Christine Kuehl Kunkel is the Director of Professional Programs at the University of Maryland Alumni Association. Ms. Kunkel brings more than 20 years of higher education experience to her role, where she designs and leads programs, events, and alumni engagement opportunities focusing on entrepreneurs, business leaders, and executive-level alumni. In addition to serving external stakeholders, she identifies and initiates opportunities for cross-department programmatic collaboration and sits on the university-wide economic impact committee. Before joining the Alumni Association, Ms. Kunkel served as the Association Director of the Foreign Policy Institute and the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where she provided operational leadership and oversaw strategic planning and program development for the two research institutes. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Government and Politics and a scholar's certificate in International Studies. She also earned a Management Development Certificate from Johns Hopkins University's Carey School of Business.