Colleen McGinn has ten years' experience in international affairs, ranging from policy/advocacy work to managing humanitarian aid operations in such trouble spots as Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and the Balkans.

She is an expert in human rights and humanitarian programming, especially in Asian contexts. Born in the Indonesia, she was raised in the US and Southeast Asia and is a graduate of Ohio and Tulane Universities. She can speak French, Thai, and some Indonesian.

Photo: Colleen McGinn (right) with UN Aid Worker