About the Authors
Andrew Robertson is a leading innovator in using process modeling to design more efficient organizations. Drawing on a career of advising Fortune 500 corporations on functional best practice, he is applying these methods to improve the effectiveness of media and programming used to reduce conflict in fragile societies.
Eran Fraenkel is an expert and instructor in metrics and evaluation with more than 38 years of experience in international peacebuilding media. He is best known for his work on broadcast media, having produced numerous programs such as Naashe Maalo, an award-winning children's TV program on intercultural understanding and conflict prevention in Macedonia.
Sheldon Himelfarb directs the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding. He has managed peacebuilding programs in numerous conflicts, including Bosnia, Iraq, Angola, Liberia, Macedonia, and Burundi. Himelfarb received the Capitol Area Peace Maker award from American University.
Emrys Schoemaker is a strategic and development communications specialist with particular expertise in leveraging new media for peacebuilding. He is an authority in designing and implementing national and local awareness and communication strategies and has worked with various government and United Nations agencies, as well as with international and local nongovernmental organizations throughout the Middle East.