Biography of Carole Frampton

Ms. Frampton was trained as a mediator and facilitator by the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa. In this capacity she worked locally on community issues, as well as in Southern and Central Africa, where she set up and ran different training programs. She joined Search for Common Ground as the Director of their Women's Peace Centre in Burundi in 1999. Ms. Frampton restructured the program and left a local Director in her place 18 months later.

She went back to South Africa and joined Business Presentation Group where she worked as a trainer and facilitator for private sector companies. She became a full-time staff member of Search for Common Ground again in June 2002, at its Washington DC headquarters and is now the organization’s Outreach and Training Director.

Ms. Frampton holds a degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as a Masters in Gender Studies from the University of Geneva.