Jim Ruf
Senior Program Officer for Civ-Mil Affairs, Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding Jim is a member of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Academy for International Conflict...
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Program Officer, Rule of LawSusan Stigant is a program officer in the Center for Governance, Law and Society at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Stigant's focus is on the design and...
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Gender Advisor, Center for Gender and PeacebuildingAmbassador Steven E. Steiner is the gender advisor to the Center for Gender and Peacebuilding at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He previously served in...
View ArticleMaura Hennigan
Marines Commandante FellowMaura Hennigan, an active duty U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel with 20 years of service, is a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace. She arrived in the summer of 2014...
View ArticleJeff Krentel
Program Officer, Academy for International Conflict Management and PeacebuildingJeff Krentel is a program officer in the Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, where he leads...
View ArticleBrett G. Sylvia
Military FellowBrett Sylvia, a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Army, came to the U.S. Institute of Peace as a fellow in the summer of 2014 after recently completing command of a battalion conducting combat...
View ArticleAnn Procter
Senior Program Officer, South & Central AsiaAnn Procter is a senior program officer based in the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Kabul, Afghanistan office. She provides oversight for USIP’s radio...
View ArticleMadalyn "Sophie" Gainey
Military FellowColonel Madalyn S. Gainey was commissioned in July 1992 as a Quartermaster Officer at James Madison University. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Computer...
View ArticleJonathan M. Crock
Program Officer, Rule of Law CenterJonathan Crock is a program officer in the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Center for Governance, Law and Society. He works on the Justice and Security Dialogue,...
View ArticleBelquis Ahmadi
Senior Program OfficerBelquis Ahmadi has over 20 years of experience working in Afghanistan on issues related to gender, human rights, civil society development, rule of law, governance and democracy....
View ArticlePalwasha L. Kakar
Senior Program Officer, Religion and Peacebuilding CenterPalwasha L. Kakar is the senior program officer for Religion and Peacebuilding at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). Kakar joined USIP after...
View ArticleHind Kabawat
Senior Program Officer, SyriaHind Kabawat is a senior program officer in United States Institutes of Peace. She is also a senior research associate in public diplomacy and director of the conflict...
View ArticleIkhlas Mohammed
Sudanese Youth Leader/Research Fellow, Africa ProgramIkhlas Mohammed is the Sudanese youth leader with USIP’s Middle East & Africa team. Prior to joining USIP in September 2014, Ikhlas was working...
View ArticleColin Cleary
Interagency Professional in ResidenceColin Cleary is an interagency professional in residence at the U.S. Institute for Peace.Colin joined USIP in August 2014. He is a foreign service officer whose...
View ArticleCandace Karp
Senior Program OfficerCandace Karp coordinates Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) work for USIP's Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. Dr. Karp spent seven years in...
View ArticleSehar Tariq
Pakistan Country Representative Sehar is the Pakistan country representative for the United States Institute of Peace. Her work focuses on developing and supporting programs aimed at finding and...
View ArticlePhilippe Leroux-Martin
Senior Program Officer, Rule of LawPhilippe Leroux-Martin is a senior program officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He currently focuses on justice and security dialogue efforts in the Maghreb and...
View ArticleW. Douglas Smith
Program Officer, Rule of LawDouglas is a program officer in the Rule of Law Center at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He joins the institute after five years in Sudan and Afghanistan, where he designed...
View ArticleNancy Lindborg
PresidentOn February 2, 2015, Nancy Lindborg was sworn in as president of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to joining USIP, she served as the assistant administrator for the Bureau for Democracy,...
View ArticleJumaina Siddiqui
Program Officer, Center for South and Central AsiaJumaina Siddiqui is a program officer for South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. She joined USIP after three years with the National Democratic...
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