ERIC STOVER is Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Law and Public Health at UC Berkeley. In the early 1990s, Stover took part in conducting the first research on the social and medical consequences of land mines in Cambodia and other post-war countries. During the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, he served on several medico-legal investigations as an "Expert on Mission" to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. He conducted a survey of mass graves throughout Rwanda for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. His most recent books include A Village Destroyed, May 14, 1999: War Crimes in Kosovo (with Fred Abrahams and Gilles Peress); My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity (edited, with Harvey Weinstein); and The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague.
CAMILLE CRITTENDEN joined the Human Rights Center as Executive Director in August 2006. She is responsible for overall administration of the Center, as well as fundraising and community outreach. Before her appointment to this post, she served as Assistant Dean for Development in the division of International and Area Studies and held previous positions in development and public relations at University of California Press and San Francisco Opera. She earned a Ph.D. from Duke University in 1997.
RACHEL SHIGEKANE is Director of Programs at the Human Rights Center and Lecturer in Peace and Conflicts Studies. Shigekane is responsible for developing and managing the educational programs, workshops and speaker discussion panels organized by the Center, including the annual Human Rights Fellowship program. She participates in the Center's research projects on Burma and the responsibility to protect. She also teaches and advises undergraduate students. Prior to joining HRC, Shigekane practiced law, focusing her attention on issues related to welfare reform and access to health and welfare benefits for immigrants, children and those with disabilities.
PATRICK VINCK directs the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative for Vulnerable Populations. The Initiative conducts research in countries experiencing serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law to give a voice to survivors of mass violence. An agricultural engineer who specializes in rural development, Vinck holds a Ph.D. in International Development. He has worked and conducted research in Iraq, Rwanda, Northern Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and other areas affected by armed conflict.
BARBARA GROB is Director of Communications and Outreach at the Human Rights Center where she manages communications, public programs and media relations. Prior to her appointment, Grob directed advocacy campaigns as a consultant to foundations and public interest groups. She is the former Vice President for Social Policy at Public Media Center and Director of the Child Support Reform Initiative. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
REBEKAH WHITE serves as Office Coordinator of the Human Rights Center. Prior to joining HRC in Fall 2007, White provided customer service at UC Berkeley's Office of Parking and Transportation.
LIZA JIMENEZ is Administrative Assistant at the Human Rights Center. Jimenez served as the Conference Assistant on the Human Rights Center's DNA and Human Rights: An International Conference (2001). Prior to that, Jimenez worked for the Bar Association of San Francisco as the Marketing Assistant with the California Minority Counsel Program and Publications and Events Coordinator with the Volunteer Legal Services Program.