About Andrea

Andrea works within the field of aerospace engineering using her mediation skills on a daily basis. Her focus is cross-cultural negotiation particularly as the world sees an increase in "East meets West" partnerships. She received her M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University. She had the opportunity to work on Peacekeeping and Sanction issues at the Department of State by providing policy decisions to be represented by the U.S. at the UN Security Council. Andrea would like to take advantage of increasing corporate interest in developing regions as a tool to create peace mechanisms among civil society.

Areas of interest:

• Corporate responsibility
• Cross-cultural psychology
• Role of civil society in peacemaking