Background
Cheng-Hopkins, Judy was born in 1951 in Malaysia.
international organization administrator
Cheng-Hopkins, Judy was born in 1951 in Malaysia.
Bachelor in English Literature, Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1976. Master of Arts in Economic Development, Columbia University, New York City, 1978. Diploma, Université d'Haute Bretagne, Rennes, France.
Diploma, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
With United Nations Development Programme, Zambia, 1982—1988, Kenya, 1988—1992, special assistant to the administrator, 2000—2002, deputy assistant administrator Africa, 2002—2003. Deputy executive secretary United Nations Capital Development Fund, 1993—1997. Director Asia and Eastern Europe World Food Programme, 1997—2000, director New York office, 2003—2006.
Assistant high commissioner refugees, operations United Nations, 2006—2009, assistant secretary general peacebuilding support, since 2009.
Married; 2 children.