ABOUT ThE jOURNALISTS |
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Karin Ronnow, 52, joined Central Asia Institute as communications director in May 2011, after nearly 25 years as a newspaper journalist. Prior to joining CAI, she was a reporter for daily newspapers in Maine and Georgia, a U. S.-based reporter for Lafferty Publications in Dublin, Ireland, managing editor at the Livingston Enterprise( Mont.) and assistant managing editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle( Mont.). Her 2007 stories on CAI’ s work in Afghanistan and Pakistan were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and she has received numerous awards for her reporting, writing and editing. She earned her bachelor’ s degree in urban studies and journalism from Macalester College in Minnesota and master’ s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’ s Medill School of Journalism in Illinois. She lives in Montana with her husband, Kimball Leighton, and their three dogs. Their daughter, Carmine, lives in Boston. Karin can be reached at karin @ ikat. org. |
Central Asia Institute’ s mission is to empower local communities of Central Asia through literacy and education, especially for girls, promote peace through education, and convey the importance of these activities globally. |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Steve Barrett Board Chairman
Greg Mortenson Ex-officio
Talat Khan Board Member
George McCown Board Member
Farid Senzai Board Member
Iram Shah Board Vice-Chairwoman
Howard Slayen Board Member
Peter Thatcher Board Treasurer
John( Jed) Williamson Board Secretary
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CAI STAFF
Jim Thaden Executive Director
Greg Mortenson Co-founder
Jennifer Sipes Operations Director
Karin Ronnow Communications Director
Christian Rischke Finance Director
Laura Brin Operations Manager
Hannah White Communications Manager
Meredith Tinseth Donor Relations Manager
Lillian Stirling Administrative Assistant
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