ICAR M.S Student and Staff Member, Laurence Gehy
ICAR M.S Student and Staff Member, Laurence Gehy
Calmly and effectively organizing behind the scenes, when she is not in class, ICAR Master's student, Laurence Gehy, can often be found handling event coordination details and managing various other ICAR projects. Laurence hails from Port-au-Prince, and while the current situation in Haiti has understandably damp ened her ever-present cheerfulness, Laurence continues to actively sup- port the ICAR community, holding her dual position as assistant to ICAR Director, Andrea Bartoli and to ICAR’s financial manager Jeremy Peizer.
Leadership, program management, and policy design has clearly been an integral part of Laurence’s skills and studies. During her internship with
the State Department’s Western Hemisphere Affairs division, she drafted in-house policy papers on asylum issues. As staff for Engaging Governments on Genocide Prevention (EGGP) she helped coordinate two annual conferences and has been an active participant in the Latin America and Gender working groups. With a special focus on religious sources of forgiveness and reconciliation, her course work included identity and religion and conflict. Laurence will graduate from the Master's program this semester. Recently, she was nominated, by ICAR, for the Presidential Management Fellowship and is currently undergoing the multi-leveled requisite tests in this prestigious competition with the goal of eventually working as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.
Aside from her work and studies, Laurence is an avid reader and an accomplished writer. In 2001, she published "Etat d' Ame" a book of poetry written in English and French, and in 2003 she published a French novel, Amelia. Both books are published in Haiti.
Laurence wishes to express her heart-felt thanks and appreciation for all the help and generosity by the ICAR com- munity during these difficult times.