Board of Directors
Franz Baumann
President and Director
July 2024 – June 2028
Citizenship: Germany
Georgetown University
Residence/Work: Austria/United States
Lise M. Howard
Past President and Director
July 2020 – June 2024
Citizenship: United States/France
Georgetown University
Residence/Work: United States
Charlotte Ku
Past President and Director
1998 – 2000
Citizenship: Prefer not to indicate
Texas A&M University
Residence/Work: United States
Alice Odingo
Vice President and Director
July 2022 – June 2026
Citizenship: Kenya
University of Nairobi
Residence/Work: Kenya
Courtney B. Smith
Vice President and Director
July 2023 – June 2027
Citizenship: United States
Seton Hall University
Residence/Work: United States
Adriana Abdenur
Director
July 2022 – June 2026
Citizenship: Brazil
Plataforma CIPÓ
Residence/Work: Brazil
Inken von Borzyskowski
Director
July 2022 – June 2026
Citizenship: Prefer not to indicate
Oxford University
Residence/Work: United Kingdom
Susanna Campbell
Director
July 2023 – June 2027
Citizenship: United States
American University
Residence/Work: United States
Mona Ali Khalil
Director
July 2024 – June 2028
Citizenship: Saudi Arabia
Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict
Residence/Work: Austria
Aigul Kulnazarova
Director
July 2024 – June 2028
Citizenship: Kazakhstan
Tama University
Residence/Work: Japan
Karim Makdisi
Director
July 2023 – June 2027
Citizenship: Prefer not to indicate
American University of Beirut
Residence/Work: Lebanon
Richard Ponzio
Director
July 2024 – June 2026
Citizenship: United States
Stimson Center
Residence/Work: United States
Sandra Tombe
Director
July 2025 – June 2029
Citizenship: United States
George Mason University
Residence/Work: United States
David Passarelli
Director
July 2025 – June 2029
Citizenship: Canada
United Nations University
Residence/Work: United States
Officers
Martha Thomas
Executive Director
July 2023 – June 2027
Citizenship: United States/Trinidad and Tobago
Georgetown University
Residence/Work: United States
Jean Krasno
Co-Treasurer
July 2022 – June 2026
Citizenship: United States
City College of New York (CCNY)
Residence/Work: United States
Roni Kay O’Dell
Co-Treasurer
July 2023 – June 2027
Citizenship: United States
California State University, San Marcos
Residence/Work: United States
Gabriel Amvane
Secretary
July 2024 – June 2027
Citizenship: France
French Ministry of the Interior
Residence/Work: France
Staff
Saadwi Balaji
Administrative Coordinator
Georgetown University
United States
Last Updated: Saturday, 23 August 2025