Joel Braunold serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace, a coalition of over 90 different organizations working in every sector of society building relationships between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians.
Joel has been working at the intersection of civil society and geopolitics for the past six years. A columnist for Ha’aretz.com, his work has been published in numerous national and international publications including the New York Daily News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post, the Hill and the Daily Beast. He has delivered guest lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Loyola Marymount University, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, and at Bar Ilan University.
He works regularly with the US State Department, USAID, the National Security Council and Congress on the needs of the peace building community. Outside the US, Joel has worked with national governments across Europe, multilateral institutions and parts of the Arab world.
Joel is an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and holds a BA(Hons) in philosophy from Bristol University. He is the recipient of the Avi Schaefer Peace Innovation Prize, is a senior fellow for the Alliance for Youth Movements and holds Honorary Life Membership to the National Union of Students (UK) and the Union of Jewish Students (UK).