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Executive Management Team and Advisory Board

Executive Director
Dr. Patrick James Christian

Director of Research, Valka-Mir Foundation
Kyiv, Ukraine
patrick.christian@valka-mir.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Co-founder of Valka-Mir Human Security Foundation. Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Lt Colonel 

Advisory Board
Dr. Karina V. Korostelina

Professor, George Mason University, Carter School of Peace & Conflict Studies

Professor and Director of Sustainable Peace Lab & Program on History, Memory, and Conflict. Fulbright New Century Scholar, Rockefeller & Woodrow Wilson fellowships.  

Director Emeritus
Dr. Aleksandra Nesic

Chair, Department of European Studies, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State. Washington DC

Curriculum Vitae

Co-founder of Valka-Mir Human Security Foundation

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Advisory Board
Dr. Ismael Muvingi

Professor, Nova Southeastern University School of Conflict Studies

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Interim Chair of Department of Conflict Resolution. Former investigator/mediator for Catholic Commission for Justice & Peace in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

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Advisory Board
MG James Linder

United States Army, Retired

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Special Forces Commanding General, U.S. Army, NATO, SOC Africa & SOCOM. President, Tenax Aerospace, Arlington VA

Advisory Board
Dr. Cindy Courville

United States Ambassador, Retired

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Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director for African Affairs, NSC, U.S. Ambassador to African Union 2006-8. 

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Advisory Board
MG David L. Grange

United States Army, Retired

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Special Forces General, 101st Airborne Div Vietnam, Delta Force, CEO Chicago Tribune, CEO Osprey Global Solutions, Wilmington NC

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