2023 COIR Speakers & Panelists

Director of Policy and Advocacy Alliance for Peacebuilding Megan Corrado is an international lawyer and gender expert working to promote human rights, peacebuilding, atrocities prevention, gender mainstreaming, and post-conflict legal and governance reform. She has extensive experience in international development, grant implementation, advocacy, and political campaign management. Megan has worked […]

Inaugural Chair, Department of Foreign Policy and Global Security, American University, School of International Service Ambassador (ret.) Piper Campbell is a professor of practice at American University’s School of International Service (SIS). A former diplomat who left the State Department in 2019 with the rank of Minister Counselor, her areas

Retired Attorney First Vice President, AWIU Nancy Annick is a retired trust and estates attorney whose practice focused on estate planning, gift and estate tax, and probate and trust administration. She also taught Estate and Gift Tax Law at Loyola Law School-Los Angeles. Nancy started her career practicing corporate and

Patricia Scroggs currently oversees Howard University’s implementation of five diplomatic fellowship programs for three U.S. government agencies.  She has been managing the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program for the U.S. Department of State since 2006.  She also oversees the State Department’s Thomas R. Pickering Program, USAID’s Donald M. Payne

Dineo Brinson manages outreach to higher education institutions and students, diversity, equity, inclusivity, accessibility, and alumni engagement for the Fulbright Program in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Over the course of her career, she has lived in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America. For

Africa Center Senior Advisor United States Institute of Peace Ambassador Makila James formerly served as the deputy assistant secretary for East Africa and the Sudans at the Department of State from 2018-2020. Prior to that, she was on the faculty of the National War College from 2016-2018 and served as

Global Executive Director, International Coalition of Girls’ Schools   Global Executive Director Megan Murphy has led the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools— the leading advocate for girls’ schools—since 2012. During Murphy’s tenure, the coalition has achieved historic growth in programs, membership, and staffing. Established in the United States as the

Senior Women, Peace, and Security Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)   Senior Women, Peace, and Security Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Dr. Jennifer Hawkins is a global strategist and leading public policy expert on marginalized persons and vulnerable populations around the world. She is