Mr. Murray has been engaged as a U.S. government official, human rights lawyer, business executive and civil society activist in countering corruption in high-risk nations for more than thirty years. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a Senior Advisor on Rule of Law and Governance at USAID during the Obama-Biden Administration.
Following service in the Obama-Biden Administration, Mr. Murray was appointed by the United Nations Assistance Mission, USAID, DFID and DANIDA as an International Member of the Joint Independent Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of Afghanistan from 2017-2019.
Currently, Mr. Murray is an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs and Harriman Institute; and co-founder of a Columbia Forum that convenes U.S. government experts, practitioners and academics to Innovate Solutions to Systemic Corruption. He provides project advisory support to the U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and international donors, specializing in helping partner countries in political transition to design institutions, policies, laws and programs to detect and prevent corruption. He has worked on the front-lines in Afghanistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kenya, Moldova, North Macedonia, Sudan, Ukraine, Russia and other countries.
Recent Publications:
White House Strategy To Countering Corruption Dec 2021 Co-Author
LAWFARE Assessing The Threat Of Weaponized Corruption July 2021 Co-Author
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Adjunct Professor Columbia University
Junaid Islam has over 35 years of experience in secure communications. His protocols, algorithms and architectures have been incorporated into a broad range of commercial and national security systems. In the 90s he developed the first implementation of Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption (MLPP) for US Department of Defense C2 applications using Frame Relay at StrataCom. At Cisco Junaid contributed to the priority queuing and buffer management for MPLS routing. Junaid next developed the first working Mobile IPv6 client to enable fast hand-off as well as IPv6 address scrambling for high side networks for the DoD’s Netcentric Warfare program. Most recently Junaid developed the first network-based Zero Trust Architecture using Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) which was adopted by NIST for their Zero Trust specification 800-207. Currently Junaid is developing Zero Trust Data solutions for commercial applications as well as RF interference aware routing for NASA.
Mariya Chukhnova is an International Security expert specializing in systemic corruption in Eastern Europe and its broader implications for global security. Her expertise includes political risk analysis and mitigation strategies, project management, strategic outreach & communications, research, and translation. Mariya implemented projects for USAID, DAI, DoS in Ukraine, Moldova, and other countries in the region. Over the years, Mariya has provided strategic advice to government officials, international organizations, and private sector entities, helping them mitigate risks and address emerging security threats. Mariya is a teaching assistant at Columbia University, supporting a seminar on Systemic Corruption in Eurasia. In addition to her professional work, she has served as a United Nations representative for the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations since 2019. Fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, and English, Mariya leverages her linguistic and cultural expertise to help organizations navigate complex security challenges effectively.
Recent Publications:
VOX Ukraine Russian Corruption Targets The West November 2023
Ian has 30 years of experience as a researcher, teacher, facilitator, university lecturer, international development and humanitarian worker and education resource developer. He has worked with Afghanistan’s Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC), USAID, and GIZ to support governments in Afghanistan, Armenia, and Zambia in anti-corruption efforts, with a focus on the education sector. He has also worked with communities, NGOs, multilaterals and government ministries in Africa, the Balkans, Europe, the Middle East, South- and Southeast Asia. Ian has been working with the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC) since 2013 as a research and education specialist and is also a director of the Enabling Education Network (EENET) – a global inclusion in education network of practitioners and researchers.