Amy E. Gordon
Director, International Peace and Security

Email: agordon at macfound dot org

Amy Gordon joined the Foundation in 2006 as Director of International Peace and Security.

Prior to her arrival at MacArthur, Gordon served in the U.S. Department of State, where she led diplomatic coordination of the Proliferation Security Initiative -- a global effort to halt illicit shipments of WMD-related materials. She served as Chief of the Political Military Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2000-2003). Gordon was an advisor to the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Secretary of State on ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, in the mid-late 1990s.

Gordon holds an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University and was also a Research Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center, Harvard University.

Emma Belcher
Program Officer, International Peace and Security

Email: ebelcher at macfound dot org

Emma Belcher is a Program Officer for the International Peace and Security program. She comes to MacArthur from the Council on Foreign Relations, where she was a Stanton nuclear security fellow. Emma has a background in international security (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, PhD and MALD; University of Melbourne, BA (Hons)). While completing her PhD, she was a fellow in the International Security Program and Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She has also worked as an advisor to the Australian prime minister and cabinet on national security and international affairs, and as a public affairs officer at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C.

Other Staff

Elsa Gutierrez
Program Administrator

Rossi Polenica
Program Assistant

Renee Munro
Executive Secretary