Tad Stahnke coordinates international outreach for the Levine Institute for Holocaust Education at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he is also the director of the Museum's Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism. Before joining the Museum, Tad was research director at Human Rights First, an international human rights advocacy organization, and policy director at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which was created by Congress to advise the U.S. government on advancing respect for the internationally-recognized right to freedom of religion. Tad is an expert in religion and human rights, with extensive experience in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including on combating xenophobia and hate crimes. Tad clerked for Hon. Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, and practiced law at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.