WHO WE ARE
Program Staff
Dr. Michael Sfraga
Former Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute;
US Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs; Former Chair, US Arctic Research Commission
US Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs; Former Chair, US Arctic Research Commission
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Sarah B. Barnes
Director, Maternal Health Initiative
Allison Garland
Project Director, Urban Sustainability Laboratory
Amanda King
Former Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
Jack Durkee
Senior Program Associate, Polar Institute // Manager, Arctic Infrastructure Inventory
Fellows
Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Fellow;
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha
Roger-Mark De Souza
Global Fellow and Advisor;
Vice President, Sustainable Markets, Pact
Vice President, Sustainable Markets, Pact
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, Tower Center SMU
Professor of Political Science and Director, Tower Center SMU
Thomas Oatley
Fellow;
Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
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)