Georgette bennett biography

EDITORS' NOTE

Dr. Georgette Bennett has spent nearly 30 years advancing interreligious relations. A sociologist, author and advisor on philanthropic and public affairs matters, she is founder of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, as well as the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees. In these roles, Dr. Bennett works globally with top interfaith leaders to delegitimize the misuse of religion to justify violence. She has served on many task forces and committees to promote conflict resolution, including with the U.S. State Department Religion and Foreign Policy’s working group on conflict mitigation for countering religion-based violence. Earlier in her career, she received awards for her work as a criminologist, and was a network correspondent for NBC News, as well as host of Walter Cronkite’s PBS current affairs series, Why in the World?. Among many honors, Dr. Bennett has been recognized by the Syrian American Medical Society for her work on behalf of Syrian