Strategic Engagement Lead
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Kristi Matsunaka works as a strategic engagement lead in the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), in the Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She works with national and international stakeholders to help end targeted violence and terrorism. Under the CP3's previous iteration as the Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention, she worked with the CVE Grant Program, analyzing and sharing promising practices and lessons learned with stakeholders and grantees. Prior to her time in DHS, Matsunaka worked in the Secretariat of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers Association and as a researcher with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Geneva, Switzerland.
Matsunaka holds a master’s degree in international security from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and a BA in political science from Pepperdine University.
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Monday, April 11, 2022
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM