Board Member & Chief Geek, PeaceGeeks

Renee is the co-founder and Executive Director of PeaceGeeks, which launched in October 2011. Her previous experience includes over eight years as a business analyst and project manager, focusing mainly on software development and database marketing solutions, including positions with xWave and Intrawest. In 2009, Renee completed a Master’s of International Affairs, and worked on the Women, Peace & Security framework with the UN and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. This experience played a pivotal role in the inspiration to launch PeaceGeeks, a global non-profit, volunteer organization that uses technology to build the technological, communications and management capacities of grassroots organizations that work to promote peace, accountability and human rights. Renee has also worked on development projects in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu with CUSO and in South Africa with Habitat for Humanity. She is a Fellow of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.