IFE Leadership

• Kathy Kemper-- known as “Coach” to many -- is founder and CEO of the Institute for Education, a non-profit foundation that recognizes and promotes leadership and civility locally, nationally, and in the world community. IFE also educates youth for global citizenship in an increasingly connected world.

  Called Washington’s “Networker in Chief” by US News and World Report, Coach Kemper also founded IFE INFO Roundtable, a program of IFE. IFE INFO Roundtable is a public affairs forum that draws diplomats, influential public officials, senior media, and business leaders from both sides of the aisle for debate and discussion. IFE INFO Roundtable speakers have included Supreme Court Justices, a Vice President, Senators, Nobel laureates, Cabinet secretaries, Ambassadors, Governors, and a professional athlete.

  A former professional tennis player, Kemper served as head Women’s Tennis Coach at Georgetown University from 1978 to 1990. She coached Georgetown’s No. 1 player to a four-year undefeated match play streak and to the Big East and NCAA National Woman’s Division II title in 1983.

  Kemper is a sought-after speaker on issues from Title IX and gender equity to her unique, insider’s view of Washington. She has spent 25 years coaching tennis to Washington’s powerbrokers and opinion makers — hitting the courts with Supreme Court Justices, members of the United States Congress and United States Secretaries of State through four administrations.

  Well known in Washington’s diplomatic community, Kemper has received awards and recognition from the Swedish and Chinese governments for her commitment to cross-cultural dialogue, friendship, and understanding. She has been honored by numerous organizations for her leadership, her commitment to promoting collaborative and global dialogue, and her philanthropic efforts.

  She is on the Board of Trustees of the Washington International School and has been awarded numerous Woman of the Year honors from various groups. She was named the Prince Sporting Goods’ Woman of the Year and received recognition from the National Association of Women in Business. A frequent op-ed writer and columnist, her work has been featured in The Hill, USA Today, Roll Call, The Washington Examiner, and Newsday.

  Coach Kemper is married, has two daughters, and lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California and Washington, DC.

• Marci Robinson is Director of Policy and Communications for INFO and a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Education. She is the principal of Robinson Communications, a public affairs and media relations consulting firm advising several fortune 100 companies, political figures and nonprofit organizations. From 1989 through 1992 Robinson was the Chief Spokesman and Director of Communications for the United States Department of Commerce and Secretary Robert Mosbacher. From 1985 through 1989 she worked for U.S. Representative Jack Kemp, handling legislative issues and serving as his Congressional Press Secretary. Robinson also served as adjunct professor of Congressional Communications in the joint graduate program of the Legislative Studies Institute and Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs from 1992 through 1994.
• Hanna Bondarewska is Executive Director of INFO, Institute for Education, & Kathy Kemper & Co. She is Membership Chairman of the ABC XXI Child Awareness Program for Poland, which supports the emotional health and rights of children and adolescents through reading programs, awareness, education and action. She also teaches special outreach programs with Classika Theater at Arlington schools, leads drama classes at the Theater, and performs at various shows. Ms. Bondarewska graduated magna cum laude from the MVC of The George Washington University. As a student, she worked as a production intern with the Washington Revels and the In Series, where she performed all aspects of the public relations, fundraising, management, and theatrical productions. She served as President of Phi Theta Kappa at SFCC in Gainesville, Florida. Ms. Bondarewska also holds an Acting Diploma from Warsaw, Poland. She has performed and directed plays in her home country of Poland and, more recently, in Florida and Washington, DC. Ms. Bondarewska has received various prestigious honors including: The Julia Heflin Performing Arts Award, recognition by the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities, identification as a National Deans List Scholar, and others.

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