Marie Clarke Brill

Marie Clarke Brill "joined the staff of Africa Action in 2004. Prior to this, Marie was the National Coordinator of Jubilee USA Network, the U.S. arm of the international Jubilee movement calling for complete debt cancellation for impoverished countries. Marie was previously a director of Quest for Peace at the Quixote Center where she directed grassroots development work in Nicaragua and domestic and international advocacy work on economic justice.

"Marie has been quoted with regularity on issues of international economic justice in the Financial Times, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times and other publications and has appeared on CNN and CNN International, BBC, VOA and other news networks. Marie is the author of “Enslaved by Debt” which was published in Let Haiti Live: Unjust U.S. Policies Towards Its Oldest Neighbor. Marie serves on the boards of Jubilee USA Network, NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby and KONPAY a community-based organization in Haiti focused on economic and human rights. Marie was educated at Occidental College in Los Angeles. She lived in developing countries for 12 years."