Elizabeth Stern

Liz Stern is the Refugees International Development Committee Chair (joined in 2021). She is an internationally recognized legacy expert, strategic advisor, and founder of Global Giving Advisors, where she guides individuals, families, foundations, and corporations in aligning values, vision, and action to create long-term impact. With experience in more than 100 countries, she brings a…

Anne-Marie Grey is the Nominations & Governance Committee Chair (joined in 2023). She is the Principal Director of Grey O’Keefe Consulting LLC, a consulting firm that helps executive-purpose-driven leaders achieve extraordinary, transformative growth for their organizations. Before assuming this role, she served as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of USA for UNHCR, supporting…

Yasmin Causer is the Refugees International treasurer (joined in 2025). She is a retired Partner from the Private Client Services Group at KLR, a regional CPA firm. With over 30 years of experience in finance, accounting, and taxation, Ms. Causer has built her career advising high-net-worth individuals and families on complex financial structures. She began…

Dr. Sophal Ear, Ph.D., is the Refugees International Secretary and Program Committee Chair (joined in 2015). He is a tenured Associate Professor in the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University where he lectures on global political economy, international organizations, and regional management in Asia. He is also the President of the International…

Darya Nasr is the Refugees International Vice Chair (joined in 2016). She is a successful international executive with three decades of experience in the high technology industry and is currently serving as the Chief Revenue Officer at LIGADATA. She has worked for large corporations such as NASA and IBM as well as startups. Recognized as…

Maureen White is the Refugees International Board Chair (joined in 2018). She is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She was appointed as Senior Advisor on Humanitarian Issues to Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke in the Office of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan…

Natasha Hall is the senior advocate for the Middle East at Refugees International. She has two decades of experience in humanitarian crises and conflict zones, particularly in the Middle East. She has lived and worked in more than 15 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the South Caucasus, and Europe, focusing on governance, displacement,…

Madison Cullinan is the special assistant to the President and Board at Refugees International. Prior to joining Refugees International, Madison was a Humanitarian Assistance Officer at the US Agency for International Development where she was responsible for managing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief programs for refugees and displaced populations in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and…

Abongdoh Maluyane Titus is a fellow in Refugees International’s Refugee Fellows Program. He is a social innovator and education advocate from Cameroon. Rooted in his own experience of displacement and losing access to formal education when his school was attacked amid violent conflict, Titus founded e-Mentor, an award-winning digital learning platform that uses immersive virtual…

Jorge Hurtado is a fellow in Refugees International’s Refugee Fellows Program. He is a Nicaraguan journalist and television presenter for France 24, reporting on migration and solutions journalism in Latin America. Through his podcast El Extranjero, Jorge explores the human impact of displacement and critically examines shifts in migration policy across the region.  Beyond his…