Team

David Lord, Executive Director

David Lord has been the Executive Director of Peacebuild since January 2002. Immediately prior to joining Peacebuild, he was the field representative in Uganda and Sudan for the Carter Center’s conflict transformation program. Previous experience includes co-founding and co-directing UK-based Conciliation Resources from 1994-1999 and directing the research team at International Alert, also in the UK. From 1987 to 1991 he was an associate of the Parliamentary Centre in Ottawa and acted as advisor to the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs in the Canadian House of Commons, advisor to the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, and editor of Parliamentary Government, a quarterly journal produced by the Centre. He has also worked as a journalist for The Montreal Gazette, the Canadian Press news agency, MacLeans magazine and The Montreal Star. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sir George Williams University (Concordia) and a Diploma in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario.  

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Silke Reichrath, Program Coordinator, Gender and Conflict Prevention

Silke Reichrath has been working at Peacebuild since September 2008 and coordinates Peacebuild’s programming on Conflict Prevention and on Gender and Peacebuilding. Before this, she worked as a Senior Project Officer for the Canadian International Immunization Initiative at the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). She has also worked for five years at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), including two internships and two Research Officer positions in the areas of Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management. She holds a BA in French and Spanish from the University of Calgary (1997) and an MA in International Affairs from Carleton University (2000). She wrote her thesis on the participation of Mayan organizations in the implementation of the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Her interests include conflict management, participatory governance, indigenous rights, and gender equity.

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Lucie Beauregard, Office Manager

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Yasmine Farret, Project Support Officer

Yasmine Farret is a Project Support Officer for Peacebuild – Paix durable. She is currently responsible for the redaction of the Peacebuild weekly ebulletin and providing project support for NGO, academic and Government of Canada consultations on peacebuilding and conflict prevention issues. She has worked as a communications advisor for the Negotiations Support Unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank. She holds a Masters in Conflict Studies from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Law from Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France.

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