Sean Harder is a Senior Communications Officer at the Foundation supporting our work in Climate Solutions, Journalism and Media, and Local News.
Before joining the Foundation Sean served as the Media Program Officer at the Stanley Foundation, where he designed journalism programs around preventing nuclear terrorism, genocide prevention, and multilateral diplomacy. He organized international journalism trainings and conferences and supported international reporting projects and study trips on under-reported subjects. He developed and carried out new social media strategies, video production, and conducted media outreach at several G-8, G-20, and nuclear security summits. Earlier in his career, Sean worked as a print journalist, most recently as the military reporter for the Savannah (Ga.) Morning News. He served as special projects reporter at the Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer, with an emphasis on data reporting and public interest investigations.
Sean holds a bachelor's degrees in journalism and creative writing from Western Michigan University.