Alumni Peacebuilders

Matthew Walsh is chief of staff for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, an organization that encompasses all U.S. civilian international broadcasting, including the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio and TV Martí, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN)—Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television.

Helena Hofbauer Balmori is the Regional Representative for the Ford Foundation, directing the Mexico and Central America Office in Mexico City. 

Jessica Scanlan Bailey is CEO and Co-Founder of Greenworks Lending, LLC in Stamford, Connecticut. 

Tilla Sewe Antony is Senior Staff member at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction in middle and low-income countries. 

Josh Jacobs-Velde, a rabbi, provides spiritual leadership at Oseh Shalom, a vibrant Reconstructionist Jewish synagogue in Laurel, Maryland

Alejandro Ferreiro is Director of Espacio Público (Public Space), an independent research center in Santiago, Chile, an organization working on public policy issues in Chile and beyond.

Stephanie Sluka Brauer is the resource development manager for Habitat for Humanity International’s Africa and Middle East regional office.

Tony Lang holds a Chair in International Political Theory in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Myla Leguro is the Program Director for Advancing Interreligious Peacebuilding (AIP), part of Catholic Relief Services in Mindanao, Phillippines. 

Rosette Muzigo-Morrison is a Legal Officer for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. 

Steve Fuller, the commanding officer of the USS Nicholas, a U.S. Navy frigate, bridges the worlds of the military and peacebuilding.

Tona Boyd is chief counsel to Senator Cory A. Booker on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Irene Perureña is the Executive Vice President of Ciudad del Saber (City of Knowledge) Foundation in Panama City. 

Denis Okello’s work and research focuses on ending hunger and malnutrition in developing countries and has intersected with humanitarian efforts in his native country, Uganda. 

In the wake of unprecedented post-election violence in Kenya, George Wachira helped found a group that served as an important forerunner to international mediation. 

Tahir Aziz is Director of the South Asia Program at Conciliation Resources, a London-based peacebuilding organization.

Jill Sternberg works with the people of Timor-Leste to build and support the country’s young democracy.

Xabier Agirre Aranburu works at the heart of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Ellis Jones is the author of The Better World Handbook, a guide for people who want to make a positive difference in the world and assistant professor of sociology at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. 

Oana-Cristina Popa has been ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Serbia since 2016.