Karen Kornbluh
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| 16th United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | |
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In office August 2009 – 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Christopher F. Egan |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Yohannes |
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| Political party | Democratic |
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Bryn Mawr College Harvard University |
Karen Kornbluh (born 1963) is Executive Vice President of External Affairs at Nielsen, Senior Fellow for Digital Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and a presidentially-appointed member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. She was previously an American government official, and expert on communications policy, international trade and issues affecting working families. Her profile in The New York Times focused on her efforts “Fighting for Economic Equality.” A senior adviser to Barack Obama from the beginning of his Senate tenure throughout his 2008 presidential campaign, she has been called "Obama's brain". Obama appointed her as the U.S. Ambassador to the OECD.
Kornbluh attended Hunter College High School, earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Early in her career, Kornbluh was a Telesis management consultant to Fortune 500 high-technology companies and an economist at Alan Greenspan's economic forecasting firm, Townsend-Greenspan & Co. She worked for Senator John Kerry (D-MA) on the staff of the Commerce Committee and its Telecommunications Subcommittee.
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