WHO
WE ARE
Genocide Watch is the Founder and Coordinator of the Alliance Against Genocide. Our team manages and coordinates alliance operations, member recruitment, and member relations.
Alliance
Coordinating Team
Lauren Salim
Manager, Alliance Operations
Vanessa Cardenas
Chief Operations Officer
Irene Soteriou
Member Engagement Coordinator
Twyla Frid
Alliance Coordinator
Twyla Frid
Alliance Coordinator
Nora O'Rear
Campaigns Coordinator
Kylie Henry
Alliance Coordinator
Alliance
Coordinating Team
Tom Shacklock
Manager, Alliance Operations
Tom Shacklock, Senior Alliance and Advocacy Manager​
Tom Shacklock is a graduate from the University of Bristol, UK, where he completed his MSc in International Relations and focused on peacebuilding, minority rights, and genocide with a concentration on sub-Saharan Africa. He previously graduated with a BA in French Studies from the University of Birmingham, for which he also spent a year abroad in Lyon, France. Tom used his time at university to explore his interest in international affairs through student journalism. He joined French student online site Le Journal International before becoming Current Affairs Editor with the Linguist Magazine in Birmingham and Deputy Head of News with Bristol University's radio station. Since graduating, Tom has worked in London as a freelance private tutor in French, English, and History, keeping in touch with his favorite subjects, and volunteered as a researcher for diplomacy consultancy Grassroots Diplomat. At Genocide Watch, he focuses on producing reports and Timestreams for countries in Central and Eastern Africa, additionally running a side-project on cases of persecution of LGBTQI+ people where there is genocidal intent. He eventually plans to undertake a Ph.D. in conflict and genocide studies.
Thejashri Madhavsupriya
India Project Director
Thejashri is currently pursuing a double Master's degree in International Affairs with Sciences Po Paris, and the London School of Economics. She completed her first year at Sciences Po, focusing on International Security and Human Rights. She did her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations at Ashoka University, India. Her areas of interest are political violence, gender, and human security in South Asia. She completed her bachelor's thesis on Protest Policing in India. In India, she worked with the Trivedi Center of Political data, and the Madras Institute of Developmental Studies where she gained an understanding of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to studying political violence. She has taken courses on the International Criminal Court, International Humanitarian Law, and the Rule of Law between peace and development at Sciences Po, and is currently on the Legal Team at Genocide Watch.