In February 2009, Mike Abramowitz was appointed Director of the Committee on Conscience, which guides the genocide prevention efforts of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Prior to his appointment, he worked as a reporter and editor for The Washington Post since 1985. Among the subjects he covered were local and national politics, foreign policy, health care, and business. Between 2006 and 2009, Abramowitz was White House correspondent for the Post, covering a variety of subjects, including the Bush administration’s conduct of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the crisis in Darfur. He also served as the National Editor of the Post between 2000 and 2006, helping supervise the Post’s coverage of national politics, the federal government, social policy, science and national security.
Abramowitz graduated from Harvard University after majoring in Government. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was a Marshall Memorial fellow of the German Marshall Fund and a media fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford.
Bridget Conley-Zilkic is Director of Research and Projects for the Museum’s Committee on Conscience, where she has worked since 2001. She curates Museum exhibits on issues related to contemporary genocide, produces the COC’s educational films, and conducts teacher training sessions introducing educators to issues surrounding genocide prevention today. She has published numerous essays on genocide, human rights, Bosnia, and Chechnya. She received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Binghamton University in 2001, writing about cultural responses to humanitarian interventions in Bosnia and Haiti.
Jackie Scutari is Program Coordinator for the Committee on Conscience, where she has worked since October 2006. Her responsibilities include research, writing, and managing the internship program, as well as programming for foreign policy professionals and the general public. She holds a M.S. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University and a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University.
Sara Weisman is the Outreach Coordinator for the Committee on Conscience, working to engage university students and other key Museum audiences in the activities of the Committee. Sara previously served as Program Assistant for the Committee on Conscience, providing support to the Genocide Prevention Task Force. She previously worked as an executive assistant for the Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Sara has a B.A. in International Affairs with concentrations in Development and Economics from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
Ariana Berengaut is Research Assistant for the Committee on Conscience, where she has worked since June 2008. Before coming to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Ariana worked on Barack Obama’s presidential primary campaign as a member of the speechwriting team. Ariana received a M.Sc. in African Studies from Oxford University, completing her fieldwork in southeastern Uganda, and a B.A. in Politics and History from Brandeis University.
Michael Graham is Coordinator of the Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, an initiative dedicated to exploring how web and mapping technology can be used to help prevent and respond to threats of genocide and crimes against humanity. The initiative’s first project, launched in 2007 in partnership with Google, was Crisis in Darfur. Graham has a B.A. in International Affairs from Lewis and Clark College.
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