Colin Rasmussen provides strategic leadership for the Aga Khan Foundation's programming, quality and learning activities in East Africa. He has spent over a decade managing development programs and humanitarian operations. This includes running a health and nutrition portfolio as country director for the International Medical Corps in Kenya and leading stabilization programs, with budgets exceeding $100 million and hundreds of staff in the complex settings of Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan. Mr. Rasmussen's emergency response experience includes post-earthquake Pakistan in 2005 and post-earthquake Haiti in 2010, as well as conflict-affected eastern Ukraine in 2015. He holds a B.A. in international studies and Asian studies from California State University-Long Beach, and an M.A. in humanitarian assistance from Tufts University.