3D Security Initiative

Lisa Schirch is executive director of the 3D Security Initiative and professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) which promotes civil society perspectives on conflict prevention and peacebuilding in US security policymaking. With colleagues in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at EMU, Schirch consults with a network of strategic partner organizations involved in peacebuilding activities in over 20 countries. A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa, Schirch has written four books and numerous articles on conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Her current research interests include civil-military dialogue on human security and supporting a comprehensive peace process in Afghanistan. She is a frequent public speaker and has TV and radio experience discussing U.S. foreign policy. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University.

Jennifer Kuiper is the director of the Israeli Palestinian Congressional Initiative, a program of the 3D Security Initiative. She is a social policy researcher who has over 15 years experience managing and designing programs and evaluations in diverse policy arenas and cross-cultural environments. She has lived off and on for the past seven years in the Middle East. Through her work with the Truman Institute for Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, she compiled a directory of Palestinian and Israeli peace groups for the European Program for Conflict Resolution and worked on a Code of Ethics as a UNESCO-funded effort to restore the working relationship between Israeli and Palestinian universities. Additionally, she prepared an assessment for the Nonviolent Peaceforce, identifying potential mandates for an international unarmed civilian peacekeeping presence in the region. She has worked as an election monitor in the 2005 Palestinian Presidential elections, the director of the Palestinian Leadership Project in partnership with Birzeit University and the Council for International Programs USA, and as an international observer in the founding meeting in Amman of the Arab Network for Nonviolence.

Lisa Schirch, PhD Executive Director

Jennifer Kuiper, Director Israeli Palestinian Congressional Initiative

John Filson, Program Manager

Jordan Pearlstein, Intern from Fletcher School, Tufts University

Jayne Docherty, PhD Program Advisor
Barry Hart, PhD Program Advisor
Kathy Smith, Financial Administrator