Members of the Genocide Prevention Advisory Group, January 2009
Andrea Bartoli abartoli@gmu.edu
Drucie French Cumbie Chair Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Yehuda Bauer bauer1926@yahoo.com
Professor of Holocaust Studies, Hebrew University
Academic Adviser to Yad Vashem
Helen Fein feinhelen@comcast.net
Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Genocide
Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School, Harvard University
Founder, International Association of Genocide Scholars
Ted Robert Gurr trgurr@aol.com
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland
Founder and consultant, Minorities at Risk project
Senior consultant, Political Instability Task Force, U.S. government
Roy Gutman rgutman@mcclatchydc.com
Foreign Editor, McClatchey Newspapers
1993 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Bosnia
Director of the Crimes of War project, aimed at increasing public knowledge of war crimes
Barbara Harff barbaraharff@aol.com
Professor of Political Science Emerita, U.S. Naval Academy, also Clark University
Senior consultant to US government Task Forces on Political Instability and Prevention of Genocide
Prepares annual global assessments of countries at risk of genocide and mass atrocities
Birger Heldt birger.heldt@folkebernadotteacademy.se
Senior Researcher, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Directs comparative research on successes and failures of international efforts at conflict prevention
Heinz Krummenacher heinz.krummenacher@swisspeace.ch
Managing Director of Swisspeace and CEO of the BEFORE project
Jennifer Leaning jleaning@hsph.harvard.edu
Professor of Public Health, Harvard University
Specialist in public health consequences of genocide and mass atrocities
Juan E. Mendez jmendez@ictj.org
President, International Center for Transitional Justice
Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Prevention of Genocide, 2004-2007
Eric Reeves ereeves@email.smith.edu
Professor of English, Smith College
Expert and essayist on Sudan, website www.sudanreeves.org
Sheri Rosenberg sheriprose@yahoo.com
Professor and Director, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic and Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
David Scheffer d-scheffer@law.northwestern.edu
U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes, 1997-2001
Professor of Law and Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University
James Smith, MD james.smith@aegistrust.org
Head, AEGIS Trust for the Prevention of Genocide, UK
Stephen Smith stephen.smith@bethshalom.com
Co-founder and Director of AEGIS Institute and Beth Shalom Holocaust Memorial Institute, UK
Chair, Holocaust Memorial Day Committee for the UK Government
Gregory H. Stanton Genocidewatch@aol.com
Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
Founder and president, Genocide Watch
President, International Association of Genocide Scholars, 2007-2009
Associate Observers
Alexandre Fasel alexandre.fasel@eda.admin.ch
Ambassador and Chief, Political Division III,
United Nations and Other International Organizations
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Mo Bleeker mo.bleeker@eda.admin.ch
Senior Adviser, Political Affairs Division IV, Human Security
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs