Jessica Berns
Jessica Berns is program director for Coexistence International (CI). Since 2005 she has overseen all activities and programming conducted by CI and has been responsible for program administration, fundraising, communications, supervision of staff and students, reporting to the Coexistence International Advisory Board. Berns also liases with CI's learning and evaluation partners.
Berns serves as convener for two specific areas of work: Strategic Networking and Donor Engagement in Building a Complementary Approach to Coexistence Work. From June 2005 to September 2005, she led the participatory strategic planning process that created the framework for CI's work.
Before coming to CI, Berns spent five years in Berlin at Transparency International, the international anti-corruption nongovernmental organization. While there, she worked closely with the Latin American civil society network and in the production of communication and advocacy tools. Berns developed and edited the Corruption Fighters' Tool Kit.
Berns holds a master's degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She speaks Spanish and German and has lived and worked in Latin America and Europe. She is board member of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, advisory board member of the 3D Security Initiative, and chair of the board of the Children's Center of Brookline.