Allison Poyac-Clarkin
- Senior Vice President for Programs
Allison Poyac-Clarkin, Ph.D, Senior Vice President of Programs, serves as a member of the Executive Management Team and oversees MSI’s extensive democracy, governance and conflict portfolio. With more than 20 years of development experience, Dr. Poyac-Clarkin brings extensive experience working in conflict-affected environments to promote peace and stability. She has provided technical leadership on several large-scale USAID-funded democracy and governance programs and served as chief of party for a USAID-funded social cohesion program in Kosovo. Dr. Poyac-Clarkin is a trained cultural anthropologist with robust knowledge and understanding of conflict theory, advanced conflict assessment methodologies, and programming approaches aimed at building and sustaining peace in conflict contexts.