Best-Selling Author Jon Krakauer Named Board Chair of the American Himalayan Foundation

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acclaimed author, investigative journalist, and climber Jon Krakauer has been elected board chair of the American Himalayan Foundation (AHF), the nonprofit charitable organization announced today. The foundation, established in 1981 by the late private equity investor and philanthropist Richard C. Blum, works with local partners to provide targeted program funding for people in need in the Himalaya. “I am thrilled and honored to be board chair of this extraordina