Design & assess peacebuilding programs; coordinate high-level meetings on peace and stabilization; facilitate workshops. I cultivate inclusion, follow avenues of opportunity and discord, and always search for breakthroughs.

Experienced negotiator & peacebuilding strategist. I have served as a back-channel diplomat between governments and with opposing parties to surface common interests and unravel discord.

Gauge the perspectives and priorities of alienated, excluded female & male youth, and develop custom responses. I focus on gender and class dynamics and track how a youth becomes an adult woman or man (and what happens if they fail).

Use trust-based methods to uncover previously overlooked or unknown issues. Evaluate programs in the context of exclusion to assess impacts on participants and those without access.

Author of seminal report on youth and CVE, Led major African research workshop on CVE. Focus on East, Central, West and Southern Africa; and Yemen.

Assess Education in Emergency populations and programs, focusing on teachers and out-of-school children and youth. I probe possibilities and barriers for learners and systems and apply insights to program reforms.