Our Team

Elizabeth (Liz) Hume, Executive Director

Liz is a conflict expert and has more than 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions in bilateral, multilateral institutions and NGOs. She has extensive experience in policy and advocacy and overseeing sizeable and complex peacebuilding programs in conflict-affected and fragile states in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa.

Michèle Piercey, Deputy Executive Director

Michèle Piercey is a seasoned conflict prevention and peacebuilding practitioner with over two decades of experience. She has worked in conflict-affected regions, including Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, where she witnessed the power of inclusion and dialogue. Leaving a stable government job, she ventured into roles in Iraq and later joined USAID in Baghdad. With extensive experience in Afghanistan, Tunisia, and Iraq, she has expertise in resilience, civil society, democracy, and stabilization projects. At Chemonics International, she guided technical experts and advanced innovation in foreign assistance. Now, as Deputy ED at AfP, Michèle is dedicated to fostering collaboration among diverse organizations to further the common goal of peace

Megan Corrado, Senior Director - Policy & Advocacy

Megan E. Corrado is an international lawyer and policy and advocacy practitioner working to promote human rights, peacebuilding, gender mainstreaming, transitional justice, and post-conflict legal and governance reform. She has extensive experience in international development, grant implementation, and political campaign management. Megan has worked on democracy- and peacebuilding programs and processes in conflict-affected and post-conflict states across the Middle East and North Africa region, South and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Nick Zuroski, Manager - Policy & Advocacy

Nick’s interests lie at the intersection of peace and stability, gender equality, and grassroots-oriented understandings of human security. He has professional experience in strategic communications, investment research, political economy analysis, and international development. In 2021, Nick received his M.A. in International Affairs — concentrating in Global Gender Policy and International Law & Organizations — from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, and his B.A. in Mandarin Chinese and World Politics from Hamilton College in 2017.

Rachel Levine, Senior Associate - Policy & Communications

Rachel Levine is a skilled researcher, advocate, and program manager with experience working on atrocity prevention, democracy, and human rights in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Before joining AfP, Rachel worked at Human Rights Watch as an Associate for the U.S. Program Team, an Assistant for Development Operations, and an Associate for the Disability Rights Program. Prior to joining HRW, Rachel worked for Facing History and Ourselves, the International Crisis Group, Search for Common Ground, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Maria Tata, Senior Associate - Policy & Advocacy

Maria graduated from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in May 2024 with an M.A. in Security Policy Studies and a concentration in Conflict Resolution. She previously graduated from Boston University in 2018 with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Business Administration and Management. During college, she studied abroad in Brussels, Belgium, and Geneva, Switzerland—where she interned at the NGO Graduate Women International.

Christina Renzetti, Events & Membership Manager

Christina facilitates AfP’s external events calendar, including working group and special events, round tables and launches for AfP’s members and the wider peacebuilding community, as well as our flagship annual event, PeaceCon. Prior to the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Christina was a Project Specialist at the Leonard Resource Group. Christina graduated from George Washington University with a B.A. in International Affairs, concentrating in Conflict Resolution and Comparative Economic, Political, and Cultural Systems