Adaptive Solutions was founded in 1997 to serve in an advisory capacity interfacing with international governmental and non-governmental organizations, armed services, donor agencies, and populations in crisis for the purpose of advancing peace and security.
Dr. Dianna Wuagneux, pronounced: “One-You”, is currently an International Advisor specializing in Fragile States and Nations in Transition. E.g. as a Senior Advisor to the joint DoS/DoD M&E, training and peacekeeping operations, including the US Global Security Contingency Fund, the Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism, and the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, involving the design & assessment of relevant stabilization, training and CVE/PVE programs, largely in response to unrest in Ukraine and the South China Sea; as well as the destabilizing effects of armed violence by non-state actors, such as Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, Taliban, Al Qaeda & ISIS in Yemen, Africa and the Middle East.
She has served the UN as a Senior Peace Advisor, a M&E Senior Advisor to the US Embassy in Russia, the US liaison to command with the US Embassy, US Military & ISAF in the Balkans, Afghanistan & Iraq, is the Cofounder & Chair Emeritus of the International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation in NY, a SME and trainer to the DoD & DoS in the US & abroad for matters of conflict mitigation & interagency relations. As a member of the UN Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Harvard University Eurasia Experts Network, Dr. Wuagneux serves as a part of Rapid Response Teams in Conflict Zones. In addition to Co-Authoring the 2012-2013 World Conflict Report, she was Peer Reviewer for DFID’s seminal work: Social Conflict Assessment Afghanistan, 2008.
Dr. Wuagneux continues to develop M&E assessment tools, impending conflict indices & early warning systems, as well as publishing articles in journals, such as: Leverage, the Systems’ Thinker, Small Wars Journal, and Cultural Survival Quarterly. She lives with her family in Vermont.
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Present 2012 |
Chairman of Board of Directors for the International Center of Ethno-Religious Mediation, New York, NY USA |
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Present 2015 |
Independent International Policy Advisor. Strategy, Planning and Assessment |
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2015 Aug. 2014 |
Joint US Department of State, US Department of Defense Contracts, Washington DC |
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May 2013 Jun. 2012 |
Researcher & Co-Author: World Conflict Report, Geoplicity, Washington, D.C. USA |
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Feb. 2012 May 2011 |
Senior Policy Advisor, US Department of State |
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2011 Sep. 2010 |
Course Developer, Graduate Department of Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont USA |
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Feb. 2010 Aug.2009 |
Peace & Development Advisor, UNDP |
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Sep. 2008 May 2008 |
Executive Advisor Reconciliation & Reconstruction US Department of Defense. JIEDDO, XVIII Airborne Corps |
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Feb. 2007 Mar. 2006 |
Senior Policy Advisor Development & Reconstruction, US Agency for International Development & DOD |
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2005 2003 |
Chief of Party, Louis Berger Group |
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2003 1994 |
Executive Director, Adaptive Solutions |
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1993 1982 |
Enviro Quest Director of Operations |
As an educator, entrepreneur, and corporate executive whose contribution to LEARNING and TEACHER development spans nearly 30+ years of experience, Dr. Wuagneux has steered the growth of professional leaders, and trainers from the ground up. Professional LEADERSHIP thrives under Dr. Wuagneux's deft understanding of psychology and the desire for SUCCESS.
His award winning research has a simple rule: Absorb and Apply. His clients are able to smoothly transition from theory to application. Clients include: Corporate, Governmental, Military, Colleges and Universities. Dr. Wuagneux is on the Fulbright Scholar Jury of Peers.
Dr. Wuagneux energizes by both words and with deeds. He believes in a simple ethos of inspiring through model behavior never losing sight of the fact that PEOPLE MATTER and one is only as efficient as those he inspires. Expressing GRATITUDE toward staff for their work, and demonstrating a genuine warmhearted caring for those with whom he engages in LEARNING and LEADERSHIP scenarios. Dr. W's professional evaluation ratings are ALWAYS among the highest.
Multilingual professional with over 20 years of experience in academic leadership, educational program development and administration. Expertise in generating community involvement, intensive academic advising, the development of internal reporting mechanisms, and assessment. Constructivist with an open and collaborative leadership style. Computer literate.
Ed.D. Higher Education, Nova-Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
M.A. Spanish, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
B.A. Psychology/Education, Norwich University, Vermont
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