Board Member
FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development Founder & Principal, KPC Strategies, USA
Kimberly Cernak is a senior executive in international development with experience spanning philanthropy, government, and non-profit advocacy. Kim is currently leading a project on the future of U.S. global development policy focused on leveraging diverse voices and bright ideas to forge a path towards renewed U.S. development leadership. In addition, Kim is the founder and principal of KPC Strategies, where she advises non-profit organizations and philanthropies on strategic planning, policy, and advocacy, and provides executive leadership support. From 2019-2024, Kim served as the Managing Director of the Eleanor Crook Foundation, a private philanthropy focused on global hunger and malnutrition, where she oversaw the Foundation’s strategy and investments in advocacy, global policy, and scaling research as well as the day-to-day management of the organization. Between 2022-2024, Kim also co-founded and served on the board of the Malnutrition Advocacy Fund, a 501c4 social impact organization focused on global hunger and malnutrition. Earlier in her career, Kim served in senior leadership roles in non-profit advocacy organizations, at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and at the U.S. Department of State. Kim is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development, and a fellow of the Truman National Security Project.
Kimberly Cernak is a member of the Board of the Partnership for Economic Policy.
