Lisa Chung Bender

Lisa Chung Bender is the Executive Director of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack. She has over 15 years of experience working in child rights, humanitarian response, and…

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Ilaria Paolazzi

Ilaria Paolazzi is the Senior Advocacy and Policy Adviser at GCPEA. Ilaria leads and coordinates GCPEA’s Working Group on the Safe Schools Declaration to ensure effective multi-agency advocacy for protecting…

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Michela Ranieri

Michela Ranieri is the Implementation Network Consultant at GCPEA. She has extensive experience promoting and protecting children’s rights with a focus on children affected by armed conflict. Prior to joining…

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Jerome Marston

Jerome is a Senior Researcher at GCPEA, where he leads research for the Education under Attack report. Trained in qualitative and quantitative research methods, Jerome has extensive experience collecting and analyzing data…

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Alexander Kochenburger

Alexander Kochenburger is the Operations and Finance Manager at GCPEA. He supports GCPEA’s programmatic work, including through assisting the Coalition’s advocacy and research efforts as well as managing its communications…

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Apolline Montoya

Apolline Montoya is the Advocacy and Policy Adviser at GCPEA. Apolline supports GCPEA’s advocacy related to promoting the endorsement and implementation of the Safe Schools Declaration and the Guidelines for…

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