Anjanette DeCarlo, ABD is a Senior Jeffords Fellow at the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy & Security and a PhD candidate in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont.  Her focus is on environment, women’s empowerment, and conflict resolution as a merged agenda for sustainable development.  She is currently working on reconciliation in post war countries as well as the power of trade and commerce to create peace in conflict zones.  As a development consultant with 20 years field experience she specializes in Africa, Latin America, and the US. She was awarded the EF Schumacher scholarship to study holistic science at the Schumacher Institute as well as the Irene P Goldring science award.  Just prior to her PhD studies, Anjanette was the Program Coordinator at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.  With a successful track record of raising millions of dollars, Anjanette reaches the donor community at all levels from small gifts to large grants and contracts.  Her emphasis for developing programs at Gund was to bridge the gap between academia and the needs of people on the ground. She has also worked for organizations such as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the United Nations (UNSO). As a development expert she has lead USAID development projects, served the UN Security Council on resolution 1325, been a World Bank Lighting Africa finalist, awarded for her work with international grassroots NGO's and taught numerous courses and ateliers. 

Research Interests: Human Rights, Democracy, Sustainable Development
Dissertation: Reconciliation in post-war countries as well as the power of trade and commerce to create peace in conflict zones