Geraldine Kunstadter

 

Geraldine Kunstadter is the chairman and a director of the Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation, a private foundation actively engaged in both domestic and international projects and programs. She brings to this foundation a background in languages, international affairs, and many years of public service. In her work with the Foundation, she has spearheaded the funding of programs in Central America, southern Africa, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

In 1969, Mrs. Kunstadter joined the New York City Commission for the United Nations and Consular Corps as an outreach volunteer. In 1971 she became Director of the Commission’s Host Family Program, a position she held until 1986. From 1974 to 1986, Mrs. Kunstadter worked with the Commission as a full-time, non-paid staff member. She continues to work with that office as an outreach volunteer.

Since 1986, Mrs. Kunstadter has been an NGO Representative to the Economic and Social Council at the UN for the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction. From 1987 to 1993, she worked with the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, an Observer Committee to the United Nations.

Geraldine Kunstadter serves on the Boards of Directors of the Yale-China Association, Institute of World Affairs (Chairman), Bridge to Asia Foundation (Chairman), Friends of the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and International Businesses, Inc. (President), Ballet Tech Foundation, The Atlantic Council of the United States, International Development Enterprises, and National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Mrs. Kunstadter is Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange and also serves on the Advisory Council for the East Asian Studies Program of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Overseas Development Council, the National Committee on United States-China Relations and the Peace Links Leadership Network. She is also a member of the Institute of Current World Affairs and served on that Board from 1986 to 1992. From 1979 to 1981, she was President of the National Institute of Social Sciences. In 1970, she received the Windham College Award for Distinguished Service and, in 1981, was awarded the Silver Medal for Distinguished Service from the National Institute of Social Sciences.

In addition to an ongoing project in Beijing, China for the Architectural Society of China, Mrs. Kunstadter is also currently working on projects in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Nicaragua, and South Africa.

Geraldine Kunstadter was raised in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and studied Electrical and General Engineering at MIT. She has studied in London, Paris, and Florence, speaks French and Italian and is studying Chinese. She is a member of the Lansdowne Club, Hurlingham Club, and American Women’s Club in London. Her interests are global.