Sarah Holewinski is a fellow in New America's Future Security program.
Holewinski was senior advisor on use of force and human rights issues to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the U.S. Department of Defense. She was also a senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security during that time. Previously, Holewinski served as Ambassador Samantha Power's deputy chief of staff for policy at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and, before that for nearly a decade, executive director of Center for Civilians in Conflict. She led the organization's efforts to advise warring parties on civilian harm in Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma, Somalia, Libya, and elsewhere. Holewinski was named in the top 100 Most Influential People in Armed Violence Reduction by Action on Armed Violence in 2014 and received the Extraordinary Achievement award from the Truman National Security Project in 2015. Holewinski was a member of President Clinton's White House AIDS Policy team and senior associate of West Wing Writers, a firm of former White House speechwriters. She has consulted for Human Rights Watch, the Clinton Foundation in Rwanda, the Ford Foundation, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. She holds degrees from Georgetown and Columbia Universities, is a lifetime member of the Council of Foreign Relations, is on the board of Center for Civilians in Conflict, and is a weekly volunteer with the Postpartum Support International crisis helpline.