. She is the daughter of former New York Attorney General Oliver Koppell and Professor Kathleen Sunshine. She has two younger siblings, Jonathan Koppell and Jacqueline Koppell.[6][7]

She obtained a bachelor's degree in communications at Cornell University in 1988. In 1992, she received a master's degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.[8]

Career

Carla Koppell has worked internationally across the public, private and non-governmental sectors for nearly three decades. On August 25, 2021, the White House announced her as the Biden Administration's nominee for Assistant Administrator for Development, Democracy, and Innovation at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[9] On September 21, 2021, the nomination was sent to the United States Senate for confirmation.[10] Koppell's nomination garnered coverage across in political media outlets[11][12][13] and trade publications.[14] Her nomination is awaiting Senate confirmation.[15][16]

Koppell currently works at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as a Senior Advisor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She also serves at the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security as a Distinguished Fellow, and teaches in Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.[2] She heads the Institute's University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs.[17] This body, composed of academic administrators spanning the US, aims to mainstream diversity and inclusion issues in academic curricula related to international affairs and public policy.[18][19] Koppell has said that incorporating issues of diversity and inclusion in educational curricula is important for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 16, which focuses on establishing "peace, justice, and strong institutions."[20] The Council on Foreign Relations acknowledges that she has outlined "a comprehensive approach for international affairs schools to transform the face and shape of U.S. foreign policy."[21]

Koppell has commented in interviews that emphasizing diversity and inclusion issues in international development efforts is both morally correct and conducive to stability and development.[22] She has suggested, for instance, that the 1993 Oslo Accords would have been more supportive of community integrity had women been involved in negotiations.[23] In 2020, she and Melanne Verveer criticized a deal struck between the US Government and the Taliban regarding US military troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan, on the grounds that negotiations had not been inclusive of women.[24] Koppell has edited a forthcoming (2022) book on diversity, equity, and inclusion in international affairs.[25]

Before taking a position with Georgetown University, Koppell was Vice President of the Center for Applied Conflict Transformation for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).[26] In that role, she was responsible for oversight of Institute publications, grant-making, fellowships, training, and a broad portfolio of global programs addressing peace building and development issues. Urging greater women's inclusion in international conflict resolution, she noted that post-conflict regions are significantly more likely to remain peaceful when women are involved in conflict resolution processes.[27]

Before joining USIP, Koppell was Chief Strategy Officer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and USAID’s first-ever Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment.[28] In the latter role, she pushed to have attention to gender issues integrated into all aspects of USAID's and international development organizations' programming.[29][30] Crucial, she explained, would be "enabling...technical specialists in every area to be able to think about those [women's] issues on their own."[31] At the time, she highlighted education as a "silver bullet" for women and girls' empowerment.[32] Koppell, as Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, was recognized as a key implementer of the Hillary Doctrine.[33]

In the years prior to her time at USAID, Koppell directed the Institute for Inclusive Security and the Washington, D.C. office of Ambassador Swanee Hunt's Hunt Alternatives Fund. She also worked as interim director and, subsequently, senior advisor, at the Conflict Prevention Project of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. At the Wilson Center, she published a book on often-overlooked global trends with negative implications for international security.[34] During the Clinton Administration, Koppell was deputy assistant secretary of international affairs for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She also held a role at the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.[28]

Koppell serves on the boards of the Society for International Development-Washington,[35] Norwegian Refugee Council-US,[36] and Equal Access International.[37]

References

  1. ^ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Two Leaders in U.S. Foreign Policy and Aid". The White House. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  2. ^ a b "Georgetown University Faculty Directory". gufaculty360.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  3. ^ "University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs". Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  4. ^ Palder, Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer, Darcy. "Inside the Massive Foreign-Policy Team Advising Biden's Campaign". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Carla Koppell". sidw.org. Retrieved 2020-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Dao, James (1993-12-13). "Rebounding to Fill Abrams's Post (Published 1993)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  7. ^ "Carla Sunshine Koppell weds Giuseppe Topa". The Riverdale Press. 4 July 1996. p. A9.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Carla Koppell". sidw.org. Retrieved 2020-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Two Leaders in U.S. Foreign Policy and Aid". The White House. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  10. ^ "Nomination Sent to the Senate". The White House. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  11. ^ Samuels, Brett (2021-08-25). "Biden taps Milwaukee mayor as ambassador to Luxembourg". TheHill. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  12. ^ ALEX; Ward, Er; Forgey, Quint. "ISIS threats loom over the Afghanistan evacuation". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  13. ^ Detsch, Robbie Gramer, Jack. "Attacks Raise Fears of Terrorist Safe Haven in Afghanistan". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2022-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Farm Hands on the Potomac: Biden intends to nominate Burns, Emanuel to ambassador roles". www.agri-pulse.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  15. ^ "PN1181 - Nomination of Carla Ravi Koppell for United States Agency for International Development, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  16. ^ "U.S. Senate: Nominations in Committee (Civilian)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  17. ^ "University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs". Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  18. ^ "Colleges need to reform international affairs education to consider issues of diversity and heterogeneity (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  19. ^ "Feminist Foreign Policy Starts With Diversity and Inclusion on Campus - Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  20. ^ "THE to host forum focused on peace and justice". Times Higher Education (THE). 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  21. ^ "Transforming International Affairs Education to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  22. ^ "How to Know You're Moving the Needle on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion". International Youth Foundation. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  23. ^ "The Old Boys Club and the Failure of Peacekeeping". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  24. ^ "Afghan Women: Essential for Peace". TheHill. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2020-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ Untapped Power: Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion for Conflict and Development. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2022-02-15. ISBN 978-0-19-761160-9.
  26. ^ "Strategist Carla Koppell Named USIP Vice President". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  27. ^ "Women and War: Securing a More Peaceful Future". New Security Beat. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  28. ^ a b "SID-Washington". sidw.org. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  29. ^ "An Interview with Carla Koppell, USAID's Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment". Banyan Global. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  30. ^ "Digging Deeper: Water, Women, and Conflict | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  31. ^ Hudson, Valerie M., 1958- (30 June 2015). The Hillary doctrine : sex and American foreign policy. Leidl, Patricia. New York. ISBN 978-0-231-53910-4. OCLC 907951694.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ Weiner, Joann. "Literacy advocate wins Rubenstein prize, but teaching the world to read remains a challenge". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  33. ^ Hudson, Valerie M. (2015). The Hillary doctrine : sex and American foreign policy. Patricia Leidl. New York. ISBN 978-0-231-53910-4. OCLC 907951694.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  34. ^ "Preventing the Next Wave of Conflict | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  35. ^ "SID-Washington". sidw.org. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  36. ^ "Norwegian Refugee Council - USA". NRC. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  37. ^ "Carla Koppell". Equal Access International. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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