Lea Baroudi
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Lea Baroudi
Certified Mediator and Founding Member and President, March Lebanon
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Community/Lebanon Impact
Lea Baroudi is a certified mediator, a member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network, and a member of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks. She has extensive experience in mediating sectarian conflicts, leading deradicalization programs, and providing training on conflict resolution. She has also designed, planned, and implemented holistic rehabilitation and reintegration programs that draw on education, culture, dialogue, women’s inclusion, civil–military cooperation, and economic development to address conflict and counter radicalization among youth engaged in sectarian violence.
In addition, Baroudi has co-led several in-depth research papers and policy recommendations on fundamental security and human rights issues in Lebanon, including political violence, radicalization, and statelessness.
In 2019, she was awarded an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her services to peacebuilding and civic rights in Lebanon. In 2023, she was named one of the 10 finalists for the Global Pluralism Award.
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Education
Education:
- 1997 - 2001: Bachelor of Business Administration, American University of Beirut.
- 2002 - 2004: Master's Degree in Marketing, HEC Paris.
Work history
Previous Professions:
- 2011 - Present: Founder and President, March Lebanon, Lebanon.
- 2013 - 2015: Associate Director of Development, American University of Beirut.
- 2010 - 2013: Marketing and Business Development Manager, Estates SAL, Lebanon.
- 2006 - 2008: Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting.
Accomplishments
Awards:
- 2022: "Prix de la Prévention des Conflits et de la Paix au Liban", Issued by Foundation Ghazal.
- 2019: Honorary Member of The British Empire (MBE), Issued by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.