Mike Jobbins leads Global Affairs and Partnerships at Search for Common Ground. He joined Search in 2008 and has designed, developed, and managed conflict resolution, violence prevention, and inclusive governance programs. Mike leads Search’s partnerships with U.S. and European governments, the private sector and NGO partners. Mike has given interviews in the New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Foreign Policy, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera English, France 24, CCTV (China), Voice of America and National Public Radio, among others.
Mike was Senior Program Manager for Search’s Africa Region, where he led the design and development of programs in 22 countries across the continent. He led the design of responses to complex emergencies including the civil war in South Sudan, insurgencies in the Sahel, state collapse in the Central African Republic and in post-war Cote d’Ivoire.
Before being based in Washington, Mike was a program manager with Search for Common Ground in the DRC and program officer in its Burundi regional office, where he oversaw the start-up and management of election, security sector, and complex emergencies programs.
Prior to joining Search, Mike supported training with high-level political leaders in the DRC and Burundi and Africa policy research at the Woodrow Wilson Center think tank. He has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a masters from Georgetown University.
