Our Leadership Team

Mavic Cabrera Balleza
Chief Executive Officer
Philippines/USA

Dr. Jasmin Nario-Galace
Senior Program Director
Philippines

Katrina Leclerc
Program Director
Canada

Leslie Nedderman
Chief Financial Officer
Guyana/USA

Eleonore Veillet Chowdhury
Senior Program & Management Advisor
France

Sophia Farion
Program Coordinator for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus & Central Asia
USA/Ukraine

Shawna Crystal
Resource Mobilization & Communications Coordinator
USA

Bianca Pabotoy
Senior Program Officer for Asia & the Pacific
Philippines

Cecilia Lazara
Researcher & Regional Focal Point for Latin America (parental leave)
Argentina

Naiki Guadalupe Olivas Gaspar
Communications Officer & Specialist for Latin America
Mexico

Simone Mbodé Diouf
Program Officer for Africa
Senegal

Ruth Abunaw Besong
Program Officer for Africa
Cameroon

Natia Kostava
Program Officer for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus & Central Asia
Georgia

Sana'a Banawi
Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa
Jordan

Verónica Rodríguez Cárdenas
Communications & Research Officer
Colombia

Samira Elattar
Administrative Officer
USA/Egypt

Hira Amjad
Cora Weiss Peacebuilding Fellow
Pakistan

Patience Ikpeh
Regional Focal Point for West Africa
Nigeria

Prativa Khanal
Regional Focal Point for South Asia
Nepal

Nyuon Susan Sebit
Regional Focal Point for East Africa
South Sudan

Heela Yoon
Regional Focal Point for Central Asia
Afghanistan

Anne Mugo
Associate for Africa Peacebuilding Programs
Kenya

Daria Larionov
Associate for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus & Central Asia Peacebuilding Programs
Moldova

Zulfiqar Naser Al Deen
Associate for Lebanon Peacebuilding Programs
Lebanon

Nontobeko Gloria Mlambo
Peacebuilding Communications Associate
South Africa

Doris Kathia
Peacebuilding Communications Associate
Kenya

Milka Mupuka
Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation Associate
Zimbabwe

Karen-Andréa Bedoume Nkoume
Peacebuilding Program Intern for Africa
Cameroon

Hree Dharma Santhi Putri Samudra
Peacebuilding Program Intern for Asia and the Pacific
Indonesia

Johnny Assaf
Peacebuilding Program Intern for the Middle East and North Africa
Lebanon

Lila Paul
Peacebuilding Communications Trainee
USA

Savannah Thorn
Volunteer
USA

Annie Matundu Mbambi
Program Advisor for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC

Indai Sajor
Program Advisor for Papua New Guinea
Philippines

Emem Bassey
Associate for Africa Peacebuilding Programs (parental leave)
Nigeria