[2] Kunhardt graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he majored in art history.

[4] Kunhardt oversees the Gordon Parks Foundation's exhibitions, publications, critical research projects, and public programs organized with institutions internationally and its exhibition space in Pleasantville, New York, as well as the artist's archive.

He is responsible for the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation's acquisition of the archive of Life photographer Ed Clark and its preservation of the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection of 19th century photography, which now resides at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.

Under his leadership, the Gordon Parks Foundation established the Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarships and Prizes program, which has conferred over $1 million in scholarships and prizes to more than 120 students at 10 educational institutions since its inception in 2009.

In 2019, Kunhardt oversaw the launch of The Gordon Parks Arts and Social Justice Fund dedicated to supporting these educational initiatives.