IPB Staff Members – IPB – International Peace Bureau

Michelle Clemente – Peace and Conflict Management Officer

Michelle Clemente joins the IPB team since May 2023.

Michelle Clemente is an international development and peacebuilding professional with over 14 years of experience in programme and project management, capacity building, stakeholder engagement, and international cooperation. She specializes in translating ideas, policies, and development priorities into practical, inclusive, and impactful programmes that strengthen communities and build sustainable partnerships.

Emily Molinari – Deputy Executive Director

Emily Molinari joined our team in May 2023 as Assistant Coordinator, and since 2024, she has been serving as IPB’s Deputy Executive Director. Among other campaigns and tasks, she focuses on the IPB Latin America Network and the Common Security Working Group.

Emily Molinari, from Italy, holds a binational Master’s degree in Conflict, Memory and Peace from KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá (Colombia), and a Bachelor’s double degree in International Studies from the Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy) and the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany).

Sean Conner – Executive Director

Sean Conner was appointed Executive Director of IPB in October 2022. He has a background in intercultural education and community development; he leads from the IPB an agenda of dialogue, disarmament, and international cooperation. He advocates for intersectional alliances and the strengthening of civil society, promoting negotiated solutions to armed conflicts and wars.

He holds a Bachelor’s in Intercultural and Critical Communication Studies from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a Master’s in Intercultural Conflict Management from the Alice Salomon Hochschule. Continue reading “Sean Conner – Executive Director”