Judy Cheng-Hopkins

Who is Judy Cheng-Hopkins?

Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins of Malaysia is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the University for Peace.

Prior to this appointment of 15 September 2014, she served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for Peace building Support. She was previously the Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees in charge of Operations, active in over 118 countries.

Cheng-Hopkins hails from Penang where she attended St. George's Girls' School. She received an American Field Service scholarship to study in the United States. She has a bachelor degree in English Literature from Beloit College in 1976 and a Master's degree in Economic Development from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs in 1978, and diplomas from l'Université d'Haute Bretagne in France and Harvard University, USA.