Yves-Renee Jennings

Yves-Renée Jennings is a conflict resolution professional and scholar-practitioner with deep understanding of societal and structural issues that often contribute to social conflicts and is interested in human development and empowerment within the context of transformation of social and structural barriers that hinder groups to fully realize their potential as social agents. She has the ability to conceptualize, design, implement, and evaluate collaborative process and social transformation programs focusing on conflict resolution and peace-building, leadership, group and community empowerment within a multi-cultural context. Yves-Renee is currently a PhD candidate at the George Mason University Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, a Chief Executive Office of Partners for Sustainable Peace (PSP), a non-profit organization that she co-founded.

She worked in the private sector in Haiti for over ten years and retired from the World Bank after a career of over twenty years. She held positions in personnel management, budget, resource management, risk management, internal controls, and internal auditing while working with World Bank offices in Washington and around the world. Yves-Renée has extensive risk management, facilitation, mediation, and training experience and has led numerous group processes for the World Bank in Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Niger, Togo and many other African countries. She has conducted training and facilitation sessions for the Northern Virginia Mediation Services, the U.S. Institute of Peace Haiti program, the Fairfax Country Public Schools system, the George Mason University International Student Office and the Arlington Community Immigration Dialogue; and trauma healing and conflict resolution faculty development training at Liberia University.

Recent undertakings in Liberia have included activities, encounters, discussions, and meetings with communities for instance, in Banjor through RESPECT Liberia, Progressive Movement for Community Initiative (PMCI), and Center for Peace Education (CPE); Women’s Agenda for Leadership in Liberia (WALL) in Monrovia; Christ Army of Light Ministries (CALM) Inc. in Monrovia; Trinity Bible College (TCB) in Firestone, Harbel; Women in Progressive Action (WIPA) in Harbel, Firestone; Flomo Theater and Liberia Cultural Heritage Group in Monrovia and Demey, the National Christian Women Fellowship in Paynesville.