Katharina Meredith
Founder, Exit Nexus
2023, 2024
Katharina Meredith is the executive director of Stronger After, a non-profit helping people who have disengaged from high-control groups. She is a doctoral student and project coordinator at the Violent Extremism Research Group under the mentorship of Dr. John Horgan (Georgia State University). Her research areas include exit from extremism, intervention, program development, and evaluation. She is currently developing a job analysis of peer support in the exit space and an exit peer specialist curriculum with Georgia State and Parents for Peace. She has collaborated with Parents for Peace, Life After Hate, 211 LA, and the International Cultic Studies Association. She has developed and taught workshops and classes in Germany, Switzerland, and the US for people who grew up in coercive groups. Katharina has moderated panels and working groups for the European Radicalization Awareness Network, Southern Poverty Law Center, and ICSA. She recently founded Exit Nexus to translate research into practical applications for non-profits and other organizations.
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
