David Hong joined the Kyle House Group in June 2022 as Senior Advisor and brings over a decade of advocacy and government relations experience on foreign assistance, agricultural development and global food security, agricultural research, and global nutrition. 

David previously led government affairs as Senior Vice President at Farm Journal Foundation, an education and advocacy organization focused on putting the best ideas from U.S. agriculture to work to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, including global hunger and malnutrition. In this role, he worked closely with members of Congress, their staff, and administration officials to prioritize funding for global food security, nutrition, and domestic and international agricultural research.

Prior to joining Farm Journal Foundation, he served as a foreign affairs fellow for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health for Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA). In this role he covered economic development and trade issues in Africa, foreign assistance, global health, food security, and a range of domestic policy issues.

From 2014 to 2018, David led global policy for One Acre Fund – an agricultural social enterprise that delivers modern seed, fertilizer, agronomic training, and distribution to over 1.5 million smallholder farmers in East and Southern Africa. He engaged with a wide network of bilateral aid agencies, multilateral donors, and national governments in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. Prior to One Acre Fund, he managed agriculture policy issues at The One Campaign, an advocacy organization co-founded by Bono, and was based in Washington, DC and Johannesburg, South Africa.

David holds a master’s degree in international development and policy analysis from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics from the University of Delaware. He resides in Gaithersburg, Maryland with his wife, Caitlin, and their daughter.