Background
Jimmy Kolker was born in 1948 in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude from Carleton College and received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship 1970-1971, which he spent in Chad, Uganda and Ghana.
Career
He was the ambassador to Burkina Faso from 1999 to 2002 and Uganda from 2002 to 2005. He was Chief of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Section at United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund’s New York headquarters 2007-2011. He is currently Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, United States. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, District of Columbia. Kolker earned a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1983.
He served for four years on the Senate staff of United States. Senator James Abourezk.
Kolker joined the United States. foreign service in 1977, and held diplomatic reporting posts in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. He then moved to management jobs as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Botswana from 1990 to 1994, and in Copenhagen, Denmark from 1996 to 1999.
President Bill Clinton nominated Kolker as United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso on July 1, 1999, and he was confirmed by the United States. Senate in November, 1999. He left the post on August 2, 2002.
President George West. Bush nominated Kolker as United States Ambassador to Uganda and he was confirmed on October 3, 2002.
He left this post on September 30, 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Kolker was Deputy United States. Global Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Coordinator, leading implementation of the President"s Emergency Plan for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Relief (PEPFAR). From 2007 to 2011, Kolker was Chief of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Section at United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund’s New York headquarters.
He led United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund"s work on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, focusing on mother-to-child-transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, pediatric treatment, prevention among adolescents and young people and protection for children and families affected by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In November 2011, Kolker returned to the United States. Government, taking on the role of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
This office is part of the Office of the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary. In 2014, Ambassador Kolker was promoted to Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Kolker represents Department of Health and Human Services at interagency and World Health Organization meetings His office has a leading role in global health security.
Kolker speaks French, Swedish, and Portuguese as foreign languages.
They have two daughters – Anne and Eva.
Membership
He is alternate United States board member of the Global Fund to Fight Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
