College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Kurt Richter is a leader of international development implementation. Over his career he has developed a niche for leading international development projects in complex environments out of Michigan State University. Dr. Richter has over twenty-five years of involvement in higher education and international development. Over the course of his career, he has managed over $100 million in United States Agency for International Development funded projects. Dr. Richter has worked in numerous countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and has held long term leadership roles in Guatemala, Colombia, Afghanistan and the Republic of Georgia. Dr. Richter has worked on Human and Institutional Capacity Development projects in numerous countries including Malawi, Tanzania, Senegal, South Sudan, Uganda, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. As a result, he brings a unique set of experiences and skills to the classroom, such as program implementation, international development theory and practice, proposal writing, financial leadership, project implementation and cross-cultural communication. Dr. Richter holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Missouri - Columbia and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.