Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation

• Executive Director
• tibi.galis@auschwitzinstitute.org
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Tibi has been Executive Director of AIPR since 2006. Born and raised in Romania, Tibi earned his B.A. in Law and Political Science from Babes-Bolyai University, in Cluj-Napoca. He received his M.A. in International Politics and Political Development from the University of Manchester, and is earning a Ph.D. from the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, at Clark University, with a focus on transitional justice. Tibi previously worked as associate researcher for the UK Parliament, helping develop the UK position on the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and as rapporteur for the Swedish government at the 2004 Stockholm International Forum on the Prevention of Genocide. In addition to his duties as Executive Director, Tibi is Program Director for the U.S. military edition of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention.

• Development Director
• Program Manager
• b.schulman@auschwitzinstitute.org
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Beata joined AIPR in 2008. Born and raised in Poland, she earned both her M.Sc. and her Ph.D. in Geography and Religion from Jagiellonian University, in Krakow. Previously Beata served as consultant to the North American Council of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews and conducted research on a Junior Fulbright Advanced Research Grant as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. Beata coordinates AIPR’s Raphael Lemkin Seminars for Genocide Prevention, and manages Instytut Auschwitz, the Polish branch of AIPR. She is also working to create a permanent genocide prevention center for the Auschwitz Institute in Oswiecim.

• Legal Associate
• Program Director, Lemkin Seminar (Global Government)
• samantha.horn@auschwitzinstitute.org
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Samantha joined AIPR in 2010. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Buffalo, and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law. In 2011 she served as mediation instructor in a program at the Catholic University College of Ghana, in Sunyani, organized by the Giving to Ghana Foundation, St. John's University School of Law, and Fordham University School of Law in conjunction with the opening of the Catholic University’s Conflict Resolution Center. In addition to serving as Legal Associate, Samantha is Program Director for the global government edition of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention.

• Communications Officer
• Alumni Network Director
• alex@auschwitzinstitute.org
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Alex joined AIPR in 2009. He received a B.S. in Zoology from UMass Amherst and a Master’s in International Affairs, with a specialization in East Central Europe, from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously Alex edited “Highlights in Arab, Muslim and South Asian News,” a newsletter for the American Civil Liberties Union Campaign Against Racial Profiling. In addition to his duties as Communications Officer, Alex is the creator and facilitator of 2PREVENT, the private online network for alumni of the Raphael Lemkin Seminars for Genocide Prevention.

• Operations Officer
• aschwa7282@aol.com
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Amy joined AIPR in 2008. She earned her B.A. in history from the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. Previously she worked at the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation.

• Development Officer
• dmitzner@auschwitzinstitute.org
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Daniel joined AIPR in 2011. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Buffalo, and his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law. In 2007, he traveled to China and Tibet as part of the Delegation on Diplomacy of the International Scholar Laureate Program. There he participated in a training program on international relations with Chinese students of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies. Currently Daniel is developing a fundraising campaign for the Auschwitz Institute to create a permanent genocide prevention center in Oswiecim. In addition, he assists in day-to-day operations.