Liz Hume is the Executive Director at the Alliance for Peacebuilding. She is an international lawyer and a conflict expert with more than 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions in the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and NGOs. She has extensive experience in policy and advocacy and overseeing sizeable and complex prevention and peacebuilding programs in conflict-affected and fragile states in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. Liz holds a BA from Boston College, a JD from Vermont Law School, and a MA in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Liz is an adjunct professor at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, and a frequent guest lecturer and author on conflict analysis and peacebuilding in conflict-affected and fragile states.
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.
