RAFDI Staff and Experts

John Thon Majok

Director of Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI); Deputy Director of Development

Joshua Peng

Development Associate, Grants and Special Initiatives; Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative

Julia Davatzes

Staff Assistant Intern, RAFDI

Lisa Gilman

Wilson International Competition Fellow;
Professor, George Mason University

Molly O'Toole

Wilson International Competition Fellow;
Journalist and Author

Gaisu Yari

Wilson International Competition Fellow;
Afghan Voices of Hope Project Director

Hallam Ferguson

RAFDI Working Group Member; Former Public Policy Fellow;
Vice President for Global Operations, International Republican Institute

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

James Hollifield

RAFDI Working Group Co-chair; Global Fellow;
Professor of Political Science and Director, Tower Center SMU

Susan F. Martin

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

Sarah Miller

RAFDI Working Group Member;
Senior Fellow, Refugees International

Matthew A. Reynolds

RAFDI Working Group Member;
Regional Representative for the US and the Caribbean, UNHCR

Laura Robson

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

Tim Ziemer

RAFDI Working Group Member;
Former Assistant Administrator, USAID