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BOARD AND STAFF

Kelsang (Kaydor) Aukatsang

Founding President and Board Member

Kaydor is a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub. Kaydor has held various senior leadership positions in the Central Tibetan Administration including the Washington, DC representative for the Dalai Lama, Special Advisor to the President (Sikyong) of the Central Tibetan Administration, and the Director of CTA’s Social and Resource Development Fund (SARD). He was a candidate in the 2021 Tibetan presidential (Sikyong) elections. He has a Master’s in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, USA, and a Bachelor’s in English literature from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.

Dr. Eileen Borris

Board Member

Eileen is a clinical and political psychologist specializing in international conflict resolution, multi-track diplomacy, and peace building. Since the 1980s, Dr. Borris has worked internationally to help rebuild more than fifteen of the world’s most volatile and war-torn countries including for USAID, UNIFEM and for UNDP. Most recently as part of a USAID and Thunderbird for Good program, Dr. Borris went to Kabul to train Afghan women to have a political voice and help change their societal norms. Dr. Borris obtained her doctorate in counseling psychology from Columbia University. She has spoken to the United Nations General Assembly on “Forgiveness and the Healing of Nations,” and to members of the UN, UN agencies, and nongovernmental organizations worldwide.

Tsuni-I Cheng

Board Member

Tsuni had been a human rights worker with international human rights organizations as well as local institutions. She’d also worked on transitional justice issues in Taiwan. She served as a Presidential Aide at the Office of the President of Taiwan from 2002-2008 where she advised the President on foreign affairs and human rights related issues, drafted speeches, and accompanied the President on his international trips. She served as a Deputy Director at the Taiwan Premier’s Office from 2016-2017. Tsuni has been working in the renewable energy industry since 2017, focusing on regulatory and governmental affairs. She has a MA from the Catholic Louvain University in Belgium and a BA from the National Taiwan University.

Dr. Alan Curtis

Board Chair

Alan is Founding President and CEO of the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation in Washington, DC. Created in 1981, the Foundation is the private sector continuation of the 1967-1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and the 1968-1969 National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. An appointee in the administrations of President Jimmy Carter and President Lyndon Johnson, Dr. Curtis is a social scientist, public policy advisor, evaluator, designer of inner city ventures that develop human capital, advocate, author and speaker. He has a A.B. from Harvard University, M.Sc. from the University of London and a Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kalsang Tashi

Board Member

Kalsang Tashi serves as the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Community Partners International (CPI) based in San Francisco, CA. CPI is a resilient non-profit with a track record in driving change in communities affected by conflict, violence, and displacement, in remote and hard-to-reach contexts such as Myanmar. Prior to CPI, Kalsang was the Associate Vice President of Programs at Give2Asia where she oversaw stewardship of individual donors, private foundations and corporations with their philanthropic giving across Asia. She currently serves on the Board of Refugee and Immigrant Transitions, a San Francisco based nonprofit. Kalsang studied economics, peace and conflict resolution at Brandeis University, MA.