Hesta Groenewald is a conflict and peace specialist with 20 years’ experience in programme delivery and management, technical advice and policy advocacy on conflict-sensitive development, gender and conflict and broader peace and security issues. She has particular expertise on conflict-sensitive approaches to aid and has designed, implemented or managed several mechanisms that aimed to improve [...]
Salif Nimaga is a Peacebuilding Consultant based in Berlin, Germany. He has more than 15 years of academic and programming experience in the areas of peacebuilding and transitional justice. Covering a considerable variety of institutional and geographical contexts, he has worked as a Programme Manager for the UN Peacebuilding Fund in the Peacebuilding Support Office [...]
Frauke de Weijer, a Dutch national with degrees from the University of Utrecht and Harvard University, is an independent professional in the field of conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and inclusive governance. She works as an independent consultant, with different clients from governments, think tanks and NGOs. In addition, she is as an associate consultant with PeaceNexus, [...]
Anita Ernstorfer works independently through her own advisory and research firm Untangle (LLC), based in the US and working globally. As a senior associate with Interpeace’s Advisory Team (IPAT) she is the course director of the effective advising in complex contexts course. Anita brings more than 20 years of international experience to these roles, working [...]
Dr. Nora Refaeil is a partner at TopikPro, a company specialised in mediation and transformation processes that accompanies clients working on complex projects and in complex contexts. Nora designs and facilitates change and organizational development processes, mediates conflicts and works as a coach and trainer in Switzerland and internationally. She is further specialised in transitional [...]
Jan Ubels is an independent facilitator, advisor and trainer. Based on multiple decades of experience in Africa, Asia and Europe, he helps to bring clarity and life to challenging processes, topics and situations. Jan facilitates change processes, supports professional development trajectories, and co-creates knowledge products. He is passionate about both global development issues and [...]
Jared L. Ordway is a Senior Associate for the International Peacebuilding Advisory Team. He is a peacebuilding professional specializing in applied practices of multi-stakeholder dialogue, social conflict analysis, intercultural communication, and urban violence prevention. Applying participatory methodologies and systems-oriented concepts in the design and management of conflict intervention and peacebuilding initiatives, Jared accompanies and consults [...]
Jeannine Suurmond is an Associate for the International Peacebuilding Advisory Team. She has supported state- and civil society-led peacemaking and peacebuilding efforts in more than ten countries around the world during the last 15 years, living in India, Nepal, Cambodia, and Thailand. Her main areas of expertise are healing, reconciliation, conflict resolution, and mediation; nonviolent [...]