Gbenga Isaac Oni is a program officer for the curriculum and training design team in USIP’s Ghandhi-King Global Academy.

In this role, Oni works with individuals and institutions engaged in training-of-trainer programs to mentor and coach them in the delivery of trainings. He also implements trainings across the team’s portfolio, including for the conflict management training for peacekeepers program, the Generation Change Fellows Program and the border security training program.

Prior to joining USIP, Oni spent 20 years working on conflict prevention and management, resilience building, and economic empowerment projects in Africa with various donors and organizations, including USAID, DFID/British Council, and the EU.

Oni is also a community development trainer and has experience designing and facilitating participant-centered trainings for youth, civil society, policymakers and practitioners and has conducted trainings in countries across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North America. His expertise includes creating lasting social change through community engagement, conflict management and resolution, leadership, volunteering, entrepreneurial development, peacebuilding, and diversity and inclusion.

Oni has a master's degree in conflict resolution and coexistence from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics and extension from University of Agriculture, Makurdi in Nigeria.