RAFDI Staff and Experts
Staff
Working Group

Hallam Ferguson
RAFDI Working Group Member; Former Public Policy Fellow;
Vice President for Global Operations, International Republican Institute; Former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Vice President for Global Operations, International Republican Institute; Former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID

Rez Gardi
RAFDI Working Group Member;
Founder, Empower; Co-Managing Director, Refugee Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT); Co-founder, Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
Founder, Empower; Co-Managing Director, Refugee Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT); Co-founder, Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

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)

Susan F. Martin
RAFDI Working Group Co-chair;
Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita, Georgetown University
Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita, Georgetown University

Sarah Miller
RAFDI Working Group Member;
Senior Fellow, Refugees International
Senior Fellow, Refugees International

Linda Oucho
RAFDI Working Group Member;
Executive Director, African Migration and Development Policy Centre
Executive Director, African Migration and Development Policy Centre

Matthew A. Reynolds
RAFDI Working Group Member;
Regional Representative for the U.S. and the Caribbean, UNHCR
Regional Representative for the U.S. and the Caribbean, UNHCR

Laura Robson
RAFDI Working Group Member; Former Fellow;
Oliver-McCourtney Professor of History, The Pennsylvania State University
Oliver-McCourtney Professor of History, The Pennsylvania State University

Tim Ziemer
RAFDI Working Group Member;
Former Assistant Administrator, USAID
Former Assistant Administrator, USAID