Dr. Gordon Hein is The Asia Foundation’s Vice President of Programs, with overall responsibility for the planning, funding, implementation and, evaluation of the Foundation’s programs through the Foundation’s 18 resident country offices in Asia.
Hein received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley, where he later taught. From 1978-80, he was a research fellow at the Centre for Strategic & International Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hein joined The Asia Foundation in 1981 as Assistant Representative in Indonesia, and from, 1987 to 1991, served as the Foundation’s Representative there. He is a founding member of the U.S. National Committee for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) and a founding member of the California-Asia Business Council (Cal-Asia).