Einhorn named dean of SAIS

On March 17, University President William R. Brody announced the appointment of Jessica Einhorn to the position of dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C.

Einhorn, the first SAIS alum to hold the position will replace Paul Wolfowitz, who left SAIS in February 2001 to serve as deputy secretary of defense under Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the Bush administration.

Einhorn, who received her masters degree in international affairs in 1970, worked for 19 years at the World Bank, the controversial international aid organization that provides financial aid and other types of assistance to developing nations, and rose to the rank of managing director in 1996. According to the Johns Hopkins Gazette, Einhorn is credited with helping to "modernize the World Bank's financial policies, loan products and systems."

From 1998 to 1999, Einhorn served as a visiting fellow at the International Monetary Fund, where she studied issues related to the international financial system. Einhorn left the World Bank in 1999 and then worked in the Washington office Clark & Weinstock, a consulting firm.

In regards to Einhorn's appointment, Brody said, "Dr. Einhorn has had a distinguished career in public finance at the World Bank. She brings a wonderful global and public economic policy perspective to SAIS that will complement the accomplishments of the former Dean Paul Wolfowitz. Having been a SAIS graduate, she understands the role of SAIS and the value of a SAIS education and will act to strengthen its programs. I am delighted that we have been able to attract someone as talented as Dr. Einhorn to SAIS."

Einhorn said she felt "delighted and privileged" to serve as dean and plans to start "working with members of the community to see how a career in international relations will look in the next 30 years." Einhorn said that one of her primary goals for her tenure will be "to try and think through how the world is changing and how the world has changed and how to train students entering the field.

"The job of dean gives me the opportunity to use everything I've learned in my professional life," said Einhorn.