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Kathryn R. Schultz

Kathryn R. Schultz
Spring 1990 Fellow
British American Security Information Council
Kathryn R. Schultz
Spring 1990 Fellow
British American Security Information Council

 Schultz is the Senior Adviser and South and Central Asia Team Chief, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation in the Office of Policy Coordination vice Office of Regional Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. She crafts policy proposals and implements policy decisions designed to advance and protect U.S. nonproliferation and security objectives in the South Asia region. She is a frequent guest lecturer at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute on South Asia nonproliferation and strategic stability issues. She was accepted into and completed in 2012 the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, an opportunity for  State Department officials to explore challenges to American interests and the leadership skills needed for success in the policy implementation process. Since she began her federal service in 1997, first at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) and now at State, she has received ten Superior and three Meritorious Honor awards. She is the founding director of the State Department’s own choral ensemble known as The T-Tones. Prior to joining the government, she served as Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Defense Information. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Ripon College in June 2019 for professional achievement and service to the college.

…The Scoville Fellowship has had a tremendous impact on my life. It launched my career by bringing me to DC, giving me Washington experience in my field of dreams, and providing me with a support network of Scoville Board members and former fellows. I’ve always known that whatever I do for a living, I want to do something that will make the world a better place. The Scoville Fellowship has helped me to make this idealistic goal a reality.