Will Brown Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

• Worked as part of a small, dynamic team supporting peacebuilding programs in Sudan and South Sudan
• Developed concept notes, project proposals and schedules, and prepared interim donor reports
• Wrote a variety of analysis related to Sudan/South Sudan conflict analysis and quantitative survey analysis
• Directly supported the team in the field, including with logistics and security tracking

New York, United States

• Interned with a multicultural team of 8 professionals responsible for developing and disseminating policy and best practices on the Protection of Civilians (POC) in UN peacekeeping operations
• Re-designed the POC Community of Practice, an online resource hub and network: selected key guidance material to highlight, optimized layout to improve user experience. Membership rose from ~40 to ~350 after re-design..
• Supported data workstream by visualizing and interpreting survey results, managing datasets, reviewing data taxonomy to improve tagging of incidents, and liaising with other teams on joint priorities
• Reviewed public information and engaged staff to write newsletters and research reports on peacekeeping topics including misinformation, civilian harm mitigation, fire support in peacekeeping
• Developed broad understanding of UN peacekeeping through interactions with other teams / staff

Washington, United States

• Monitored open-source intelligence on Africa (local and international news), particularly the Horn of Africa, to develop and send alerts to policy makers and raise the public profile of potential mass atrocities
• Issued brief atrocity alerts and human rights reports on short notice to react to changing situations
• Wrote policy paper on international community’s capacity to militarily respond to mass atrocities

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Visited informal settlements in Nairobi to observe and support the work of community data collectors
• Carefully entered, validated, and cross-checked data on informal settlements using ArcGIS Pro
• Advised on the methodology and indicators for the surveys used by the data collectors

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

• Taught critical thinking, logical reasoning, and public speaking skills to competitive high school debaters
• Students competed on national circuit, won multiple tournaments, 12 qualified for national championship
• Organized and managed travel logistics for large group of students, responded to unexpected travel issues

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

- Operated an online booking system and informed customers of the Center's lessons and camps. - Supervised the entire facility for the duration of my shift.