EDUCATION:

George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs

Masters International Development Studies – focus on Middle East refugees and IDPs Fellowships:

Foreign Language Advanced Study Fellowship (Arabic) Elliott School Language Award (Arabic)

Elliott School International Internship Grant

University of Wisconsin – Madison Arabic Intensive Program Damascus University Arabic Language Center, three intensive courses completed University of Wisconsin - Madison

BA Double major: Political Science and History

WORK EXPERIENCE:

COVID-19 and familyr- Self-employed freelance

Madison, Wisconsin 1/2019 - present

s Provided daily home care assistance to ailing and aging parents; s Caught COVID-19, severe, kept hospitalized for a long duration, vaccine nerve damage caused more problems, informed now ready to return to work; Did some remote freelance writing and editing for advertising copy and some non-profits.

Program Coordinator 6/2018 – 1/2019

Solidarites International

Erbil, Iraq

• Oversaw implementation of restoration of Mosul water and sewage networks in close coordination with Iraq Ministry of Water with separate international and UN funding

• Trained and supported local NGOs with monitoring, financial and reporting training.

• Led proposal writing and meetings with Iraqi Government officials, along with international consulates

Area Manager – Dohuk & Ninewa 4/2016 – 1/2018

Mission East

Dohuk, Mosul and Sinjar, Iraq

s Completed the first certified INGO NFI distributions in Mosul City during combat operations in a safe innovative community-based approach (Dec. 2016) of Food and NFI distributions for IDPs working with state and non-state actors and new local governments for facilitation s Opened two sub-offices in newly retaken areas from ISIS in Mosul and Sinjar with near complete operational security and capacity, working closely with changing local authorities, achieved all program objectives despite difficult logistical constraints s Management and coordination of four emergency and early recovery projects for Iraqi IDPs/returnees in two conflict-affected governorates, including former warzones in Ninewa governorate (Mosul and Sinjar) in child protection, cash, WaSH, Shelter/NFI, food and livelihoods funded by DANIDA, BPRM, GMFA, UNICEF and private donors and foundations s Led coordination in multi-cluster and sector cluster meetings and helped facilitate joint-actor interventions where needed; supported donor negotiation with capital office and HQ s Managing three offices with 70 staff, with supervision of programmes, logistics, finance, M&E and security for active conflict areas and coordination with local partners s Developed strategies for innovative approaches to assist hard-to-reach locations in a responsible manner; led strategy for implementation including LRRD and targeting methodologies in highly complex and unstable locations and programme development with proposal writing Field Coordinator (Head of Base) promoted from Area Project Coordinator 4/14 10/2013 – 8/2015 Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI now PUI) Beirut, Lebanon

s Management and coordination of three major emergency projects for Syrian Refugees covering over 200,000 beneficiaries in Beirut and Mt. Lebanon Governorates with over $8M annual budgets in cash transfers, health, food security, shelter and WaSH funded by WFP, UNHCR and ECHO BENJAMIN GRANBY 380 W. Washington Ave #424 Madison, WI USA Tel: +1-608-***-**** Email: adtafm@r.postjobfree.com Skype: bdgranby Benjamin Granby CV 2

s Responsible for an office of 80 staff, supervising logistics, administration, budgets, security and support to project managers as well as directing research, M&E and assessments s Held primary responsibility for direct local donor relations with WFP and UNHCR in all aspects from budget amendments and strategizing to negotiating dynamic implementation methodologies in a highly complex refugee setting and led proposal writing s Provided managerial coaching in all aspects of project cycles, along with support in budgeting, HR and logistics in one of the most complicated refugee emergencies globally due to the illegality of formal camp setups and great stress on small host population with limited resources Area Manager - South Iraq 2/2012 - 2/2013

Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Basrah, Iraq

s Succeeded with all project objectives through operational management and program support for four offices across south and south central Iraq with 90 staff in a highly adverse conditions in a hazardous and volatile environment

s Area responsibility for all finance and administrative aspects of programming and support operations for staff and project expenditures and day-to-day administration s Responsible for security and logistics for DRC in south and south central Iraq, including expat staff safety, SOPs, movement and local procurement

s Supported project managers in implementing five multi-million dollar early recovery and development projects across nine governorates in the sectors of shelter, WASH, education, protection, governance and local NGO capacity building s Liaison with Iraqi government representatives, UNCHR, UNICEF, USAID and other key donors as well with coordination with other local and international NGOs Regional Reporting Manager/Program Support and Development Manager 3/2009 – 4/2011 Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) West Bank/Gaza Strip and Jordan

s Directly managed and successfully implemented five emergency food security, shelter, livelihoods and NFI distribution programs totaling US$1m including USAID funded projects in the Gaza Strip s Developed programs for Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria for EC successfully s Managed and oversaw local staff and Gaza Base Office, including work in rapid needs assessments in sectors of livelihoods, agriculture, food security and early childhood psychosocial support; oversaw logistics, finances, security and other office administrative duties. s Regional Programme Development: designed, wrote, and secured future funding for emergency livelihoods, health, education and psychosocial programs worth over US $2.8 million in coordination with teams

s Led research teams in WB/GS for programme development in Agriculture, Psychosocial, Early Recovery, Women’s Rights, Food Security and WASH sectors s Led or participated in donor relations with OCHA, FAO, EC, ECHO, DANIDA, GMFA and USAID at senior levels

s Provided program support to ECHO emergency livelihood and displacement response projects in the West Bank

Programme Officer/Communication Officer 11/2007 – 2/2009 Relief International

West Bank and Gaza Strip

s Managed and implemented several youth, community and emergency programs totalling US$750k s Founded new office in Gaza City and oversaw its work and emergency program development s Designed, wrote, funded and managed emergency community DRR first aid training program in Gaza, along with several innovative aid distribution schemes using local knowledge s Program development and proposal writing, contributed to success of over US$1.3 million in new grants

s Developed communications strategy and designed media training materials s Managed communications with donors and public relations, including photography, publicity publication design and reporting

s Conducted coordination and developed relationships with NGOs, UN and PA ministries Consultant/Researcher – early childhood development in disaster-affected areas 1-5/2006 CARE International/Hope for Children in Africa Initiative Uganda and Washington, D.C.

s Designed indicator analysis and surveys for creation of Early Childhood Development Benjamin Granby CV 3

implementation and policy advocacy in Uganda

s Conducted participatory research in emergency settings (AIDS affect and conflict) in Uganda s Published research to be used for future program design Freelance journalist and photographer intermittent 2001 – 2005 Colombia, the Balkans, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq s Worked independently as a writer and photographer in very difficult conditions s Interviewed combatants, refugees and officials of all sides on own arrangements, including negotiating meetings with clandestine organizations and government officials Intern, Health, Development, Information and Policy Organization, Ramallah, West Bank 8-9/2005 s Drafted reports, editing, conducted independent field research for Palestine Monitor publications Intern, Al Tharwa Society, Damascus, Syria 6-7/2005 s Edited publications and organized website articles on minority rights issues Middle East Intern, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Washington, D.C. 9/2004-1/2005 s Research on refugee populations, contact with local fieldworkers, and grant proposals s Determination of international and local legal concerns and protection issues International Coordinator, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Gaza City, Gaza Strip 1-5/2002 s Coordinated communication with international human rights agencies and NGOs s Drafted and issued human rights press releases and reports, helped post-conflict investigations TRAININGS:

s Hazardous Environment Awareness Training (HEAT), DDG, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012 s Crisis Management Team Training, Red24, Jerusalem, West Bank, 2009 ACTIVITIES:

s UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – Damascus, Syria, volunteer English teacher, Fall 2005 s Madison-Rafah Sister City Project founding member s Member, Organization for International Development, George Washington University s University of Wisconsin Student Council Representative s Pi Sigma Alpha – Political Science Honor Society PUBLISHED WORKS:

s Currently working on a memoir of my Arab Spring Years and Levantine History from Ottomans on s Currently researching for upcoming book on eccentric rulers from Neo-Assyrians to 1900 C.E. s Welcome To the Bethlehem Star Hotel (nonfiction), Garrett County Press, Philadelphia, 2005. s “Hope and Disenchantment in Rafah,” News From Within, Vol. 21, No. 6, Jerusalem, Oct/Nov 2005. s “Not So Disengaged in Borqa,” Palestine Monitor Report, August 23, 2005. s “Gaza’s Economic Lynchpin,” Counterpunch, August 20, 2005. s “Anatomy of a Night Raid,” Counterpunch, February 20-22, 2004,

(http://www.counterpunch.org/granby02202004.html)

s “Palestinians in Iraq: Refuge and Death,” Electronic Iraq, February 5, 2004,

(http://electroniciraq.net/news/1359.shtml)

s “Rafah Camps: On the Border With Egypt,” Peace Fire, pp. 173-175, Ethan Casey & Paul Hilder, eds., Free Association Books, London, 2002

s “J’ai Rapporté Jénine en Israël,” Avril Á Jénine, pp. 17-19, Trans. into French by Lara Bourji, Nahla Chahal, ed., Editions La Découverte, Paris, 2002

s Upcoming :two books : Middle East post-Arab Spring and a cultural history of substance abuse LECTURES GIVEN:

s Planned lecture in Nov. 2022 on Palestinian Economy 2000-2020, UW Madison s Guest on History of Humanitarian Response and Russia/Ukraine Context, WORT FM, Mar. 24, 2022

“Gaza in Focus,” George Washington University, January 26, 2007, Washington, D.C. s “Prairie Fires: Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine,” Grass Roots Political Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 2004

s “The Gaza Strip,” Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, May 5, 2003 s “Ending Occupation,” Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, April 29, 2003 s “Middle East Conflicts: Iraq and Palestine,” Antioch College, Antioch, Ohio, March 30-31, 2003 Benjamin Granby CV 4

s “The Other Iraq: Stories of Iraqis Facing War,” University of Wisconsin - Madison, March 25, 2003 s “Jenin and Beyond: Perspectives on the Israel/Palestine Conflict,” University of Wisconsin - Madison, June 20, 2002

s Radio guest, WORT FM, “evolution of emergencies and how to best help,”, 8 March, 2022 s Upcoming: new lecture circuit on Palestinian economic development in last 50 years SKILLS:

Web design HTML; layout, flash, javascript and animation Software MS Office, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, SoundEdit 16, Lightroom

Typing 70wpm

Languages English (native), MS Arabic (proficient reading, speaking Levantine and some Iraqi), Spanish (beginner)

Photography Photography for non-profits publicity and art, sold dozens of prints from shows and in publications

Nationality American; valid drivers license

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