Staff
Genocide Intervention Network Staff
- Executive Director: Mark Hanis
- Director of Operations: Shirlene Archer
- Advocacy Director: Sam Bell
- Protection Director: Chad Hazlett
- Membership Director: Janessa Goldbeck
- Development Director: Angela Deane
- Student Coordinator: John Bagwell
- STAND Associate: Ashley Kroetsch
- Education Associate: Josh Kennedy
- Advocacy Associate: Allyson Neville
- Divestment Director: Adam Sterling
- Advocacy Analyst: Melany Grout
- Development Associate: Victoria Smith
- Information Technology Associate: Ben Drexler
- Operations Manager: Zsa Zsa Price
GI-Net Representatives and Spokespeople
Genocide Intervention Network Representatives are leaders in the anti-genocide movement who speak on behalf of GI-Net and work to further develop the political will to end genocide.
Stephanie Nyombayire is a Rwandan student at Swarthmore College who has worked tirelessly to help end the genocide in Darfur. She speaks from experience, having endured the trauma of losing dozens of family members in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
In 2005, Stephanie traveled to Darfurian refugee camps in Chad after she was denied entry to Sudan. Her trip, along with fellow students from Georgetown and Boston Universities, was documented in the film "Translating Genocide," which premiered on MTV on March 12, 2006. In 2007, Stephanie was named one Glamour magazine's Top Ten College Women for her work on Darfur. Stephanie was honored by Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame for her role in founding the Genocide Intervention Network, and in 2008 was invited to speak on a Clinton Global Initiative panel on student activism.
Ronan Farrow is a writer and human rights advocate. He has served as a UNICEF Spokesperson in Angola, Nigeria, and Sudan, and worked at the forefront of the student movement on Darfur through his work with Genocide Intervention Network. His writings on refugee issues have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other publications.
With UNICEF, Ronan worked with youth groups and local leaders on the AIDS epidemic in Nigeria and on post-war reconstruction efforts in Angola. During his time in Sudan, he traveled widely in Darfur, interviewing refugees, government officials and military leaders. He has appeared on MSNBC, ABC, and CNN among others advocating for the protection of Darfurian refugees.
Bec Hamilton, a joint-degree student at Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is also a co-founder of the Harvard Darfur Action Group, which mobilizes students to actively condemn the Sudanese genocide and demands the US government do the same. The group was involved in Harvard’s precedent-setting decision to divest from companies supporting the Sudanese government. Hamilton has successfully worked to get important legislation passed by Parliament in New Zealand.
Before starting law school she worked in Sudan, where she executed a plan to help thousands of internally displaced persons return to their homes. She is currently co-authoring a chapter about the US advocacy movement for Darfur for an upcoming book on Darfur edited by Alex de Waal.
Sifa Nsengimana was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and lived there until 1991. Five months after she immigrated to Montreal, Canada, she learned that her entire extended family had been killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Just a few years later, a second brother would be killed in the Congo.
As a result of living through a childhood of fear, discrimination, and hardship, she became acutely aware that someone needed to speak for the women and children who were victims of senseless violence. She became a human rights activist and has led rallies in Washington, DC and New York City, advocating action to protect innocent civilians in Darfur. She encourages people to "speak up, tell your representatives to do something this time."