Anne B. Keiser

Photographer

Anne Keiser, daughter of the late George Camp Keiser who founded the Middle East Institute, has been a member of its Board of Governors since 1990. In addition to The Middle East Institute, she currently serves on the boards of The Choral Arts Society of Washington, The Washington Tennis and Education Foundation and the Greater Himalayan Foundation. She serves on the National Council of The World Wildlife Fund U.S. and is a member of The Smithsonian Women’s Committee.

Ms. Keiser is a freelance travel photographer based in Washington, DC. From 1972-1986 she worked at The National Geographic Society as a photo editor and still photographer in the Society’s Television Division. As a freelancer, she has spent much of her life documenting the humanitarian work of famed mountain climber, Sir Edmund Hillary who had devoted his life to improving the lives of the Sherpa people of the Everest region of Nepal. She has produced three books on this topic including Sir Edmund Hillary & The People of Everest, produced as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest by Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.