Thea Lavin

Executive Director, Supporting Hope; Project Director, House of Hope Digital Learning Platform

Thea Lavin is a peace worker and human rights advocate who helps rebuild healthy, resilient communities where intergenerational trauma, state violence, and economic marginalization have taken their toll. She brings to this work expertise in fundraising, communications, nonprofit and project management, and CRM strategy. As Executive Director of Supporting Hope, she works alongside House of Hope, a Palestinian-led, trauma-informed peace education movement in the West Bank, and leads its upcoming mobile teacher-training platform, which connects teachers, parents, and caregivers across the Arab world. She is also a consultant for reGeneration Education, supporting its efforts to advance trauma-informed emergency education in crisis zones. Among other initiatives, she contributes to rebuilding Gaza's healthcare workforce and has assisted people seeking asylum from persecution. Thea holds a BA in U.S. History from Tufts University and an MA in Journalism from Stanford University, and lives in Switzerland with her husband and twin daughters.