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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Axel M. Addy
Senior Peace Fellow
Maryland, USA
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Amb. Juan Esteban Aguirre
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
former Vice President of the UN Human Rights Council
Paraguay
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Mohammed al-Ta’ishi
Senior Peace Fellow
London, United Kingdom
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Emma Bakkum
Assistant Counsel
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Nina Bang-Jensen
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Heba Bawaieh
Program Manager
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Sindija Bēta
Program Manager / Legal Officer
Ogre, Latvia
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Amb. Todd Buchwald
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Nicole Carle
Assistant Counsel
Washington, D.C.
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Professor David Crane
Senior Peace Fellow
Syracuse, New York
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Cailan Cumming
Program Manager
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Dr. Margaret deGuzman
Senior Legal Advisor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Amb. Zorica Maric Djordjevic
Senior Peace Fellow
Montenegro
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Professor Yvonne Dutton
Senior Legal Advisor
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Dr. Chile Eboe-Osuji
Senior Peace Fellow
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Brett Edwards
Senior Peace Fellow
Rochester, Minnesota
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Amb. Amanda Ellis
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Mohamed Elnu’man
Senior Legal and Technical Advisor
Khartoum, Sudan
Dr. Julie Fraser
Senior Peace Fellow
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Adrienne Fricke
Senior Legal Advisor
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Dr. Alush Gashi
Senior Peace Fellow
Kosovo
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Kate Gibson
Senior Legal Advisor
Geneva, Switzerland
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Christopher Goebel
Strategic & Senior Legal Advisor
Paris, France
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Darrell Guthrie
Senior Peace Fellow
Texas, USA
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Laura Hamilton
Junior Peace Fellow
Berlin, Germany
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Amb. Mohammad Qurban Haqjo
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Katie Hetherington
Program Manager
Scottland, UK
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Sandra Hodgkinson
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Marieke de Hoon
Netherlands Office Director and Senior Counsel
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bethany Houghton
Assistant Counsel
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Dr. Kushtrim Istrefi
Senior Peace Fellow
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Professor Darin Johnson
Senior Legal Advisor and Coordinator for
Senior Peace Fellows
Washington, D.C.
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Professor Jim C. Johnson
Senior Peace Fellow
Cleveland, Ohio
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Isabela Karibjanian
Junior Peace Fellow
Oxford, U.K.
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Alexandra Koch
Former Co-Chair of Policy Planning Initiative
Washington, D.C.
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Amb. Filloreta Kodra
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
former Vice President of the UN Human Rights Council
Geneva, Switzerland
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Michael Kovaka
Senior Peace Fellow
Denver, Colorado
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Kateryna Kyrychenko
Program Manager / Legal Officer
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Amb. Jorge Lomonaco
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
Colonel of Marines (Ret.) Rick Lorenz
Senior Peace Fellow
Seattle, Washington
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Prime Minister Igor Lukšić
Senior Peace Fellow
Montenegro
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Drew Mann
Strategic Advisor
Kansas City, Missouri
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Dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh
Senior Legal Advisor
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Amb. Amina C. Mohamed
Senior Peace Fellow
Nairobi, Kenya
Nikhil Narayan
Senior Peace Fellow
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Jackline Nasiwa
Senior Peace Fellow
Juba, South Sudan
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Berhanemeskel Nega
Senior Peace Fellow
Arlington, VA
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Professor Mike Newton
Senior Peace Fellow
Nashville, Tennessee
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Vartan Oskanian
Senior Peace Fellow
Armenia
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Andrés Pérez
Senior Peace Fellow
Geneva, Switzerland
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Robert Perito
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Amb. Donald J. Planty
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Betsy Popken
Senior Legal Advisor
San Francisco, California
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Greta Ramelli
Program Manager / Legal Officer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Amb. Stephen Rapp
Senior Peace Fellow
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Amb. Joachim Rücker
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
Stuttgart, Germany
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Maud Sarliève
Affiliated Expert
Paris, France
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Ethar Shaibany
Chief of Party - Yemen Program
Amman, Jordan
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Matt Simpson
Senior Legal Advisor
Washington, D.C.
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Amb. Yvette Stevens
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
Geneva, Switzerland
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Dr. Jane Stromseth
Senior Peace Fellow
Washington, D.C.
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Amb. Vojislav Suc
Member, Circle of Ambassadors
Slovenia
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Amb. Alfredo Suescum Alfaro
Senior Peace Fellow
Panama
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Dr. Mistale Taylor
Counsel
Brussels, Belgium
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Gregory Townsend
Senior Peace Fellow
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Professor Jennifer Trahan
Senior Peace Fellow
New York, New York
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