Ann Hollingsworth serves as senior director of government relations and senior policy advisor at Refugees International where she leads the organization’s advocacy efforts within the U.S. foreign policy community and provides strategic and policy guidance in all areas of Refugees International reporting. She has participated in more than ten field research trips and co-authored Refugees International reports along with drafting other publications, including op-eds and blogs. Previously, Ann represented International Crisis Group as Senior Analyst for U.S. Advocacy and Research, leading targeted advocacy with senior Washington policy audiences, including the State Department, the White House, the Department of Defense, USAID, and Congress, as well as think tanks and other international organizations. She provided political and strategic analysis and covered all Crisis Group areas of reporting, with primary responsibility for advocacy and research for the Sub-Saharan Africa portfolio. Ann has testified before Congress and been a featured panelist in a variety of foreign policy events, most notably with the State Department, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Brookings Institution, George Washington University, and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. She has also participated in field research on conflict minerals in Burundi and disaster relief management in Sri Lanka, which included working with IDPs in tsunami-affected areas. She served in the office of U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings, then Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. She earned a Master’s degree in International Development from Tulane University and a B.A. in Communications from the College of Charleston.
Refugees International supports an emergency supplemental submission to Congress that would include support for humanitarian needs.
August 3, 2023
Even as the country faces its worst humanitarian and security crisis in decades, Haitians continue to be deported to danger and refused access to refuge.
December 1, 2022
Refugees International praises the release of USAID's Local Capacity Strengthening Policy.
October 19, 2022
As the COVID-19 global pandemic spreads across the globe, vulnerable populations including the world’s more than 70 million displaced people will be among the hardest hit.
June 9, 2020
A locust crisis of historical proportions continues to spread across almost a dozen countries in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The effort to address the damage done by the...
May 14, 2020
Due to severe drought and conflict, Ethiopia is facing a large scale displacement crisis.
September 12, 2019
In October, a Refugees International (RI) colleague and I traveled to Turkey to revisit the issue of work permits and livelihood access for the 3.5 million refugees now living there...
November 20, 2017
The only response to World Refugee Day 2017 is urgent action, as we face proposed Trump administration funding cuts of 32 percent to the international affairs budget. Such drastic slashes...
June 20, 2017
Hurricane Matthew devestated Haiti and has not attracted the financial support and attention it deserved from the international community.
April 5, 2017
In early October 2016, the Southwest region of Haiti was devastated by Hurricane Matthew, a category four storm. Tragically, the areas it hit were among the poorest. The government reported more...
February 24, 2017
