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Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program

Claire Doyle
Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program

Angus Soderberg
Program Coordinator, Environmental Change & Security Program

Eleanor Greenbaum
Staff Intern, Environmental Change and Security Program
Fellows

Ruth Greenspan Bell
Public Policy Fellow;
Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute; Research Associate, Columbia University Business School’s Center for Decision Sciences
Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute; Research Associate, Columbia University Business School’s Center for Decision Sciences

Cynthia Brady
Global Fellow and Senior Advisor;
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Sharon Burke
Global Fellow;
Founder and President, Ecospherics
Founder and President, Ecospherics

Richard Cincotta
Global Fellow;
Demographer in Residence, The Stimson Center
Demographer in Residence, The Stimson Center

Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Senior Advisor, ECSP; Former Director, ECSP;
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
Global Fellow;
Member, Board of Directors of Women In International Security (WIIS) and its President from 2013-June 2021
Member, Board of Directors of Women In International Security (WIIS) and its President from 2013-June 2021

Roger-Mark De Souza
Global Fellow and Advisor;
Former Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience
Former Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience

Jack A. Goldstone
Global Fellow;
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; Wilson Center Fellow
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; Wilson Center Fellow
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Sherri Goodman
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program;
Vice Chair of the U.S. Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board
Vice Chair of the U.S. Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board

Sharon Guynup
Global Fellow, Former Public Policy Fellow;
Environmental journalist and author; Contributor, The New York Times, National Geographic, and other outlets
Environmental journalist and author; Contributor, The New York Times, National Geographic, and other outlets

James Hollifield
RAFDI Working Group Co-chair; Global Fellow;
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato
Global Fellow;
Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh
Global Fellow;
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Blair A. Ruble
Distinguished Fellow;
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)

Aaron Salzberg
Global Fellow;
Director of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina
Director of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina

Peter Schwartzstein
Global Fellow;
Environmental Journalist
Environmental Journalist
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Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba
Fellow