Erin Mazursky serves as the Youth Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she leads the development of policy and strategy for youth. Erin came to USAID with a background in advocacy and conflict prevention policy, but youth empowerment has been the common thread throughout her career.  A social entrepreneur by background, Erin has worked to build the capacity of youth leadership and social movements around the world. She worked with the Alliance for Youth Movements to supports and elevate the work of youth activists around the world, including Turkey, Venezuela, Colombia and Moldova.  She worked in Albania to help build a grassroots organizing strategy for a youth-driven political party.  Erin began her career as a youth advocate herself as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of STAND, a leading organization in the anti-genocide advocacy movement that became one of the largest student organizations in the country, with over 800 high school and college chapters nationwide, and continued her anti-genocide work as the Coalition Manager and Board Member of the Save Darfur Coalition.  Erin served on the 2008 Presidential Inaugural Committee after having worked on President Obama’s general election campaign in Florida.  Erin is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.  She was a 2010 Fellow at the New Leaders Council, an Aspen Ideas Festival Fellow in 2007, and serves as the youngest Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project.