Tom Bayer leads Creative’s programming focusing on fragility, conflict prevention and transitioning communities to peace. As part of Creative’s Communities in Transition division, the practice area’s team supports the integration of conflict awareness and sensitivity across Creative’s programs worldwide. The Conflict Prevention & Stabilization practice area currently manages programming in West Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, as well as two indefinite quantity contracts— Programming for Prevention and Peacebuilding (P4P2) and Support Which Implements Fast Transitions 5 (SWIFT5)—with USAID’s Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization. Tom has more than 30 years of complex program management expertise in conflict resolution, governance and crisis response. His most recent career stops were at Palladium as Director of Palladium’s Transition, Resilience and Rapid Response technical portfolio and DT Global as Vice President for Global Integration. Tom holds a Master of Public Administration from Indiana University in Bloomington. He served two tours as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali.