Gabriel Shachar Hendin
About Gabriel Shachar Hendin
Gabriel (Gabe) Shachar Hendin (he/him) brings more than five (5) years in international development and seven (7) years in total professional experience. He recently graduated in May 2022 with a master's degree in Global Human Development from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a 3.95 GPA; a Certificate in Refugees, Migration, and Humanitarian Emergencies; and a specialization in Governance, State Fragility, and Post-Conflict Development. For his Capstone project, he and his partner designed and proposed three projects for their client—confidentially protected under an NDA—to fund, focused on enhancing climate change resilience for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Last summer, Mr. Shachar Hendin interned with DT Global’s Stabilization and Transition Practice and supported the Program Management Unit for the USAID-funded Shejeh Salam (Promoting Peace) Activity in South Sudan. In addition, he held a semester-long internship with the World Bank’s Data and Evidence for Justice Reform (DEJURE) Project within the Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) Unit. Prior to his master’s program, Mr. Shachar Hendin worked for three and a half (3.5) years at University Research Co., LLC (URC), where he ultimately managed the company’s BD Department as Associate Director, led capture trips to Ethiopia, Timor-Leste, and Ukraine, supervised six (6) direct reports, and coordinated proposal efforts. His international experience also includes coexistence- and human rights-related internships with the Galilee Foundation for Value Education in northern Israel and Minority Rights Organization (MIRO) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, respectively. Finally, Mr. Shachar Hendin has a BA in International Studies from the University of Michigan, as well as advanced proficiencies in Hebrew and Spanish.