Alumni Peacebuilders

Anastasia Kushleyko is a regional legal adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross, where she leads efforts to integrate and promote international humanitarian law.

Hannah Wu is a human rights specialist at the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Kristian Herbolzheimer is director of the Philippines and Colombia Programmes for Conciliation Resources.

Molly Kinder is director of agriculture and Europe policy for ONE, a nonpartisan advocacy organization that works to mitigate extreme poverty.

Sammy Mwiti is a communications specialist for the United Nations Development Programme in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Martin Ewi, from Cameroon, is a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa. Previously, he worked as a political affairs officer at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, based in The Hague in the Netherlands.

Brian Klein is special assistant to Stacy Rhodes, the Chief of Staff for the Peace Corps, in Washington, D.C. He also serves as a consultant for the World Bank.

Anna Walther is an attorney in the Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala, where she advocates for prisoners and people with mental disabilities.

Leon Malazogu is co-founder and executive director of Democracy for Development, a think tank in Kosovo focused on democracy and development.

Daniel Moriarty is director of the Maryknoll Bolivia Mission Immersion Program in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Samuel Toe is assistant minister of foreign affairs for the Republic of Liberia.

Njuhi Chege is the founder and CEO of Riri Jewellery, a business that promotes peacebuilding through art by connecting Kenyan artisans with global markets.

Lizzi Shappell’s path to Washington, D.C. took her through Honduras, Afghanistan, and Uganda.

Adriana Quiñones is the strategic planning and coordination specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean at UN Women, the United Nations entity that supports the empowerment of women and girls.

Burçu Munyas is the accountability adviser for Save the Children in London.

Matthew Walsh is a member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on Africa and development.

Helena Hofbauer is manager for partnership development at International Budget Partnership, which works to reduce poverty and improve quality of governance.

Jessica Bailey is the sustainable development program officer for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York, where she focuses on climate change.

Tilla Sewe Antony is economic governance advisor and global NGOs coordinator at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C.

Josh Jacobs-Velde, a rabbi, provides spiritual leadership at Ohev Tzedek, a congregation of more than 100 households near Youngstown, Ohio.