Can We Prevent Genocide?

Mary Stata works with the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program in support of the Prevention and Protection Working Group. This coalition of human rights, humanitarian, religious, and peace organizations is dedicated to improving U.S. capacities to help prevent deadly conflict and protect civilians threatened by it.

Prior to joining FCNL, Mary worked in India and Washington, DC for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) - a relief, development, and peacebuilding organization that operates in over 60 countries around the world. While in India, she taught English and worked at a women's center. Most recently, Mary's advocacy work in Washington focused on conflicts in central Africa, HIV/AIDS policy, and foreign assistance reform. She has traveled to 27 countries.  Mary received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Calvin College. She lives in Washington, DC.

Will Ferroggiaro is a Washington, D.C.-based writer and consultant, and a Senior Fellow of The Fund for Peace, a non-governmental research institute. During 2010, he led a project with Fund for Peace President Pauline H. Baker that provided analysis and recommendations for preventive action for the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide.

Previously, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, producing a 'diplomatic lessons learned' study on U.S. policy toward Rwanda 1990-1994 and participating in conflict monitoring roundtables with U.S. and UN officials. He has produced briefings or given presentations on U.S. policy on humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect for the Center for a New American Security, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Institute, and before university forums.