- Joined HD in 2006. Expert in the design of peace processes, including national dialogues and constitution-making
- At HD, has supported peace processes in Liberia, Libya, Syria, Myanmar, Ukraine, the Philippines and elsewhere. Seconded to the United Nations to support national dialogue efforts in Yemen
- Before joining HD, worked for the National Democratic Institute, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and the UN Development Programme
- Has been based in Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iraq
- Has taught about peacebuilding at Geneva’s Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies and at Columbia University
- Bachelor’s degree from Brown University, Master’s degree from Princeton University and a Doctorate in Political Science from Columbia University