Kimberly Flowers

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Humanitarian Agenda and Global Food and Water Security Program
Kimberly Flowers

Kimberly Flowers is the executive director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Colby College, where she advances the institution's engagement with public policy issues across academic disciplines. Previously, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), she was named the first full-time director for the Global Food Security Program in 2015 and created and directed the Humanitarian Agenda program in 2017. During her time at CSIS, she primarily analyzed the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance programs and policies that impact global hunger and malnutrition and became a frequent speaker, moderator, and author on issues ranging from the global food system to humanitarian aid. Ms. Flowers has published in Forbes; Georgetown University’s Journal of International Affairs; and has been quoted in congressional testimonies, Foreign Policy, and the Washington Post. She led a high-level task force on humanitarian access constraints and conducted field research in more than 12 countries, including leading bipartisan, bicameral congressional staff delegations. Prior to joining CSIS, Ms. Flowers was the communications director for Fintrac, an international development company focusing on hunger eradication and poverty alleviation through agricultural solutions. From 2005 to 2011, she worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, serving overseas as a development, outreach, and communications officer in Ethiopia and Jamaica; supporting public affairs in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake; and leading strategic communications for the U.S. government’s global hunger and nutrition initiative. Ms. Flowers began her international development career in 1999 as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria, where she founded a young women’s leadership camp that continues today. She also served as a Peace Corps Response volunteer in Jamaica in 2004. She is a magna cum laude graduate of William Jewell College, studied at Oxford University, and is an alumna of the Pryor Center for Leadership Development.

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What Will Come from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health?

For the first time in 50 years the White House hosted a conference on hunger, nutrition, and health. While it’s too early to tell if Biden has enough bipartisan support to make sweeping policy changes, the billions in private and public commitments could have great impact.

Critical Questions by Kimberly Flowers — October 20, 2022

Reset The Table

Reviewing the UN Food Systems Summit with Agnes Kalibata

In this episode, Dr. Agnes Kalibata sits down with Kimberly Flowers, CSIS GFSP senior associate, to discuss the outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit.

Podcast Episode by Kimberly Flowers — October 15, 2021

CSIS Reset The Table