The Chinggis Khan Foundation (CKF) is a small, non-profit charitable organization established in July 2002 to promote Mongolian educational, cultural, and environmental activities in Mongolia and the United States. One main focus of the Foundation is to promote Mongolian Studies in both countries in order to facilitate greater mutual understanding and ties.

President of the Chinggis Khan Foundation (CKF) is Dr. Alicia Campi, who has been active in Mongolian Studies 35 years, as an academic, diplomat, and businesswoman. With an A.B. in Far Eastern History from Smith College, M.A. in East Asian Studies-Mongolia from Harvard University, and Ph.D. in Mongolian Studies from Indiana University, Dr. Campi was fortunate to have been a student of such reknown academic scholars as Dr. John Gombojab Hangin and Dr. John Krueger of Indiana University, Dr. Francis Cleaves and Dr. John Fairbanks of Harvard University, and Dr. G. Badan of Mongolian National University.

In the mid-1980s in Tokyo, Japan she participated in the preliminary negotiations leading to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mongolia. After 13 years as a U.S. diplomat, she established her own consultancy company on Mongolia in 1991 called the U.S.-Mongolia Advisory Group, Inc. (USMAG) devoted to promoting business relations in all economic sectors between American (and other Western) and Mongolian businessmen. For additional information on USMAG click here

Dr. Campi is on the Board of Directors of The Mongolia Society, and a supporter of the Mongolian-American Cultural Association (MACA), American Center for Mongol Studies (ACMS), and the International Association for Mongol Studies (IAMS). For a complete resume of Dr.Alicia Campi click here

CKF has established several funds devoted to specific sectors of activities. At present there is a Cultural Fund, an Educational Fund, an Environmental Fund, and a Mongolian Studies Fund. Donations from private corporations and individuals are welcome and can be channeled to a specific Fund activity or to the Foundation as a whole. The CKF also welcomes ideas and proposals on how to expand its activities.