Kathryne Csekey Bomberger has more than 25 years of experience in international relations, rule of law, and post-conflict recovery. Since 2004, she has served as Director-General of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), leading a treaty-based international organization with a global mandate to secure the rights of families of missing persons to truth, justice, and reparations, while supporting states in fulfilling their obligations under international law.
Since joining ICMP in 1998, she has led its transformation from an ad hoc initiative focused on the Western Balkans into the world’s leading international organization dedicated exclusively to addressing missing persons arising from conflict, human rights violations, disasters, migration, and organized crime. Her work has focused on integrating scientific, technical, legal, and institutional approaches to deliver accountability in complex environments.
She has worked extensively across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, supporting governments, courts, and civil society in building sustainable systems to locate and identify missing persons. Under her leadership, ICMP has contributed to the identification of tens of thousands of missing individuals worldwide.
Kathryne has addressed the issue of missing persons at leading international forums, including the United Nations and the U.S. Congress, and has been featured in major global media. Her honors include being named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the President of France.
Prior to ICMP, she worked with the OSCE, the United Nations, and the United States Senate. She holds a BA in History and an MA in International Relations (Middle East Studies) from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. She is an American national based in The Hague, the Netherlands.
