Our Team
PILPG’s dynamic team works together to provide excellent service to pro bono clients, conduct cutting edge international law research, and innovate and explore best practices for the fields of peace negotiations, constitution-drafting, and war crimes prosecutions and transitional justice.
Dr. Paul R. Williams
Co-Founder
Washington, D.C.
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Dean Michael Scharf
Co-Founder
Cleveland, Ohio
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Professor Milena Sterio
Managing Director
Cleveland, Ohio
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Dr. Gregory P. Noone
Executive Director
Washington, D.C.
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Christina Sheetz
Senior Legal Advisor
Washington, D.C.
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Emma Bakkum
Assistant Counsel
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ezster Boldis
Senior Research Associate
Szeged, Hungary
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Professor David Crane
Senior Peace Fellow
Syracuse, New York
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Brendan Doherty
Senior Peace Fellow
Atlanta, Georgia
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Dr. Julie Fraser
Senior Peace Fellow
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Christopher Goebel
Senior Peace Fellow
Paris, France
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Jochem de Hoop
Research Associate
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ivelina Ivanova
Research Associate
Bulgaria
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Isabela Karibjanian
Research Fellow and Strategic Communications Lead
Washington, D.C.
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Rick Lorenz
Senior Peace Fellow
Seattle, Washington
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Jackline Nasiwa
Senior Peace Fellow
Juba, South Sudan
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Robert Perito
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Jolien Quispel
Counsel
Melbourne, Australia
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Ethar Shaibany
Chief of Party - Yemen Program
Amman, Jordan
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Dr. Jane Stromseth
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Professor Jennifer Trahan
Senior Peace Fellow
New York, New York
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Raghavi Viswanath
Senior Research Associate
Chennai, India
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Jonathan Worboys
Senior Legal Advisor
London, United Kingdom
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Catherine Aate
Program Manager
South Sudan
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Marielotte van Ballegooijen
Research Associate
Haarlem, The Netherlands
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Amb. Todd Buchwald
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Cailan Cumming
Program Manager
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Professor Yvonne Dutton
Senior Legal Advisor
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Adrienne Fricke
Senior Legal Advisor
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Laura Hamilton
Program Manager
Berlin, Germany
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Bethany Houghton
Assistant Counsel
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Professor Darin Johnson
Senior Legal Advisor and Coordinator for
Senior Peace Fellows
Washington, D.C.
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Alexandra Koch
Strategy and Research Fellow
Seattle, Washington
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Drew Mann
Strategic Advisor
Kansas City, Missouri
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Professor Mike Newton
Senior Peace Fellow
Nashville, Tennessee
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Robert Petit
Senior Peace Fellow
Ottawa, Canada
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Greta Ramelli
Program Manager
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Matt Simpson
Senior Legal Advisor
Washington, D.C.
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Zselyke Szantho
Research Associate
Budapest, Hungary
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Anna Triponel
Senior Peace Fellow
London, United Kingdom
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Paul Weber
Research Associate
Frankfurt, Germany
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Noura Abahsain
Assistant Counsel
Washington, D.C.
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Nina Bang-Jensen
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Nicole Carle
Assistant Counsel
Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Margaret deGuzman
Senior Legal Advisor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Brett Edwards
Senior Peace Fellow
Rochester, Minnesota
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Patryk Gacka
Senior Research Associate
Warsaw, Poland
Sandra Hodgkinson
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Editimfon Ikpat
Research Associate
Lagos, Nigeria
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Professor Jim C. Johnson
Senior Peace Fellow
Cleveland, Ohio
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Milica Kostic
Senior Peace Fellow
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh
Senior Legal Advisor and Global Justice Partnerships Initiative Co-Coordinator
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Romy de Niet
Research Associate
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Amb. Donald J. Planty
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Ambassador Stephen Rapp
Senior Peace Fellow
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Henry Smith
Research Associate
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Dr. Mistale Taylor
Counsel
Brussels, Belgium
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Kendahl Tyburski
Program Manager
Washington, D.C.
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Kelsey Welham
Program Manager
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Alexandrah Bakker
Research Associate
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Sindija Bēta
Program Manager
Ogre, Latvia
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Juan Manuel Chiesa
Senior Peace Fellow
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Amb. Zorica Maric Djordjevic
Senior Peace Fellow
Montenegro
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Kelly van Eeten
Senior Research Associate
Helmond, The Netherlands
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Kate Gibson
Senior Legal Advisor
Geneva, Switzerland
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Dr. Marieke de Hoon
Netherlands Office Director and Senior Counsel
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dr. Kushtrim Istrefi
Senior Peace Fellow
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Isabelle Jefferies
Research Associate
Montpellier, France
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Michael Kovaka
Senior Peace Fellow
Denver, Colorado
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Nikhil Narayan
Senior Peace Fellow
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Andrés Pérez
Senior Peace Fellow
Geneva, Switzerland
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Betsy Popken
Senior Legal Advisor
San Francisco, California
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Isabella Regan
Senior Research Associate
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Daria Stănculescu
Research Associate
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gregory Townsend
Senior Peace Fellow
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Annabel Van Schaik
Senior Research Associate
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Alice Welland
Counsel
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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