Education
Washington and Lee University.
Washington and Lee University.
In the late 1980s, Kansteiner was appointed Director of Economic Studies at the Institute on Religion and Democracy. In May 1989, Kansteiner joined the State Department"s policy planning staff as Africa director He served in this position until June 1991, when he moved to the National Security Council as director for African affairs
In April 1992, he was appointed as the National Security Council Deputy Press Secretary.
As a founding Principal of The Scowcroft Group, Kansteiner has advised corporations on mergers, acquisitions and privatizations throughout Africa in the telecommunications, forestry, mining, financial services, health care and aviation industries. Kansteiner advised the buy side on the $1.3 billion privatization of Telkom South Africa, to date the largest privatization in Africa.
He also was Executive Vice President of West.H. Kansteiner, Incorporated. in Chicago, an agricultural commodity trading and manufacturing company specializing in tropical commodities in the developing world. In June 2001 he was appointed by Colin Powell as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
In 2003, he left the post, citing family reasons.
He was appointed in April 2004 as independent non-executive director to the board of Spescom Limited. Kansteiner is on the Board of Directors of the Corporate Council on Africa, African Development Foundation, and Sierra Rutile. Family
Kansteiner is married, has two children Beverly and Chalker and resides in Middleburg, Virginia.
lieutenant was later renamed Blount International and moved to Portland, Oregon.
Frances Kansteiner was an Officer, Director and Advisor to the WILD Foundation. She also on the board of Stratford Hall.
Memberships and Affiliations
United States Department of Defense, Strategic Minerals Task Force
Senior Associate of The Forum for International Policy
Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
She is a Board member of the WILD Foundation. Member of Council on Foreign Relations
Steering Committee and International Advisory Board Member of New Global Economy Project
Board member of WildlifeDirect.