Boston Headquarters Staff 
Hillel Levine, President and Founder
Dr. Hillel Levine has written numerous books and articles on ethnic violence and conflict resolution, using an approach that is both scholarly and empathetic. His use of evocative narrative and moving life-histories makes his work engaging to non-specialists and popular audiences while remaining influential among academics and policy analysts. His research has provided the basis for an Oscar-winning documentary and two of his books are being made into documentaries and a feature-length dramatization. Hillel is a popular lecturer, guest columnist in newspapers, and makes frequent radio and television appearances. The ICfC is an extension of his life’s work into the world of politics and geopolitical peace. Hillel, in addition to his international work with the ICfC, is also a professor of Sociology and Religion at Boston University, where he has been teaching and researching since 1981.
Anuradha Desai, Executive Director
Anuradha Desai joined the International Center for Conciliation as the first Executive Director in the fall of 2008. In this role she is responsible for building the financial, organizational and administrative base of the organization while scaling its international programs and building its capacity to work with communities around the world through conciliation. Anuradha graduated with a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where she was awarded the prestigious Presidential Fellowship. Upon completion of her one-year mid-career program, Anuradha spent a year in Indonesia where she worked as a Senior Advisor for Tifa Foundation and Save the Children. Prior to Harvard, Anuradha served as the Executive Director of Organizational Development at Citizen Schools, an innovative program that is revolutionizing the field of out-of-school education across the United States. She helped launch the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University and worked at Oxfam America for over a decade in various leadership positions, including as the Director of Major Gifts, and served two terms as an elected staff representative to the Board of Directors. Presently she serves as an Advisor to various nonprofit organizations in the Boston area. Anuradha was trained as an architect before coming to the U.S. As a DANIDA Fellow she received her graduate degree in urban planning from the Royal Danish Academy in Denmark and her undergraduate degree in Architecture from the Center on Environment, Planning, and Technology in Ahmedabad, India.
David Steele, Senior Associate
Dr. David Steele works with religious, political, and other community actors to effectively facilitate social transformation within situations of conflict in the Balkans, the Middle East, and South Asia. He has developed conflict assessment procedures, facilitated dialogue and problem solving processes, led training workshops in relationship building and conflict resolution, and made oral and written presentations on religion and conflict. Dr. Steele has also developed cooperative inter-ethnic/sectarian projects in post-conflict reconstruction and established indigenous peacebuilding NGOs. Highlights from his experience include: brainstorming and back channel communication between governments during the Kosovo War and training workshops related to the Final Status Talks in Kosovo and for provincial leaders in Iraq. Additionally, he has provided recommendations for reconciliation in Iraq prepared for the US Institute of Peace, prepared a peacebuilding vision and strategy paper for the African Catholic Bishops Conference, and written an essay on engaging with religion in conflict situations for top level international negotiators at the Oslo Forum. Previously, Dr. Steele has worked as a program manager at Mercy Corps, as interim executive director at Conflict Management Group in Cambridge, MA, and as a fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, DC. Dr. Steele has a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and is the author of numerous publications.
Christine Dunn, Senior Communication Advisor
Christine is the founder and president of Savoir Media Co., an award-winning strategic communications company that provides media training, research and editorial strategy services. Prior to starting her company, Ms. Dunn worked at Bloomberg News for more than a decade. While there, she lead the North America Consumer/Retail Team, and spent four years as Bureau Chief of Boston.
Before joining Bloomberg, Ms. Dunn spent two years working and studying in Tokyo and completed a master’s degree in Asian studies and international business from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In addition to her consulting work, Ms. Dunn is on the Advisory Board of Tufts University’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program, and is on the Board of the Belmont Foundation for Education. A longtime member of the Asian American Journalists Association, Ms. Dunn has contributed to Compliance Week’s online and print publications, focusing on internal controls and auditing issues. She also has written for Computer World and Parents and Kids magazines, as well as the Walt Disney Co. web site, www.family.com
Kelsey Shaw, Administrative and Development Assistant
While completing her degree in International Relations with a concentration in Regional Politics and Anthropology at Boston University, Kelsey Shaw will be working part-time as an Administrative and Development assistant at ICfC. Kelsey volunteers with the nonprofit organization Peer Health Exchange as a leadership council member and health educator. She trains college students in health curricula so that they may provide health education to Boston Public High School students. Kelsey aspires to continue working in the field of nonprofit and peace-building after her graduation.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Headquarters Staff 
Phann Chandara, ICfC-Cambodia Project Assistant
Phann Chandara comes from Cambodia’s Takeo province. He is currently studying at Cambodia Mekong University to earn a degree in Economic Development. Chandara began volunteering with the local Cambodian NGO Youth for Peace’s Peace Education Program in June 2007, where he assisted with conducting trainings and organizing an international conference on youth and reconciliation. He has been working at the ICfC-Cambodia office’s Justice and History Outreach program since February 2008. Chandara believes that the work that he does with ICfC is very important for his country and for Khmer Rouge survivors as it helps participants and their communities heal painful feelings that linger from their pasts. This work is helping him gain a deep understanding of his country and its history. Chandara recognizes that through his work with ICfC-Cambodia he is making a positive impact on the lives of the rural Cambodians with whom he works.
Tim Minea, ICfC Project Coordinator
Tim Minea is a Project Coordinator for ICfC’s Justice and History Outreach Project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As a team leader he encourages both intergenerational dialogue as well as communication between Khmer Rouge survivors and former soldiers, creating a safe space for participants to talk about their past experiences. Minea earned a BA in Sociology from Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2004 and is currently pursuing an MA in Sociology and Anthropology at RUPP. He taught for two years at Kas Kralor High School in Battambang Province, a battlefield during the war. From 2007 to 2009, he worked as a research assistant for Laura McGrew, PhD Candidate at Coventry University, UK, on her dissertation about National Reconciliation in Cambodia.
Heng Sokong, ICFC-Cambodia Project Assistant
Heng Sokong holds a BA in English from Asia Euro University in Phnom Penh. Following graduation he worked for six months as a leadership and facilitation volunteer at Youth for Peace. In this position Sokong worked with youth around Cambodia on issues of violence and gender discrimination. Sokong joined ICfC in February 2008 and currently works on the Justice and History Outreach project. He spends time in rural areas around Cambodia working with Khmer Rouge survivors to help them heal from their past and learn about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Through working at ICfC, Sokong believes that he can learn a lot about what happened to his country during the Khmer Rouge period and help foster positive communication and dialogue about these issues in rural populations. He hopes that working with ICfC will allow him to help the young and old generations in Cambodia better understand the Khmer Rouge regime and prevent such violence and tragedy from recurring.
Rothany Srun, ICfC International Fellow
Rothany graduated from Boston University with a degree in sociology and photojournalism. Raised by Cambodian refugees in Minnesota, she became interested in how collective memory and ideas of justice shape identity, ethnicity and community. These interests led her to work for various organizations in hopes of being able to contribute her skills to raise awareness of disadvantaged peoples and cultures. In 2007, she worked with Liberian refugees living in Senegal by documenting their stories of struggle and survival in a foreign environment. Starting in 2008, she assisted the communications department at the Center for Victims of Torture on various projects, including research and the development of a multimedia project on the Iraqi refugee experience and the visual aspects of a training module designed to help counselors learn how to help trauma victims within Cambodia. In 2010, Rothany worked in Cambodia with Access to Justice Asia to document the stories of the indigenous Khmer Krom people both visually and orally.
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