Professional Training

Trainers

• Keith Bowen
  Keith Bowen is a senior program officer in USIP’s Professional Training program. In this capacity, he manages programs and conducts live training in conflict resolution skills, while developing and writing courses for USIP’s online training program. He is currently writing a series of online courses on conflict analysis, negotiation, mediation, and cross-cultural communication.
• Ted Feifer
  Theodore Feifer is a senior program officer in the Institute's Professional Training Program. He joined the Institute in 2000 following a 26-year career in the Foreign Service. He specialized in the Arab-Israeli peace process, serving two assignments at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv and as an adviser to the special Middle East coordinator.
• Mike Lekson
  Michael Lekson is the vice president of the Institute's Professional Training Program. He joined the program in 2003 as a program officer following a 26-year career in the Department of State. His final position there was deputy assistant secretary of state for arms control, overseeing all multilateral arms control negotiations and treaty implementation, for which he received the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award.
• Jonathan Morgenstein
  Jonathan Morgenstein joined the Institute in October 2005 as a program officer in the Professional Training Program.  Immediately prior to joining the Institute, he conducted an assessment of the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan for Refugees International. Before that assignment, he served as a Marine Corps civil affairs officer in Ramadi, Iraq for seven months.  
• Nina Sughrue
  Nina Sughrue joined the Institute's Professional Training Program in 2004 as a program training officer. She is currently a senior program officer. She is involved in coordinating training programs that help government officials, military and police personnel, representatives from various international organizations, and nongovernmental employees improve their conflict management skills.
• Jacki Wilson
  Jacqueline H. Wilson is a senior program officer in the Institute's Professional Training Program. She joined the Institute with over 20 years of service in the U.S. military and continues to serve in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. She holds the rank of lieutenant colonel and is the Reserve Air Attaché to Egypt. Her military career has included assignments in analysis, training, and counterterrorism.