Lesley Anne Warner

Lesley Anne Warner, PhD ( Bluesky – LinkedIn – Substack) served as Deputy Assistant Administrator in USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Governance, and Human Rights; Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations; and Senior Professional Staff Member covering Sub-Saharan Africa on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She specializes in conflict, stabilization, and political transitions, and is the author of Military Integration during War-to-Peace Transitions: South Sudan’s Attempt to Manage Armed Groups, 2006-13 (Routledge, 2023).