Our Team
Besa Kabashi-Ramaj
Founder and owner of B.K.R. & Associates
Besa Kabashi Ramaj, the founder and owner of B.K.R. & Associates, is an expert on security and cultural intelligence. She has served in several senior and executive roles for the government of Kosovo and its defense sector, as well as international private institutions and nonprofits. Ms. Kabashi-Ramaj has over 10 years’ experience, jointly in the areas of international security and affairs, national security, public policy, security sector and defense reform, management and international engagement.
Dawn Pick Benson
Dawn Pick Benson has more than 20 years of experience working in publishing and marketing helping universities, nonprofits and companies tell their unique stories across print and digital platforms.
Kyle King
Founder and Managing Director of Capacity Building International. Kyle King has spent 28 years in the emergency services and international security field with 8 of those years being with NATO.
Lema Kabashi
Lema Kabashi, Ph.D., works as an Associate Professor in Special Education, Department of Educational Studies, and a Special Education Program Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Wisconsin, US.
Eric Benson
Erik Benson, Ph.D., is an educator and educational consultant with specialties in instruction, curriculum development, and student/family mentoring. He has a passion for educating people so they may be informed and empowered in their lives.
Julie Coleman
Julie Coleman, J.D., LL.M., M.A., is a legal and policy consultant. She holds a J.D. and an LL.M. in International & Comparative Law from Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA, and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of St Andrews.
Maira Zeglen Townsend
Maria Zeglen Townsend, Ph.D. is an adjunct faculty member for the University of Pittsburgh and president of Townsend Associates, LLC, which offers evaluation training and consultation.