Karin Walsh Rutledge grew up in New Jersey and lives in Washington, D.C.  She works at the U.S. Department of State, where her focus is foreign assistance for the former Soviet States. Karin worked for the Eurasia Foundation as the Director of Government Relations, for the Close Up Foundation, a civic education organization, and in other government relations positions.  Karin has a Master’s in International Management (finance concentration) from the University of Maryland University College, and a Bachelor’s in Russian Studies and International Relations from Colgate University.  Karin studied at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow in 1983 and has traveled overseas extensively for work and pleasure. Karin credits her independence and sense of adventure to her experiences at Eagle Island Camp where she was a camper and junior counselor from 1976-1980 and attended Family Camp with her husband and son for three summers prior to the closing of the camp.