Jordan Ryan currently serves as senior counsel for social impact programs with Hamilton Advisors Inc. Mr. Ryan recently retired from The Carter Center, where he had served as the vice president for peace programs since June 2015. Mr. Ryan was named an assistant secretary-general for the United Nations in 2009, serving as the assistant administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery until his retirement at the end of September 2014. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Ryan served as the deputy special representative of the secretary-general (Recovery and Governance) and as the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Liberia. From 2001 to 2005, he was the U.N. resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative in Vietnam, where he was one of the key inspirations for the U.N.’s “Delivering as One” initiative. Mr. Ryan has a master’s in international affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; a J.D. from the National Law Center, The George Washington University; and a B.A. in anthropology from Yale University.