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HasNa relies on an experienced Board, a capable staff, and a core of active volunteers reflecting a strong and varied background in economic development, conflict resolution, youth empowerment, and international cooperation.

Nevzer G. Stacey: President and Founder

Nevzer G. Stacey founded HasNa, Inc. in 1998. Prior to assuming full responsibilities as HasNa's President, she was a Study Director for International Labor Standards in the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science. At the Academies Ms. Stacey was the resident expert on transitions from education to the workplace. While at the U.S. Department of Education she represented the U.S. in international projects sponsored by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the World Bank. Among the positions she held were Special Assistant to the Director of the School to Work Program, Director of Higher Education and Adult Learning, and Senior Education Research Analyst. Ms. Stacey has also given twenty years of service as a volunteer mediator to the District of Columbia. Ms. Stacey was born in Turkey and obtained her BS in International Relations and Masters in International Organizations and Middle East Area Studies from American University’s School of International Studies.

Deniz Sevgili Oña: Program Manager


Deniz Sevgili Oña joined HasNa in July, 2005. Originally from Chicago, she lived and studied in Izmir, Turkey for 11 years. Her previous job was at the Center for Community Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping low-income people build powerful, effective organizations through which they can change their communities. Prior to that she worked at the Assembly of Turkish American Associations as the Assistant Director of Public Affairs, where she helped promote better relations between the U.S. and Turkey. Before she moved back to the U.S. she worked for the Turkish Ministry of Tourism in Izmir. In 1998, she attended a summer institute in Greece called the International Institute for Political and Economic Studies held in partnership by the Fund for American Studies, the Greek Association for Atlantic and European Cooperation, and Georgetown University. This program brings together young leaders of the Middle East and Balkans for discussions of political economy and workshops on conflict resolution. Mrs. Oña earned her MA in International Studies from the University of South Carolina in 2001.

Ciara Masterson: Program Assistant

Ciara Masterson joined HasNa in November, 2008. Ciara is a recent graduate of The American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC, where she studied International Peace and Conflict Resolution and Islamic Studies. During her time at AU, she studied abroad in Rabat, Morocco and interned at the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative’s Rabat office. Ciara’s internship experience also includes, the National Headquarters of the American Red Cross where she worked in International Communication and Marketing to promote Malaria Awareness day and the Fight the Bite Campaign. She has also interned at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington, DC as well as American University Center for Global Peace on the Center’s Islamic Peacebuilding Initiative.

 

   
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HasNa Inc., founded in 1998, is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.