Nina Sughrue works at the United States Institute of Peace as a senior Program officer  in the Education and Training Center/International.  She coordinates training programs that help government officials, military and police personnel, representatives from various international organizations and non-governmental employees improve their conflict management skills. She has conducted training in Afghanistan, Colombia, Egypt, Jordan, India, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Poland, Sudan and Turkey and with Israelis and Palestinians.

Prior to joining the Institute, Sughrue worked for eight years in various positions in U.S. government agencies, where she focused on the Middle East and South Asia and was posted to several American embassies in South Asia. Sughrue also spent two years in the State Department Foreign Language School studying Arabic. Sughrue has traveled and worked all over the globe.

She received a B.A. in political science with a focus on international relations from Boston University and an M.A. in international policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University.