Hrach Gregorian, Co-Director

Dr. Hrach Gregorian is President of the Institute of World Affairs a non-governmental organization specializing in international conflict management and post-conflict peacebuilding. He is also President and CEO, de novo group llc, a management consulting, leadership training, and dispute resolution practice; a Principal in Gettysburg Integrated Solutions LLC, an intellectual capital formation and brokering firm offering integrated solutions to global security challenges; Vice-President, Anchor Consulting, a public affairs and government relations company that provides organizations with strategic assistance to create partnerships with the Federal government; and Director of Operations, Greendot Global, a Canada-based partnership offering intervention strategies and executive seminars to private and public sector clients.

Gregorian is an adjunct faculty member, School of International Service, the American University, Washington, D.C.; Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Conflict Management, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada; and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Co-director, Peacebuilding, Development and Security Program, Centre for Military and Security Studies, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. From 1980 until 1985 Gregorian was on the faculty of Simmons College in Boston. He was acting chairman of the political science department immediately prior to his departure for government service. In 1985-88, he held several positions at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

From 1988 to 1994, Gregorian was director of the Education and Training Program at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). During his tenure at USIP, Gregorian also directed the Institute's Grant Program. In 1999, Gregorian co-founded the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), an international network of applied conflict prevention and resolution organizations.

Gregorian's field experience in conflict management and peace-building has taken him to over twenty countries. He regularly provides professional skills training seminars and workshops for UN agency and mission staff, U.S. and Latin American military personnel, senior civilian officials, and academic and corporate leaders in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Gregorian's work has been published in scholarly and popular journals. He has made numerous presentations before professional societies, academic institutions and government agencies. He has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, USIA Worldnet, Voice of America, the CBC, BBC and local radio and television stations in the United States and abroad. He serves on various boards. Gregorian earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Brandeis University.