Our People
CIC, as part of New York University, is at the heart of a leading research university that spans the globe. Our team includes leading researchers and policy experts of the highest caliber in their areas of expertise who embody the diversity of the global society in which we live in.
Executive Director
Leadership
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Thibault Chareton
Director, Communications -
Victoria Choong
Director, Finance and Operations -
Daniel Friedman
Program Director, Halving Global Violence, Pathfinders -
Fernando Marani
Program Director, Justice, Inclusion, and Equality, Pathfinders -
Joshua Z. Walker
Director of Programs, Congo Research Group -
Betty N. Wainaina
Program Director, Multilateral Reform Program -
Margaret (Maggie) Williams
Associate Director, SDG16+, Pathfinders
Staff
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Natalie Briggs
Special Assistant and Program Officer, Pathfinders -
Symphony Chau
Assistant Director, Communications -
Nicole Eason
Grants Manager -
Nate Edwards
Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Marta Bautista Forcada
Program Officer, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Léah Guyot
Program Associate, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Raquel Jesse
Program Officer, Inequality & Exclusion, Pathfinders -
Themba Mahleka
Senior Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Céline Monnier
Senior Program Officer, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Joris de Mooij
Program Associate, Promoting and Defending Multilateralism -
Laura Ospina
Senior Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Luisa Portugal
Program Officer, Halving Global Violence, Pathfinders -
Laura Powers
Program Officer, SDG16+, Pathfinders -
Lucy Schwartzman
Operations Administrator -
Lauren Stackpoole
Manager, Administration -
Laura Stamm
Grants Administrator -
Catherine Wang
Digital Communications Specialist
Visiting Scholars
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Rami George Khouri
Visiting Scholar -
Habib Mayar
Visiting Scholar -
Joanne Richards
Visiting Scholar, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Sophie Rutenbar
Visiting Scholar, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises
Distinguished Fellows
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Sarah Cliffe
Director Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow -
Shepard Forman
CIC Founder, Director Emeritus, and Distinguished Fellow -
Bruce Jones
Director Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow -
Karin Landgren
Distinguished Fellow -
Hanny Megally
Distinguished Fellow -
Gert Rosenthal
Distinguished Fellow -
Barnett Rubin
Distinguished Fellow -
James Traub
Distinguished Fellow
Senior Fellows
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Tayseer Al Karim
Senior Fellow -
Paige Arthur
Senior Fellow -
Eugene Chen
Senior Fellow -
Fred Bauma
Senior Fellow -
Ambassador the Hon. Mitch Fifield
Senior Fellow -
Karina Gerlach
Senior Fellow -
Markus Kostner
Senior Fellow -
Maaike de Langen
Senior Fellow -
Daniel Mack
Senior Advisor -
Swati Mehta
Senior Fellow -
María Fernanda Rodríguez
Senior Fellow -
WPS Sidhu
Senior Fellow -
Jason Stearns
Senior Fellow -
David Steven
Senior Fellow and Advisor
Non-Resident Fellows
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Ali Yawar Adili
Non-Resident Fellow -
Peter Chapman
Non-Resident Fellow -
Renata Dwan
Non-Resident Fellow -
Eveline de Bruijn
Non-Resident Fellow -
Alex Evans
Non-Resident Fellow -
Paul Fishstein
Non-Resident Fellow -
Maha Jweied
Non-Resident Fellow -
Richard Gowan
Non-Resident Fellow -
Rachel Locke
Non-Resident Fellow -
Stacey Cram
Non-Resident Fellow, Pathfinders -
Thant Myint-U
Non-Resident Fellow -
Paula Sevilla Núñez
Non-Resident Fellow -
Nanjala Nyabola
Non-Resident Fellow -
Ben Oppenheim
Non-Resident Fellow -
Branka Panic
Non-Resident Fellow -
Jago Salmon
Non-Resident Fellow -
Alice Viollet
Non-Resident Fellow
Advisory Group
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Amb. Annika Söder
Advisory Group -
H.E. Antonio Patriota
Advisory Group -
USG Izumi Nakamitsu
Advisory Group -
Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Advisory Group -
Mr. Koen Davidse
Advisory Group
Student Workers
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Owen Brady
Graduate Student Researcher, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Felipe Carocca
Graduate Research Assistant, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Wiktoria Gucia
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Hali Shotz
Graduate Research Assistant, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Emma Chevalier Trager-Lewis
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises -
Blake Zhong
Research Program Assistant, Prevention-Peacebuilding-Protracted Crises
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