EPIC extends a warm welcome to Melinda Witter, our newest board member. As an academic, and practitioner of conflict mitigation, stabilization, and international development, Melinda has over 29 years of professional experience with program design and management of programs for USAID, World Bank and an array of professional associations and nonprofits. Her specialty focuses on resolving conflict through community based initiatives which also incorporate youth, women, and disability participation. She holds an Executive Master’s degree of International Service from American University in Washington, D.C. with a concentration in Iraqi studies and conflict mitigation, and has worked in Iraq and Afghanistan.