Evelyn Thornton

Evelyn Thornton focuses on strategy and management, including communications, partnerships, and general operations. She has also written on women’s participation in peace processes, led training programs for women leaders from Asia and Africa, and advocated extensively to advance the Institute’s work. Before joining the Institute, Ms. Thornton worked for His Holiness The Dalai Lama’s Foundation for Universal Responsibility, in New Delhi, India. For its Women In Security, Conflict Management and Peace program, she assisted with conflict-transformation workshops for young people from India and Pakistan and publishing research on the changing contours of diplomacy in South Asia. Her career path was influenced by formative periods of work in Bolivia and the UK. A native of Virginia, Ms. Thornton has a master’s in conflict resolution from Georgetown University. She lives with her husband, Marc Pfeuffer, a US government attorney, and their vivacious young daughters in Washington, DC.