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Clare Hubbard, Associate Director of Programs and Internship Coordinator, Korea Economic Institute of AmericaMs. Clare Hubbard is the Associate Director of Programs & Internship Coordinator at the Korea Economic Institute of America where she is responsible for KEI program logistics and managing the interns. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities, Clare was the Executive Assistant at Macmillan New Ventures in New York City.
Prior to joining KEI, Clare was also a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Cheongju, South Korea. During her time in Korea, she served as the U.S. cultural ambassador and instructed over 400 students at Namseong Elementary School. Clare spent time learning Korean through the Ewha Women’s University and Korea University language programs, working with North Korean defectors and teaching English at Camp Fulbright. Clare also held an internship at KEI in Fall 2012. While she was at KEI, she researched a variety of East Asian issues, focusing on U.S.-Korea relations and the Korean economy. Before this position, Clare interned at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where she worked on private sector issues and the launch of the Blue Campaign. Clare earned her BA in International Studies from the University of Dayton in 2011 and studied abroad at Korea University in 2009. In addition to her studies, she was also a member of the Flyer’s Division I women’s crew team and served as captain her senior year. |