NA-USIP Roundtable:
Workshop on Harnessing Operational Systems Engineering to Support
Peacebuilding
of the National Academies and United States Institute of Peace
November 20, 2012
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 5th Street NW, Room 101
Washington, DC
PARTICIPANTS
Co-Chairs
W. Peter Cherry
Independent Consultant
SAIC (retired)
Sam Worthington
President and CEO
InterAction
Steering Committee Members
Bernard Amadei
Founder, Engineers Without Borders
Mortenson Chair in Global Engineering
University of Colorado
Sharon Morris
Director of Youth and Conflict Management
Mercy Corps
Robert Ricigliano
Director, Institute of World Affairs
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
William Rouse
Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair in Economics of Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Expert Participants
Robin Amadei
Founder
Common Ground Mediation Center
Dorina Bekoe
Research Staff Member
Africa Program
Institute for Defense Analyses
Rodney Bent
Director
United Nations Information Center
John R. Birge
Jerry W. and Carol Lee Levin Professor of Operations Management
Booth School of Business
The University of Chicago
Alfred Blumstein
University Professor and J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research
Heinz College
Carnegie Mellon University
Beth Cole
Director
Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation
US Agency for International Development
Paulo Cesar G. Costa
Research Director
C2 International Activities
Center of Excellence in C4I
George Mason University
Steven H. Dam
President and Founder
SPEC Innovations
David Davis
Director
Peace Operations Policy Program
George Mason University
Lance A. Davis
Executive Officer
National Academy of Engineering
Monica Davis
Foreign Service Officer
Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
US Department of State
M. Bruce Elliott
US Army Corps of Engineers’ Liaison Officer
Office of Civilian/Military Cooperation
US Agency for International Development
Mark Epstein
Senior Vice President
Qualcomm Inc.
Melanie Greenberg
President and CEO
Alliance for Peacebuilding
Hrach Gregorian
President
Institute of World Affairs
Marvine Hamner
Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
George Washington University
Theresa Jefferson
Visiting Faculty Member
Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
Loyola University Maryland
Daniel T. Maxwell
President and Chief Scientist
KaDSci, LLC
Tim McRae
Program Analyst
Office of Food for Peace
US Agency for International Development
Bridget Moix
Cumbie Research Fellow
Genocide Prevention Program
School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University
C.D. (Dan) Mote, Jr.
Regents Professor and Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering
University of Maryland
Robert Perito
Director
Security Sector Governance Center
United States Institute of Peace
Kirby Reiling
Conflict Specialist
Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation
US Agency for International Development
Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez
Director, Engineering Management Program
System Development & Maturity Lab
Stevens Institute of Technology
Andrew W. Reynolds
Senior Advisor
Office of Space and Advanced Technologies
US Department of State
Stephen M. Robinson
Professor Emeritus
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Julie Ryan
Associate Professor
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
The George Washington University
Nicoleta Serban
Associate Professor
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Linton Wells
Director
Center for Technology and National Security Policy
National Defense University
James D. Willis Jr.
Vice President
SPEC Innovations
Staff Participants
Geneve Bergeron
Program Assistant
US Institute of Peace
Sheldon Himelfarb
Director, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
US Institute of Peace
Greg Pearson
Senior Program Officer
National Academy of Engineering
Proctor Reid
Director of Programs
National Academy of Engineering
Andrew Robertson
Senior Program Officer
US Institute of Peace
Ryan Shelby
Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow and J. Herbert Hollomon Fellow
National Academy of Engineering
Jon Temin
Director, Sudan and South Sudan Program
US Institute of Peace
Frederick S. Tipson
Special Advisor, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding
US Institute of Peace
Anand Varghese
Program Specialist
US Institute of Peace
