NEH Announces New Assistant Chair for Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives  

WASHINGTON, D.C.  —The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Yennie Tse as the agency’s new Assistant Chair for Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives.

In this new role, Tse will support the Office of the Chair in implementing NEH’s international and domestic partnerships and special initiatives and will advise on the agency’s outreach to historically underserved communities.

“We are thrilled to welcome Yennie Tse to NEH to spearhead the agency’s strategic initiatives with international and U.S. partners in support of excellence and innovation in the humanities,” said NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo). “Tse brings wide-ranging experience from various sectors. She will be an asset to NEH in helping us leverage public and private funding and expertise for educational, cultural, and historical resources and programs that benefit all Americans.”

Tse has more than 15 years of domestic and international experience in government, nonprofits, and multilateral development banks dedicated to assisting  underserved communities.  Prior to joining NEH, Tse was Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), where she cultivated partnerships for MCC and its country counterparts to reduce poverty through economic growth and improve education, financial inclusion, and women’s economic empowerment. Tse previously led strategies to spur philanthropic and international partnerships, promote policy innovation, and increase aligned investments at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she began as a Presidential Management Fellow. She has also consulted for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Tse began her career working for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson as a Constituent Advocate. She holds an MBA from Rollins College, completed coursework for a master’s degree in international development from George Washington University, and received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Florida. 

National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at neh.gov.