Karen Erika Donfried is an American foreign policy expert who previously served as the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
11 Facts About Karen Donfried
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The State Department announced in March 2023 that Donfried will be stepping down from her post at the end of the month.
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Karen Donfried served as president of the German Marshall Fund from April 2014 to September 2021.
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Karen Donfried's father was a professor of religion at Smith College, and her mother was the owner of an automobile parts company.
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Karen Donfried obtained her bachelor's degree in government from Wesleyan University.
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Karen Donfried later obtained her master's degree and PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and as well as a magister from the University of Munich.
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Karen Donfried served for ten years as a European specialist at the Congressional Research Service.
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From 2003 to 2005, Karen Donfried worked for the US State Department's Policy Planning Staff.
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Since 2019, Karen Donfried has been co-chairing on the Transatlantic Task Force of the German Marshall Fund and the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung, alongside Wolfgang Ischinger.
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Karen Donfried became an officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2018, received the Cross of the Order of Merit from the German government in 2011, became an officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium in 2010, and received a Superior Honor Award from the US Department of State in 2005 for her contribution to revitalizing the transatlantic partnership.
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Karen Donfried married in June 1988 to Alan Untereiner, a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School.