Senior Advisory Council Member, Berkeley, CA USA
Suzanne E. Siskel was the Executive Vice‑President and Chief Operating Officer of The Asia Foundation, overseeing its U.S. operations and 18 Asia‑based offices. Prior to that she spent more than two decades in senior leadership at the Ford Foundation (Indonesia, Philippines, New York). She serves on boards including Winrock International, China Medical Board, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Friends of Fondation de France, and Vicente Canyon Hillside Foundation. She is co‑President of the Ford alumni association and former President of the Fulbright Association; she holds anthropology degrees from Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University.
In her role on the SAC, Suzanne brings a deep blend of cross‑cultural philanthropy, civil‑society capacity‑building and institutional leadership across Asia and globally. Her experience in navigating complex development and faith‑community landscapes and building partnerships across cultures directly supports URI’s mission of fostering enduring daily inter‑faith cooperation, nurturing cultures of peace and justice and engaging faith communities in healing the Earth.
