Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security

Richard Kiy is President & CEO of the International Community Foundation (www.icfdn.org).  Kiy has held senior level positions in the U.S. Government including Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Health & Safety at the U.S. Department of Energy; Special Assistant for U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of International Activities and the Acting Environmental Attaché at the U.S. Embassy-Mexico.  Kiy is a graduate of Stanford (A.B. Economics, 1984) and Harvard (MPA, 1986). Kiy is co-author of the book Environmental Management along North America’s Borders.  He is also the U.S-Chair of the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership.