Jordan Ryan

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Jordan Ryan (born in 1950) joined The Carter Center as Vice President for Peace Programs in 2015.

Ryan served as Assistant Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme at the level of Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.

Prior to his appointment as Assistant Administrator, Ryan was Deputy Special Representative of the

UN Secretary-General and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations Mission in Liberia
from 2006 until 2009.

His 20 years of experience with the UN includes serving at different capacities in developing countries and in post-crisis setting. He joined the UNDP in

Viet Nam
.

Between 1996 and 1997, he was Deputy Director of the Office of the Administrator in the Headquarters of UNDP in New York City. From 1997 to 2001, he became Director of that office.

Ryan graduated high school from the

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
in 2001.

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