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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Hanny Megally
CIC Deputy Director -
Thibault Chareton
Director of Communications -
Eugene Chen
Director, Prevention Peacebuilding and Protracted Crises -
Victoria Choong
Director of Finance and Operations -
Daniel Friedman
Program Director, Halving Global Violence, Pathfinders -
Swati Mehta
Program Director, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Joshua Z. Walker
Director of Programs, Congo Research Group -
Betty N. Wainaina
Associate Director, Strengthening UN-IFI Collaboration -
Margaret (Maggie) Williams
Associate Director, SDG16+, Pathfinders -
Leah Zamore
Associate Director, Humanitarian Policy
Staff
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Natalie Briggs
Special Assistant and Program Officer, Promoting and Defending Multilateralism -
Nathan Edwards
Program Associate, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Symphony Chau
Communications Manager -
Marta Bautista Forcada
Program Officer, Prevention Peacebuilding and Protracted Crises -
Bojan Francuz
Program Officer, Halving Global Violence, Pathfinders -
Nicole Eason
Grants Manager -
Léah Guyot
Program Associate, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Raquel Jesse
Program Officer, Inequality & Exclusion, Pathfinders -
Vanessa Johnson
Budget Assistant -
Roshni Menon
Senior Program Officer, Inequality & Exclusion, Pathfinders -
Themba Mahleka
Senior Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Melanie Markusic
Manager of Administration -
Céline Monnier
Senior Program Officer, Prevention Peacebuilding and Protracted Crises -
Paula Sevilla Núñez
Program Officer, Inequality & Exclusion, Pathfinders -
Laura Ospina
Senior Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders -
Lauren Stackpoole
Grants Manager -
Luisa Portugal
Program Officer, Halving Global Violence, Pathfinders -
Alice Viollet
Program Officer, Congo Research Group
Visiting Scholars
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Sophie Rutenbar
Visiting Scholar, Prevention Peacebuilding and Protracted Crises -
Joanne Richards
Visiting Scholar -
Rami George Khouri
Visiting Scholar
Distinguished Fellows
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Shepard Forman
CIC Founder, Director Emeritus, and Distinguished Fellow -
Bruce Jones
Director Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow -
Karin Landgren
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 -
Faiza Shaheen
Senior Fellow, Pathfinders -
Fred Bauma
Senior Fellow -
Karina Gerlach
Senior Fellow -
Markus Kostner
Senior Fellow -
Maaike de Langen
Senior Fellow -
María Fernanda Rodríguez
Senior Fellow -
WPS Sidhu
Senior Fellow -
Daniel Mack
Senior Advisor -
Jason Stearns
Senior Fellow -
David Steven
Senior Fellow and Advisor -
Teresa Whitfield
Senior Fellow
Non-Resident Fellows
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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 -
Thant Myint-U
Non-Resident Fellow -
Nanjala Nyabola
Non-Resident Fellow -
Ben Oppenheim
Non-Resident Fellow -
Branka Panic
Non-Resident Fellow -
Jago Salmon
Non-Resident Fellow
Advisory Group
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