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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2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap
Event — November 9, 2022
The Humanitarian and National Security Crisis in Yemen: An Update and Path Forward
Event — December 13, 2018
Accessing Vulnerable Children and Young People in Conflict
Event — October 30, 2018
Celebrating World Humanitarian Day
Event — August 20, 2018
The Global Food Security Act and the Evolution of Feed the Future
Event — June 12, 2018
The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Event — April 5, 2018
Celebrating Women and Girls: Change Agents for Food and Nutrition Security in Conflict Settings
Event — March 28, 2018
Book Launch: "Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine"
Event — February 1, 2018
The 2018 Farm Bill: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in Agricultural Research and Development
Event — November 13, 2017
Four Famines: Fragility, Resilience, and the Role of International Development
Event — September 6, 2017