Susan COLLIN MARKS is executive vice president of Search for Common Ground,
a nonprofit nongovernmental organization working in conflict resolution internationally.
Based in Washington, DC, Search for Common Ground has offices in the Middle
East, the Balkans, Africa, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Ms. Collin Marks
is co-founder and board chair of The Coexistence Initiative, executive board member
of Women in International Security, and senior associate of the International Conflict
Resolution Program at Columbia University. Ms. Collin Marks worked as a conflict
resolution practitioner and peacemaker during South Africa’s transition from apartheid
to democracy under the auspices of the National Peace Accord, which intervened
in crises and mediated conflicts on a daily basis. In 1992, she founded the ongoing
quarterly publication on community and political conflict resolution, Track Two. Ms.
Collin Marks was awarded a Jennings Randolph Peace Fellowship at the United
States Institute of Peace. She received her M.A. in international relations from the
University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom.