Brad Heckman
Brad Heckman is Chief Executive Officer of the New York Peace Institute, one of the nation’s largest conflict response agencies, serving nearly 10,000 people yearly, and Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award. He is on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Community Mediation, and the New York State Dispute Resolution Association. Brad also served as Vice President of Safe Horizon, a leading victims services and violence prevention agency, and International Director of Partners for Democratic Change, where he developed community peace building centers throughout Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Baltics, South Caucasus, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union. He received a Master of Arts in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Dickinson College.
