Innovations in Student Leadership Conference

Zoë Cooprider is the Program Manager for the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a coalition of applied conflict resolution organizations working together to build sustainable peace and security worldwide. Zoë also serves as the Program Manager for the Global Peace Index. Previously, Zoë was a Research Assistant at the US Institute of Peace where she helped launch the center on Economies and Conflict. During her tenure at USIP, she contributed to special reports on post-conflict employment generation and conflict-sensitive infrastructure planning. Zoë also has experience working with Search for Common Ground and the Business Humanitarian Forum (Geneva, Switzerland), and the Union of Concerned Scientists. In addition, Zoë was the Manager of Craigie Street Bistrot, a family-owned French bistro in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Zoë holds an MA in International Affairs from Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, where she was President of the Conflict Resolution Forum and from which she was awarded the 2007 Alumni Prize, and a BA in Urban Studies from Vassar College.