Michelle Parker was the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Development Advisor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2006. Prior to that she represented USAID in Jalalabad, in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces, and served with the Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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The 2007/08 “New Challenges in War to Peace Transitions” Seminar Series profiles cutting-edge, practical experience with effective approaches for relief, development, security and peacebuilding agencies to help conflict-affected countries move from war to sustainable, equitable peace.  The Peacebuilding, Development and Security Program (PDSP) is a partnership of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary and the Institute of World Affairs, Washington, D.C.