Meet our Executive Director!

Caroline Mays

Executive director

Caroline Mays has more than 15 years of experience in the U.S. federal government and in media, non-profit development organizations and civil society institutions in the Middle East, including three years residency in the West Bank. Her earlier career included staff positions for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and for the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. A longtime advocate of women’s and girls’ rights and trained in conflict resolution, Caroline joined Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai’s official delegation at the 2014 celebration in Oslo, Norway. She holds a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies from The American University of Paris and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The George Washington University.