The Peace With Women Fellowship brings together senior, active-duty, military officers from NATO member and partner countries for a 3-week executive tour of the political, military and technological centers of the United States and Canada.
HFX launched the Peace With Women Fellowship in 2018 because women’s participation and leadership in international and security affairs leads directly to more peaceful and equitable outcomes.
The Peace With Women Fellowship is designed to challenge participants by engaging with senior government, military, corporate, and academic leaders to discuss and better understand the world’s leading security issues. The program endeavors to not only ensure that the Fellows can discuss the problems and ideas they face, but also propose innovative solutions and apply what they learn in their home countries. HFX is proud to lead the security community with this unprecedented Fellowship program advancing women’s leadership in security, while fostering a dynamic network of women military leaders across the world.
2024 Peace With Women Fellowship
– Colonel Sarah Brehm, Senior Analyst, United States Air Force, United States
– Colonel Malin Johansson Ekenberg, Commander Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine, Swedish Armed Forces, Air Force, Sweden
– Colonel Sonja Fischer, MD, Chief of Branch Protocol, Executive Staff FMoD, Germany
– Colonel Alison Gonzalez, Director of Staff, United States Space Force, United States
– Group Captain Elizabeth Hutchison, Defence Attaché Chile, Royal Air Force, Air Ops, United Kingdom
– Colonel Nanda Kellij, Policy Director for Material, Environment, Real Estate and Sustainability, Ministry of Defence, Policy Directorate, Netherlands
– Captain Carolyn Moberley, National Strike Force Commander, United States Coast Guard, United States
– Captain Anita Nemarich, Director of Current Operations, Headquarters Joint Operations Command, Royal Australian Navy, Australia
– Major Anna Novak, Head of Logistics Department (S4) 58th Detached Motorized Brigade Land Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine
– Colonel Nathalie Picot, Commander of French Air Base 106, French Air and Space Force, France
– Captain Mette Stab-Johansen, Navy Command – Head of Operations and Planning, Royal Danish Navy, Denmark
– Colonel Manon Sluiter, Head of Support Operations, Directorate of Material Readiness Defence Staff, Netherlands
– Colonel Angela Thomas, Director Air Plans, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada
The Fellowship begins in Washington, DC and travels to Colorado, Ottawa, and Toronto. The program concludes at the annual Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia.
The program draws from diverse sectors, including defense, science and technology, media, academia, and civil society. In keeping with the organization’s goal of advancing a modern vision of security, the Fellowship aims to extend beyond the traditional definitions of domestic and international security. Fellows engage in discussion with over 50 meeting hosts. Some highlights over the years include meetings with:
In the United States
Former Secretary of State of the United States, Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State of the United States, General Colin Powell
Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Heather Wilson
Secretary of the United States Navy, Richard V. Spencer
Center for Justice and Accountability
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)
Defense Innovation Unit
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
In-Q-Tel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Palantir
United States Institute of Peace
In Canada
His Excellency The Right Honorable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Her Excellency, Jaqueline O’Neill, Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security
Her Excellency The Right Honorable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada
Minister of National Defence of Canada, Anita Anand
National Security and Intelligence Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Jody Thomas
Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada, General Wayne Eyre
Global Affairs Canada
Canadian Forces College
Citizen Lab
Defence Research Development Canada
Council of Canadian Innovators
Defence and Security Foresight Group
NATO Association Canada
Stakeholders, observers, and the Fellows themselves have declared the program a tremendous success. Learn more about some of the impact the program has had by reading the Program Reports.
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Susan Markham
Senior Advisor, Peace With Women Fellowship
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael Day
United States Army
Colonel (Ret.) Kathy Graef
United States Army
Iain Patterson
Chief Information Security Officer, Well Health Technologies Corporation
Group Captain Carol Abraham
Director Strategic Programmes, Royal New Zealand Air Force, New Zealand, 2020
Air Commodore Jules Adams
Commandant, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australian Defence Force, 2018
Colonel Dr. Lale Bartoschek
Chief of Branch Recruitment, Federal Ministry of Defence, German Armed Forces, 2019
Colonel Dr. Cordula Becker Ebert
Chief of Branch Public Health, Federal Ministry of Defense, German Armed Forces, Germany, 2022
Colonel Biljana Blazheska
Military Adjutant to the President, Armed Forces of the Republic of North Macedonia, North Macedonia, 2021
Colonel Krista Bouckaert
Director of Canadian Forces Grievance Authority, Department of National Defence, Canada, 2021
Brigadier General Catherine Bourdès
Deputy Director of French Higher Military Education, Directorate for Higher Military Studies, France, 2021
Colonel Katherine Branson
Wing Commander, Air Force Technical Applications Center, United States Air Force, United States, 2020
Colonel Erica Bridge
Assistant Chief of Staff Information Operations and Targeting, 1 German- Netherlands Corps (NATO), British Army, United Kingdom, 2023
Captain Peggy Britton
Executive Assistant, DHS Joint Task Force- East, United States Coast Guard, United States, 2020
Colonel Catherine Busch
Finance Deputy, Aeronautics Maintenance Directory, French Army, France, 2020
Colonel Julie Callacott
Canadian Forces Intelligence Command Assistant Chief of Staff Support, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada, 2022
Colonel Erica Cameron
Strategist, United States Army, United States, 2023
Colonel Jennifer de Poorter
G3 of the Operational Headquarters, Royal Marechaussee, Netherlands, 2021
Group Captain Louise desJardins
Director Joint Effects/J3E, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2021
Captain Cécile Dumont-Dayot
Naval Air Base Commanding Officer, French Navy, France, 2022
Commodore Rachel Durbin
Director, General Engineering, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, 2019
Colonel Rejanne Eimers-van Nes
Commander, Personnel Logistics, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands, 2020
Colonel Erinç Evren Elmas
Colonel, Cost Analysis Commission Leader, Air Logistics Command, Turkish Air Force, Turkey, 2021
Brigadier General Lisa Ferris
Director, Defence Legal Services, New Zealand Defence Forces, New Zealand, 2019
Brigadier General Ingrid Gjerde
Spokesperson for the Chief of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Norway, 2018
Colonel (Ret.) Katherine Graef
Logistics Director, Special Operations Command Africa, United States Special Operations Command, United States, 2018
Group Captain Leah Griffin
Group Captain Recruitment and Selection, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom, 2022
Colonel Ivana Gutzelnig
Director, Military Centre of Aviation Medicine, Slovak Air Force. Slovak Republic, 2020
Colonel Sarah Heer
Special Advisor to the Commander, Canadian Army, Canada, 2023
Colonel Randi Åste Huse
Director of Staff, Norwegian Joint Headquarters, Norwegian Army, Norway, 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Inga Jancevičienė
Chief of Joint Medical Department of Defence Staff, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania, 2022
Group Captain Hannah Jude-Smith
Assistant Air and Space Attaché, Australian Embassy, Washington, DC, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2023
Brigadier General Rose King
Director, Strategic Commitments, New Zealand Defence Forces, New Zealand, 2018
Colonel Lina Kongshavn
National Liaison Representative to NATO ACT, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Norway, 2022
Colonel Stephanie Krause
Commander, Medical Regiment No 1, German Armed Forces, Germany, 2020
Commodore Solveig Krey
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Section, Defence Staff Norway, Norwegian Armed Forces, Norway, 2019
Colonel Vehbije Qazim Kuti
Section Head/Deputy Director, Albania General Staff, Albanian Armed Forces, Albania, 2018
Colonel Kalliroi Landry
Chief, Support Cell, U.S. Space Force, United States, 2023
Commodore Maxine Lawes
Logistics Commander Maritime, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand, 2023
Colonel Katherine Lee
Assistant Chief of Army (Delivery), New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand, 2021
Colonel Solène Le Floch
Staff Officer, Peformance Control, Joint Headquarters, French Armed Forces, France, 2019
Colonel Geneviève Lehoux
Commander, RCAF Aerospace Warfare Center, Canadian Air Force, Canada, 2020
Colonel Lene Lillelund
Branch Chief of Concepts and Capabilities, Plans and Capabilities Division, Danish Army, Denmark, 2020
Brigadier General Debra Lovette
Director, Integrated Resilience, HQ, United States Air Force, United States, 2019
Captain Jill Marrack
CAF Special Advisor to Sexual Misconduct Response Centre, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada, 2018
Colonel Lysane Martel
Director, RCAF Professional Development, 2nd Canadian Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada, 2019
Captain Fiona McNaught
Director, Fleet Logisitics, Australian Navy, Australia, 2020
Lieutenant Colonel Beatriz Melendez Langunilla
Battalion Commander, Army Engineers Signal & Sappers Academy, Spanish Navy, Spain 2020
Lieutenant Colonel Monika Mertinaitė
Senior Advisor, Defense Policy Group, Ministry of National Defense, Lithuania, 2021
Lieutenant Colonel Diana Morais
Chair NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives & Head of the Gender Equality Office PT MoD, Portugal, 2021
Colonel Victoria Moorhouse
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Medical, Headquarters Field Army, British Army, United Kingdom, 2020
Colonel (Ret.) Tracy Onufer
Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command South, United States Air Force, United States, 2019
Lieutenant General Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan
Deputy Policy Director, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands, 2019
Colonel Nicole Petrucci
Operations Research Analyst, United States Space Force, United States, 2022
Lieutenant Colonel Joana Polekauskienė
Senior Instructor, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania, 2019
Major General Dr. Nicole Schilling
Vice President, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management, German Armed Forces, Germany, 2018
Major General Germaine Seewer
Commandant, Armed Forces College; Deputy Chief, Training and Education Command, Swiss Air Force, Switzerland, 2020
Commodore Fiona Shepherd
Assistant Chief of Staff J1/J4, Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), British Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 2019
Air Commodore Saskia Siemensma
Director of Innovation and Information, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Netherlands, 2023
Colonel Anna Siverstig
Commanding Officer, Swedish Air Warfare Center, Swedish Air Force, Sweden, 2021
Brigadier General Sylvia-Carolina Sperandio
Director Military Health Services, Military Health Services, Austria, 2022
Captain Cathrin Streier
Director, Major Medical Support Centre, Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service, Germany, 2023
Colonel Jenny Ström
Commanding Officer 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla, Swedish Navy, Sweden, 2022
Brigadier General Rebecca Talbot
Australian Armed Forces, Australia, 2022
Rear Admiral (Sel) Judith Terry
Deputy Director People, British Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 2021
Colonel Lara Troy
Commander Joint Movements, Australian Army, Australia, 2022
Captain Caroline Verberne
Head of the Policy Control (Department Directorate of Finance and Control) Royal Netherlands Navy, Netherlands, 2022
Captain Erin Williams
Commanding Officer, USCG Activities Far East, United States Coast Guard, United States, 2022
Captain Kelly Williamson
Director General Coordination, Strategic Joint Staff, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada, 2023
Colonel Danielle Willis
Commander 93 Air Ground Operations Wing, United States Air Force, United States, 2021
Colonel Elise Vahramian
Fleets Manager Deputy in Land System Maintenance Directorate (SIMMT), French Army, France, 2023
