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International education and training, building Asia Pacific regional knowledge and networks among students, young leaders and journalists, women’s entrepreneurship and leadership development, Pakistan-US relations and media environment in Pakistan
As Director and Dean, Ann Hartman provides overall leadership for the Center’s Professional Development and Education Programs, which serves to develop and equip leaders across Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. This encompasses short-term leadership, dialogue, and journalism programs, as well as the Center’s graduate student scholarships and residential learning community. The Director/Dean works closely with the President to develop a strategic vision for the program and enhance program resources, and works collaboratively with program teams to design, develop, and implement transformative programs that equip leaders to address the regions’ complex challenges.
Ann has been at the EWC since 2002. From 2017-2023, she served as Dean of the Education Program, which provides scholarship funding and a dynamic living learning community for American and international students pursuing graduate degrees at the University of Hawaiʻi. She led the Education Program team to ensure a safe and enriching intellectual, social, and cultural experience for students, a cooperative relationship with the University of Hawaiʻi, and international partnerships with institutions across Asia and the Pacific.
Her first 15 years at the Center were in the Seminars Program, coordinating short-term professional development and exchange experiences for journalists, young political leaders, and women entrepreneurs. She led the East-West Center’s two flagship short-term dialogue and exchange programs: the Jefferson Fellowships for journalists and the New Generation Seminar for young leaders. She designed, led, and procured US$1.1 million in grant funding for a Pakistan-US Journalists Exchange, which sought to bridge gaps in understanding between the two countries through study tours and dialogue. From 2008-2017, she was the co-coordinator for the Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar, a training program for female innovator entrepreneurs and co-authored the book chapter, “Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar: A Model for Increasing Asia Pacific Women’s Entrepreneurial Participation,” in the 2014 academic text Women and Leadership Around the World.
Ann came to the East-West Center in 2002 from a career in teaching, training, and program administration. She was Associate Peace Corps Director for Programming and Training in Uzbekistan (1997–2001) and was a Peace Corps volunteer teacher and teacher trainer in Multan, Pakistan (1990-1991) and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (1991-1993). She received her master’s degree from the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her BA and teaching certifications (7-12) in social studies and English as a Second Language from St. Olaf College in Minnesota.
She serves on the Board of Directors for the Japan-America Society of Hawaii and Friends of Pakistan USA.
As Director and Dean, Ann Hartman provides overall leadership for the Center’s Professional Development and Education Programs, which serves to develop and equip leaders across Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. This encompasses short-term leadership, dialogue, and journalism programs, as well as the Center’s graduate student scholarships and residential learning community. The Director/Dean works closely with the President to develop a strategic vision for the program and enhance program resources, and works collaboratively with program teams to design, develop, and implement transformative programs that equip leaders to address the regions’ complex challenges.
Ann has been at the EWC since 2002. From 2017-2023, she served as Dean of the Education Program, which provides scholarship funding and a dynamic living learning community for American and international students pursuing graduate degrees at the University of Hawaiʻi. She led the Education Program team to ensure a safe and enriching intellectual, social, and cultural experience for students, a cooperative relationship with the University of Hawaiʻi, and international partnerships with institutions across Asia and the Pacific.
Her first 15 years at the Center were in the Seminars Program, coordinating short-term professional development and exchange experiences for journalists, young political leaders, and women entrepreneurs. She led the East-West Center’s two flagship short-term dialogue and exchange programs: the Jefferson Fellowships for journalists and the New Generation Seminar for young leaders. She designed, led, and procured US$1.1 million in grant funding for a Pakistan-US Journalists Exchange, which sought to bridge gaps in understanding between the two countries through study tours and dialogue. From 2008-2017, she was the co-coordinator for the Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar, a training program for female innovator entrepreneurs and co-authored the book chapter, “Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar: A Model for Increasing Asia Pacific Women’s Entrepreneurial Participation,” in the 2014 academic text Women and Leadership Around the World.
Ann came to the East-West Center in 2002 from a career in teaching, training, and program administration. She was Associate Peace Corps Director for Programming and Training in Uzbekistan (1997–2001) and was a Peace Corps volunteer teacher and teacher trainer in Multan, Pakistan (1990-1991) and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (1991-1993). She received her master’s degree from the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her BA and teaching certifications (7-12) in social studies and English as a Second Language from St. Olaf College in Minnesota.
She serves on the Board of Directors for the Japan-America Society of Hawaii and Friends of Pakistan USA.
