Andrew Fandino

Andrew Fandino "serves as Co-Director of Peace Brigades International/USA, alongside with Barbara Wien. Based in Washington, DC, Andrew focuses on public education and outreach, volunteer recruitment, and political advocacy work on behalf of all PBI's field projects. He has been a PBI/USA staff member since July 2007.

"Prior to joining PBI/USA, Andrew worked as the U'wa Project Coordinator for the San Francisco based environmental NGO Amazon Watch. For nearly four years, Andrew was the Colombia Project Representative in Washington, DC for Peace Brigades International. He has also worked as the Interim Director of the US Office on Colombia and as a Graduate Research Intern on Colombia at Human Rights Watch.

"Andrew has been a member of the Colombia Human Rights Committee and the Colombia Support Network. He has a Masters Degree in International Affairs, with a specialization in human rights in Latin America, from American University; and a Bachelors in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland at College Park."