Kitty is a passionate foreign and development policy professional with over five years of experience working on Capitol Hill. She previously served as Foreign Policy Advisor to Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21), a Member of Congress on the House Appropriations Committee and State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, where she advised the Member on issues ranging from advancing access to basic education around the world to women’s economic empowerment, maternal and child health, and more. Prior to that, Kitty worked for a senior member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where she specialized on regional and issue specific portfolios, including the Western Hemisphere, South and Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, global health, human rights, and global women’s issues. Kitty has a master’s degree in U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security from American University and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She looks forward to working with BEC (alongside colleagues on Capitol Hill, from USAID, and in the Administration) to continue advocating for international basic education.
BEC members can reach Kitty Close at kclose@basiced.org.