Our Team

Staff

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Founding Director

Brian Hughes

Founding Co-Director & Associate Director

Katie Spann

Director of Operations

Pasha Dashtgard

Director of Research

La’Nita Johnson

Director of Training & Partnership Development, Higher Education

Pete Kurtz-Glovas

Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships

Seth Limmer

Senior Regional Policy Analyst

Marylin Rodriguez

Senior Curriculum and Training Manager

Wyatt Russell

Senior Program Manager & Policy Analyst

Dan Relihan

Senior Researcher

Chelsea Daymon

Program Manager, Violent Extremism Education and Resilience (VEER)

Laura Kralicky

Communications & Public Affairs Specialist

Rashmi Chimmalgi

Program Coordinator, Translational Research & Education Development (TRED)

Norah-Frida Tebid

Executive and Administrative Assistant

Research Associates

JJ West

PhD Research Associate

Meili Criezis

PhD Research Associate

Maria Guiditta Borselli

PhD Research Associate

Kaitlyn DaVisio

Graduate Research Assistant

Emily Stingle

Graduate Research Assistant

Nora Lewis

Graduate Research Assistant

Nicholas Caraballo

Graduate Research Assistant

Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti

Visiting Researcher

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Advisory and Ethics Board

Shan Soe-Lin

Board Member

Amy Spitalnick

Board Member

Ed Schaffer

Board Member

Julica Hermann de la Fuente

Ethics Adviser

Rabia Chaudry

Ethics Adviser

Daniel Tutt

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