Wendy W. Luers is the founder and president of The Foundation for a Civil Society,[1] a democratization and non-profit organization.
Beyond Conflict works around the world in places as varied as Kosovo, Colombia, the Philippines, and North Africa.
A frequent publisher on issues of public diplomacy, including a piece in the Huffington Post on the soft power of art,[3] Luers was also an international relations consultant for NYC 2012, the New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Games.
She has been a journalist with Time, a commentator for KQED-TV, edited San Francisco Magazine, a former contributing editor of Vanity Fair and a free-lance writer and lecturer.
She is also on the American Advisory Committee of the Ditchley Foundation,[7] the Middle East Children's Institute[8] and the Dag Hammerskjold Scholarship Fund for Journalists as well as numerous boards dealing with Central Europe.