Eileen Kennedy, ’79, Elected to Foreign Policy Research Institute Board of Trustees
Foreign Policy Research Institute Announces New Members of Its Board of Trustees
The Foreign Policy Research Institute is very pleased to announce the election in 2022 of four new members to its Board of Trustees.
“Our new trustees represent the very best in their diverse fields and they will bring deep expertise and commitment to FPRI’s mission to inform and educate policy makers and the public in national security and international affairs. We’re deeply honored to have them join FPRI’s Board of Trustees,” commented Rollie Flynn, President of FPRI.
“Buntzie, Eileen, David and Eric bring diverse and deep experiences to FPRI’s Board of Trustees. This will be to the benefit of FPRI and to its members and audiences” said Robert L. Freedman, Chairman of the FPRI Board of Trustees. Each new Trustee brings decades of expertise and leadership in the foreign policy, business, and philanthropic communities. We look forward to their contributions.
Eileen Kennedy is a retired tax lawyer. Initially associated with Dechert LLP, she later served as in-house counsel at Bell Atlantic Corporation, where she specialized in federal tax planning of cross border transactions and oversaw the corporate structuring of the international portfolio.
Ms. Kennedy is a member of the board of the Rosenbach Museum and Library and is on the Advisory Board of Drexel University’s Pennoni Honors College. She formerly served on the board of the Pennsylvania Ballet (now Philadelphia Ballet).
Ms. Kennedy received her Bachelor of Arts in French from Georgetown University and her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Between her undergraduate and law school years, she taught English to French speakers as a Peace Corps volunteer in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) in French West Africa.
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