Drew Boyd has more than a decade of experience in civilian protection, security, humanitarian technology and direct cooperation with at-risk communities. He has worked extensively with human rights defenders around the world, including in the Democratic...
Sumina Suwal is a Master’s candidate in Sustainable International Development at Brandeis University’s Heller School. Her undergraduate thesis offered a comparative policy analysis of U.S. and Chinese renewable energy frameworks, examining how subsidies...
Kalu Okigwe is a Geospatial Data Scientist and M.S. candidate in Geographic Information Science at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. His research centers on GeoAIapplications for hazard risk and resilience, with a focus on spatial modeling of...
Shwetha is a Research Assistant for the Signal Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. She holds a Master of Science in Computational Analysis and Public Policy from the University of Chicago, where she specialized in applying data science and...
Gillian Elliott is a GIS analyst, environmentalist, and human rights advocate. After completing her bachelor’s degree with a double major in anthropology and environmental sciences from the University of Virginia, she went on to gain two years of hands...
Madhawa "Mads" Palihapitiya is a conflict early warning expert with twenty years of experience in violence and atrocities prevention in several global hotspots. He serves as an Early Warning Consultant for the Signal Program. He is a practitioner of...
Kofi Nyarko is a Research Program Manager at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, where he supports curriculum development and leads impact research to inform the strategic efforts of the National NGO Program on Humanitarian Leadership and the Building a...
Erica L Nelson, MD, PhM, MAS is an Emergency Medicine physician who conducts research on the use of geospatial methods for public health and humanitarian response. After graduating from Trinity College Dublin with an PhM in International Peace Studies...