VIVIEN STEWART

Asia Society
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VStewart@AsiaSoc.org

Education
1967 B.A., Oxford University
(First Class Honours Degree, St. Hugh’s College)

1970 M.Phil., Oxford University (St. Antony’s College)

Professional Experience

7/01 – present

Vice President, Education Programs, Asia Society
Responsible for Asia Society’s education activities including the report, Asia in the Schools: Preparing Young Americans for Today’s Interconnected World; curriculum development (e.g. Silk Road Encounters); and a website for teachers, AskAsia.org.
Executive Director, National Coalition on Asia and International Studies in the Schools
Responsible for the creation and direction of the Asia and International Studies in the Schools initiative, which works with national education leaders, states, and networks of teachers and schools to promote teaching about Asia and other world regions, cultures and languages in American schools.

6/00 – 7/01

Visiting Scholar, Teachers College, Columbia University
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

1997 – 2000 Chair, Education Division

Responsible for management of grants program on higher education, urban school reform, and early childhood education
Joint responsibility for initiative to strengthen social sciences and humanities in 12 universities in the former Soviet Union

1990 – 1997 Senior Advisor to the President and Chair, Education and Healthy Development of Children and Youth Program

Strategic advisor to president on all programs, including international relations and developing countries
Management of national task forces on adolescent development [report: A Matter of Time]; young children [report: Starting Points]; and learning in the primary grades [report: Years of Promise]
Special initiatives: (1) to enhance teaching as a profession; (2) to assist states and cities to address the needs of young children; (3) for research on inter-group relations

1984 – 1990 Chair, Prevention of Damage to Children program

Responsible for grants program focused on prevention of school dropout, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and violence
Planning and management of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, including national task force on middle schools [report: Turning Points]. Grant and technical assistance program to 15 states to reform middle schools
Creation of the National Center for Children in Poverty

1977 – 1983 Associate Secretary and Program Officer

Responsible for legal, board-related, and administrative aspects of foundation
Developed grants program for women and minorities in science and in higher education

1972 – 1977 Program Officer

Other Positions

1970-1972 Russell Sage Foundation, Research Fellow
Adjunct Faculty, Teachers College, Columbia University

1969 Independent research, East Africa

1967-1968 British Council Officer, London

Board and Advisory Roles (selected)

Member, Board of Trustees, Longview Foundation for Education in International Affairs

Member, Advisory Committee, New York City Board of Education Office of Foreign Language Assistance

Member, Selection Committee, US-Japan Foundation, Elgin Heinz Award for Teaching of Japanese

Senior Education Advisor, Refugee Education Trust, UNHCR, Geneva

Member, Academic Planning Committee, UN University for Peace

Member of Jury, The Heinz Foundation Awards

Advisory Group on Head Start, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Founding Board Member, Grantmakers for Education

Advisor, Center for Media Education, Washington DC

Advisor, Aspen Institute Congressional Program

Born in Portsmouth, England; U.S. and U.K. citizenship

Extensive travel in Asia, Africa, Western and East Europe

Married, three children