Meet the Team

Global Pandemic Prevention

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David Bowen

Senior Fellow, Pandemic Compensation Initiative, PAX sapiens

Dr. David Bowen leads a program to design a novel financial mechanism to help low- and middle-income countries overcome economic barriers to rapidly reporting and responding to emerging epidemics.

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Louise Gresham

Senior Fellow, Global Health Security

Dr. Louise Gresham serves as a non-resident advisor to PAX sapiens on global health security. She leads the pandemic political will line of effort for the pandemic program integrating expertise in biologic threats and disease surveillance.

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Rebecca Katz

Senior Fellow, The Innovative Financing for Pandemic Response

Dr. Rebecca Katz serves as an advisor to PAX sapiens on pandemic preparedness and leads the organization's work on innovative financing mechanisms for epidemic and pandemic response.

Sabeeha “Sabs” Quereshi

Vice President of Pandemic Prevention

Sabeeha Quereshi brings a long history of cross sectoral work at the intersection of governance, global health, philanthropy, and national security. She is advancing strategies that align political will, financing, and institutional trust to build systems capable of preventing predictable global health crises.

Joint Action on Drug Elimination (JADE)

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Daniel Baldwin

Director, JADE

Daniel Baldwin leads PAX sapiens' Joint Action on Drug Elimination (JADE), a program that fosters U.S.-China collaboration on drug control issues to improve relations and develop cooperative solutions.

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Hamish McCardle

JADE Representative – U.S.-China Program

Hamish McCardle is the JADE Representative at the Beijing office of the Arsenault Family Foundation.

Nuclear Risks - Open Nuclear Network

Benjamin Ashraf

Assistant Analyst and Coordinator, Monitoring and Assessment, Open Nuclear Network

Benjamin Ashraf monitors nuclear escalation developments between Iran and Israel and in the Indian Subcontinent.

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Veronika Bartel

Manager, Monitoring & Assessment

Veronika Bedenko leads ONN's efforts for monitoring and initial assessment of emerging nuclear risks.

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Elin Bergner

Research Coordinator, Open Nuclear Network

Elin Bergner is an open-source analyst conducting research on nuclear risk reduction with a focus on the Koreas, non-traditional security and disinformation.

Daihan Cheng

Research Assistant, Open Nuclear Network

Daihan Cheng is a Research Assistant at Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where she focuses on countering nuclear disinformation through open-source research and network analysis.

Vamsi Dantuluri

Research Assistant, Open Nuclear Network

Vamsi Dantuluri is a Research Assistant at Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where he focuses on countering nuclear disinformation using open-source information and network analysis.

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Nikita Degtyarev

Research Coordinator, Open Nuclear Network

Nikita Degtyarev works on the testing of tools for open-source data analysis and supports ONN's nuclear programmes research.

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Marcy R. Fowler

Deputy Director, Associate Director for Research and Analysis, Open Nuclear Network

Marcy R. Fowler helps shape ONN’s strategic direction, operational priorities, institutional development, partnerships, cross-office coordination and external engagement in support of nuclear risk reduction.

Jiyoon Han

Intern, Open Nuclear Network

Jiyoon Han is a Research and Analysis Intern at Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where she supports research on countering nuclear disinformation and tracking nuclear developments in the Korean peninsula, through open-source analysis.

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Valeriia Hesse

Research Analyst, Open Nuclear Network

Valeriia Hesse specialises in nuclear policy, international regimes, and disinformation with a regional focus on Ukraine and Russia and is a certified PRINCE2 project manager.

Linus Höller

Assistant Analyst, Open Nuclear Network

Linus Höller monitors nuclear escalation-related developments, especially between NATO and Russia, and on the Korean Peninsula.

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Karim Kamel

Foresight and Prediction Specialist, Open Nuclear Network

Karim Kamel manages projects in collaboration with partners such as the Swift Centre and the Forecasting Research Institute, focusing on prediction and forecasting in the context of nuclear risk reduction.

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Sarah Laderman

Manager, Research Division, Open Nuclear Network

Sarah Laderman is the Manager of the Research Division at Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where she focuses on open-source and technical analyses of nuclear programmes.

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Kristiana Nitisa

Foresight and Prediction Specialist, Open Nuclear Network

Kristiana is a Foresight and Prediction Specialist at Open Nuclear Network (ONN), where she works at the intersection of strategic foresight and forecasting to reduce nuclear risks.

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Andreas Persbo

Director, Open Nuclear Network

Andreas Persbo is the Director of Open Nuclear Network, a programme of PAX sapiens.

Federica Petrucci

Engagement and Network Assistant, Open Nuclear Network

Federica supports engagement and network initiatives.

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Kseniia Pirnavskaia

Network and Engagement Specialist, Open Nuclear Network

Kseniia Pirnavskaia co-leads external engagement efforts.

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Olamide Samuel

Network and Engagement Specialist, Open Nuclear Network

Dr. Olamide Samuel leads network and engagement initiatives at Open Nuclear Network.

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Jaewoo Shin

Manager, Analysis Division, Open Nuclear Network

Jaewoo Shin is the Manager of the Analysis Division at Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where he specializes in the analysis of nuclear and missile programs through the use of open-source information and remote sensing techniques.

Ksenija Trajkovska

Research Analyst, Open Nuclear Network

Ksenija Trajkovska focuses on emerging nuclear risk, radiological and nuclear disinformation, open-source intelligence and security challenges.

Yuqin Wang

Intern, Open Nuclear Network

Yuqin Wang is an intern for Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where she focuses on countering nuclear disinformation using open-source analysis tools.

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Tianran Xu

Senior Analyst, Open Nuclear Network

Tianran Xu is an analyst for Open Nuclear Network, a programme of PAX sapiens.

Women, Peace and Security - Our Secure Future

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Cynda Collins Arsenault

Founder, Our Secure Future

Cynda Collins Arsenault is the founder of Our Secure Future.

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Sahana Dharmapuri

Vice President, Our Secure Future

Sahana Dharmapuri currently leads Our Secure Future as Vice President and serves as Vice President of PAX sapiens.

Noël Sedona James

Project Specialist, Our Secure Future

Noël Sedona James is a women, peace and security (WPS) project specialist with the Our Secure Future program.

Andrea Pimentel Briceno

Program & Operations Manager, Our Secure Future

Andrea Pimentel Briceno is a Project Coordinator at Our Secure Future (OSF), where she supports program activities, team operations and coordination between OSF and the wider PAX sapiens organization.

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Keri Zolman

Associate Director, Our Secure Future

Keri Zolman is the Associate Director of Our Secure Future.

U.S.-China Conflict Prevention

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Gale Binge

Project Support Consultant, U.S.-China Program

Gale Binge provides direct project support for activities in China, including event coordination and on-site execution of in-person meetings.

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Danmei Chen

Project Support Consultant, U.S.-China Program

Danmei Chen supports project design and implementation at the Arsenault Family Foundation’s Beijing office.

Junyang Hu

Research Associate, U.S.-China Program

Junyang Hu develops research agendas and leads data-driven studies on U.S.-China relations.

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Liping Li

Project Support Consultant, U.S.-China Program

Liping Li provides a range of support for program implementation and coordination at the Beijing office of the Arsenault Family Foundation.

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Zhongqiang Ming

Chief Representative, U.S.-China Program

Zhongqiang Ming oversees the implementation of annual workplan and operations of Arsaenault Family Foundation China office.

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Eric N. Richardson

Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Program

Eric Richardson advises the organization on Northeast Asia and serves as the China expert.

U.S. Headquarters Team

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Marcel Arsenault

Founder and CEO, PAX sapiens

Marcel Arsenault is the founder of PAX sapiens.

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Jennifer Faverty

People and Culture Director

Jennifer Faverty leads daily HR operations by overseeing hiring and onboarding, supporting managers and employees, administering performance, compensation, and benefits programs, addressing employee relations issues, maintaining policies and records, and ensuring compliance across the organization.

Bates Gill

Senior Fellow for Nuclear Governance

Dr. Gill supports nuclear risk reduction through understanding the governance of nuclear weapons and how to strengthen policy, institutions, and other governance avenues to lower the risk of nuclear weapons use.

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Wendy Lu Maxwell-Barton

Communications Program Manager

Wendy Lu Maxwell-Barton leads communications for PAX sapiens, in collaboration with the high-impact programs, projects, and initiatives within the organization.

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Jake Meyers

Associate Director for Strategic Learning

Jake Meyers leads organizational learning for PAX sapiens, developing systems to document impact and connect long-term strategy with program execution through tools like strategic foresight and complex systems mapping.

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Derek Morgan

Associate Director, Administrative Services and Information Systems

Derek Morgan oversees the organization's information systems infrastructure.

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Siri Nanz Snow

Grants and Contracts Manager

Siri Nanz Snow oversees and executes the organization's Grants Program.

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Diédre Paterno Pai

Manager of Operations

Diédre Paterno Pai oversees the organization's meeting and engagement strategy.

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Conor Seyle

Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Conor Seyle oversees the organization's development and execution of organizational strategy.

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Yue Teng

Administrative Coordinator

Yue Teng supports organizational efficiency by managing administrative tasks and coordinating activities across departments.

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Kim Tyndall

Controller

Kim Tyndall is responsible for the organization's financial and accounting records.

Jon Wolfsthal, Fellow for U.S. Nuclear Policy

Jon B. Wolfsthal

Fellow for U.S. Nuclear Policy

Mr. Wolfsthal is a globally recognized expert on nuclear weapons, deterrence and international security policy, and is working to advance preventing the use of nuclear weapons.