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Strategy for Humanity LLC is a woman-, minority-, and person with disabilities- owned small business and an equal opportunity employer, making a difference since 2009.
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Partners
Alex Arriaga has served in executive leadership positions at the White House, the U.S. Congress, and both non-profit and for profit organizations. She has successfully advanced international human rights issues, created large-scale public education campaigns, and achieved legislative victories. She is a proven leader and strategist with a track record of success in local, national and global arenas. Alex's specialties include international human rights, humanitarian assistance, gender and gender-based violence, rights of persons with disabilities, rights of children, and policy development and implementation. She also serves in leadership roles on Boards relating to education, disabilities, and refugees. Read More
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Charles J. Brown, prior to joining Strategy for Humanity, served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy in the U.S. Department of Defense, where he was responsible for implementing the DoD components of the President's initiative to integrate atrocity prevention and response into U.S. policy. In recent years, Charlie has also served as Chair of the Experts Committee on Preventing Mass Violence, a bipartisan group of sixteen former government officials, academics, think tank experts, and NGO representatives. Charlie's specialties include atrocity prevention, international justice, human rights, democracy, international humanitarian law, crisis response, foreign policy, diplomacy, social media, NGOs and non-profit management. Read More
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Directors & Advisors
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Ben Batros
Director [email protected] Ben Batros, a Director at Strategy for Humanity, is a respected litigator who has excelled at using law as a tool for accountability and social change. He has led litigation strategies for civil society, at international tribunals, and in government. Ben specializes in human rights, international criminal law, climate change, international tax governance, and identifying the optimal use of legal mechanisms in broader strategies. Ben previously was at the Justice Initiative of the Open Society Foundation, focusing on strategic litigation, managing a portfolio of sixty cases, and directing a summer school on human rights litigation. He also served as Appeals Counsel for the International Criminal Court, Office of the Prosecutor; and he advised the Australian Government on its ratification and implementation of the ICC Statute and on regional strategies to address trafficking in persons. Read More |
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Fred Carver
Director [email protected] Fred Carver, a Director at Strategy for Humanity, is based in the United Kingdom. He has held senior management positions at organizations working in international relations and human rights. Fred’s recent work has included designing and implementing advocacy strategies on atrocity prevention, analysis of UK contributions to UN Peacekeeping, writing tenders to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and giving written and oral parliamentary evidence. His experience encompasses a wide range of strategic advice and consultations, research and analysis, writing and editing, presentations, and communications. He has served as editor of two journals, co-editor of a magazine, and public spokesperson. Prior to joining Strategy for Humanity, Fred was Head of Policy at the United Nations Association–UK, leading policy development, designing high-profile campaigns on UN reform and on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, and structuring initiatives on atrocity prevention, peacekeeping, and UK foreign policy. Previously, Fred ran the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice focused on accountability for war crimes, was an academic researcher specializing in urban violence in Pakistan, and worked in UK politics running election campaigns. |
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Kelly Case
Director [email protected] Kelly Case is a Director at Strategy for Humanity. She is an expert in non-profit management with specialization in women-inclusive peace and security processes, trauma awareness, gender equality, resilience, prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence, and conflict mitigation. She has developed robust curriculum, led trainings in multicultural settings, and designed and implemented qualitative evaluations. She has worked with policymakers in countries impacted by conflict and facilitated greater empowerment for civil society to be agents of change. Kelly held leadership roles at Inclusive Security where she managed large grants and collaborated with women leaders in peace processes and post-conflict initiatives in Sudan, South Sudan, and other parts of Africa. She also worked with the American Red Cross to manage humanitarian services in the United States. Read More |
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Sapna Chhatpar Considine
Director [email protected] Sapna Chhatpar Considine is a Director at Strategy for Humanity. She heads our New York operations and is a key lead on the multilateral portfolio. Her areas of expertise include United Nations processes and structures, atrocity prevention, responsibility to protect, civilians in conflict, human rights and humanitarian crises, and peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Sapna began her career working at the grassroots level to mobilize students, policy makers and the general public in support of democratic freedoms in Myanmar. Prior to joining Strategy for Humanity, Sapna was the co-founder of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP), a global coalition of civil society organizations working to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. Read More |
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Tabitha Mpamira
Director [email protected] Tabitha Mpamira is a Director at Strategy for Humanity. She is a respected expert, facilitator, and speaker on mental health, sexual and gender-based violence, and survivor resilience. Tabitha’s work has been widely recognized and vividly depicted by Now This in the documentary Victors: Singing to the Lions and through her TEDx Talk focused on the transforming or transferring of trauma. Tabitha was recognized by Global Citizen in 2018 when she won the People’s Choice Waislitz Award. In addition to her leadership role with Strategy for Humanity, Tabitha founded Mutera Global Healing (formerly EDJA), an organization providing free medical, legal, and mental health services to survivors of sexual assault in East Africa. Mutera has sparked rapid change in Uganda by supporting hundreds of survivors and bringing perpetrators to justice. She is pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology with a specialization in sexual trauma after over a decade of practice. Tabitha is multi-lingual in English, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, and Rukiga, and has understanding but not fluency in Swahili. Read More |
Strategy for Humanity Research Fellow
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Emily Davis
Research Fellow [email protected] Emily Davis is a Research Fellow at Strategy for Humanity. She is in her final year at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver pursuing a Master of Arts in International Studies with a focus in Human Rights and a Graduate Certificate in Humanitarian Assistance. Emily’s specialization is in gender-based violence and women’s rights. Previously, Emily interned for the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility Community of Practice where she identified, tracked, and quantified information and support requests posted on the Community of Practice website by participant members from around the world. She hopes to pursue a career in gender-based violence prevention, peace, and security. As a Research Fellow, Emily is collecting research, providing analysis, and contributing to policy proposals designed to improve outcomes for children and adolescents globally, enhance global peace and security approaches by supporting women's participation, and improve humanitarian responses in conflict affected in regions. |
Administrative Staff
Suzanne Cronin Special Assistant [email protected] Suzanne Cronin is an accomplished executive assistant with 20 years of experience spanning across several different industries. Her skills include complex calendar management, travel arrangements and she enjoys event planning. Suzanne is highly organized, detail oriented and maintains a positive can-do attitude. |
Cecilia Doy Accountant [email protected] Cecilia Doy provides expert accounting service, including management of day-to-day account records, payroll systems, and more. For over 20 years, she was the managing partner of a small security business located in Maryland. For the past several years, Cecilia has provided a range of accounting services for small businesses, working with the team at CSO Business Services, LLC. |
