Kate Stence

Senior Special Assistant to the Ambassador and Japanese Delegation to the OECD

Bio:

With a developing expertise in public policy focused on improving international development, human rights, public health, and gender equality, Kate Stence is a highly skilled communications professional with more than fifteen years of experience working with international and intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and academic publishers.

Having written and published her first of twelve nonfiction books on health at twenty years old, Stence has continued to work within and publish on public health, international development, human rights, gender equality, and social justice. With a dual Master's degree from the American University of Paris in Public Policy and International Law, she has also traveled and studied extensively at universities such as Sorbonne and Oxford University.

An avid endurance runner, in 2010 and 2011, Stence completed back-to-back years of South Africa's Comrades Ultramarathon (89K/56 miles) in support of Girls on the Run International and Women for Women International.

Interests: Public policy. Human rights and gender equality. Education. International law and corporate social responsibility. Community engagement and advocacy. Development, sustainability, and technology. Project management. Thought leadership and innovation.