Heidi Rosbe, MIA
A longtime peacebuilder, facilitator and problem-solver with a passion for projects and ideas that connect the local to the global, Heidi Rosbe (she/her) currently serves as Senior Project Specialist with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) on the Ahlan Simsim program, an Early Childhood Development intervention in partnership with Sesame Workshop, supporting refugees and other vulnerable communities Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. Heidi has spent over 15 years designing, facilitating and managing programs for crisis- and conflict-affected populations in the United States and internationally, including work for the United Nations Development Programme, the Women's Refugee Commission, Soliya and the Arab American Association of New York. From 2010 to 2018, she served as Deputy Director for Encounter, a nonpartisan educational organization working on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and has taught peacemaking/peacebuilding as a adjunct instructor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs. She is a trained mediator and speaks some Arabic, French, and Spanish. Heidi holds a Master of International Affairs degree, focused on Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Gender Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She lives in Queens, NY with her husband and two wonderfully curious and creative children.