Kathleen Reen

Kathleen Reen 

Kathleen Reen is the Vice-President for Asia, Environment and New Media Programs with Internews. She leads the development, design and implementation of media and information programs across Asia, Internews’ global internet initiatives, and environmental programs.

Reen established Internews’ first program in Asia – in Indonesia – and the regional support office for Asia programs in Bangkok, Thailand. She has worked all over South East and South Asia. As Country Director in Indonesia she managed a program developing and implementing projects with local partners focused on media legal reforms, training and productions, Internet access, and local media NGO-building. In late 2004, Reen led Internews’ first humanitarian media efforts in Aceh devoted to information access after the devastating SE Asia earthquake and tsunami. Reen was the first director to the Global Forum for Media Development, and represents Internews to the Global Network Initiative.

A journalist and documentary producer by background, Reen worked in Eastern and Southern Europe and Southeast Asia. Reen is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (2012-), was selected as a fellow of the Asia Society's "Asia 21" young leaders program (2006), and was a recipient of the Flowfund, which supports the development of US domestic and global philanthropy with a focus on social entrepreneurs.