Jordan Ryan
Male, Person
1950 –
Who is Jordan Ryan?
Jordan Ryan currently serves as Assistant Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. He also serves as Director of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.
Prior to his appointment to the current position, 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 China as Assistant Resident Representative in 1991. Between 1993 and 1996, he worked as Senior Assistant Resident Representative and later as Deputy Resident Representative 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. From 1997 to 2001, he became Director of that office.
Ryan graduated high school from the Webb School of California. He obtained his B.A. in anthropology from Yale University.
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