Kathryne Bomberger, Director-General

Ms. Kathryne Bomberger was appointed Director-General of the International Commission on Missing Persons in April 2004. She began working for ICMP as the Deputy Chief of Staff in July 1998. Prior to working with the ICMP, Ms. Bomberger worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the United Nations Civilian Mission in Haiti. Before entering the field of human rights, Ms. Bomberger worked for the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. on publications relevant to the history of the Senate. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations with an emphasis on Middle East Studies from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from the same university. On June 14, 2007, she was made Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur by the President of France as “the proof of attention and recognition of the French Government for the work of Kathryne Bomberger in her mission and the exceptional achievements of ICMP.”

Adam Boys, Chief Operating Officer

Adam Boys has been Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance since September 2000. He has worked in the former Yugoslavia since 1994 when he was sent to Central Bosnia by the British charity Feed the Children. In 1995, Mr. Boys was posted to Montenegro and then to Serbia by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, first as a border monitor and then as Chief Financial Officer for the mission of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY). In 1996, he was appointed as Chief Administration Officer and later Director of the Financial Management Division of the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, where he worked until August 2000. Prior to working in the former Yugoslavia, Mr. Boys was a manager in the Glasgow office of Price Waterhouse and in the London office of KPMG Peat Marwick. He has an M.A. from Edinburgh University and is an Accredited Chartered Accountant (ACA) and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Jeffrey Buenger, Director of Government Relations

Jeffrey D. Buenger has been with the ICMP since November 2002, from when he commenced as Head of the Skopje Office, which completed its work in 2004. Since July 2004 he has served in his current position. Previous to joining ICMP, Mr. Buenger served as legal counsel to the OSCE Election Appeals Sub-Commission for the first two post-conflict elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then moving to serve as Return Advisor with OSCE Croatia and Human Rights Legal Advisor with the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). In 2000, he was called to assist in establishing the OSCE election adjudication body for the first elections in Kosovo. He has also worked for the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights. He graduated with his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1995, after completing a B.A. in Economics at Texas A&M University.

Andreas Kleiser, Director for Policy and Cooperation

Before joining ICMP in September 2003 as Senior Advisor and subsequently Deputy Chief of Staff, Andreas Kleiser served as an executive officer in the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe. He previously worked as a consultant with international and other organizations, including the OSCE, the World Bank, the EU, UNESCO, OHR, the Soros Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. Mr. Kleiser obtained his law degrees from the University of Konstanz, Germany, and from the University of San Diego School of Law in California. He was appointed Director for Policy and Coordination in 2006.

Dr. Tom Parsons, Director of Forensic Sciences

Dr. Thomas Parsons joined ICMP as Director of Forensic Sciences in 2006. He has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMP since 2000, and in 2005 was appointed Chairman of the ICMP Steering Committee on Forensic Sciences. Before joining ICMP, Dr. Parsons was Chief Scientist at the U.S. Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL), where he had worked since 1994, and where one of his primary roles was to direct the AFDIL Research Section. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Genetics and the Department of Forensic Sciences at the George Washington University. His primary specialization is in forensic DNA applications and basic molecular genetics. Since September 2001, Dr. Parsons has served on a (U.S.) National Institute of Justice expert advisory panel for the World Trade Center DNA identification efforts, and is currently a member of the expert panel advising on DNA identification for the Hurricane Katrina disaster. His undergraduate degree was in Physics from the University of Chicago, and he received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington in 1989. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and during a research faculty appointment at the University of Nebraska, Dr. Parsons focused on molecular evolution and population genetics.

Adnan Rizvic, Deputy Director, Forensic Sciences

Adnan Rizvic joined ICMP in January 2000 and was instrumental in the establishment of ICMP’s Identification Coordination Division in Tuzla. In January 2004, he became Deputy Director of ICMP’s Forensic Sciences Department. Mr. Rizvic previously worked for Physicians for Human Rights as their Forensic Program Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has a degree in Engineering Science from Tuzla University, BiH.

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