{"id":1777,"date":"2011-02-21T11:28:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?post_type=cjp_alumni&#038;p=1777"},"modified":"2025-08-27T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:48:40","slug":"randy-puljek-shank","status":"publish","type":"cjp_alumni","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/cjp-alumni\/randy-puljek-shank\/","title":{"rendered":"Randall Puljek-Shank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My recent work is as a program evaluator, facilitator, leadership and organizational coach with 13 years of experience as a consultant for nonprofits and donors, and an additional 14 years of NGO leadership experience in nonprofits, social enterprises, and foundations. This includes evaluations of Initiatives of Change&#8217;s Trustbuilding Programme, MCC\u2019s program in Colombia and Ecuador, the Interpeace Peace Responsiveness Program and forumZFD\u2019s Western Balkans Program and leading a team of researchers conducting a collaborative study on programmatic learning for the Knowledge Platform on Security and Rule of Law in the Hague. As a facilitator and process design consultant I&#8217;ve worked on strengthening civil society advocacy and broadening participation in public policy, with a focus on divided societies.<\/p>\n<p>My training post-CJP was a Ph.D from Radboud University Nijmegen on the topic \u201cLegitimacy and Civic Agency of Civil Society Actors in Bosnia-Herzegovina.\u201d\u00a0 Recent publications include <a href=\"https:\/\/kpsrl.org\/publication\/improving-your-programmatic-learning-journey-a-resource-guide-for-hdp-nexus-practitioners\">Improving Your Programmatic Learning Journey: A Resource Guide for HDP Nexus Practitioners<\/a>\u00a0(2025) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/www.helvetas.org\/Publications-PDFs\/Switzerland\/Urban%20Engagement\/Good_Public_Participation_Practices_in_Urban_Planning.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Good Public Participation Practices in Urban Planning<\/a>\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3051,"template":"","regions":[765,780],"fields-of-practice":[1168,741,1273,766,1274,773],"degree":[760],"grad-year":[1153],"class_list":["post-1777","cjp_alumni","type-cjp_alumni","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-north-america","regions-usa","fields-of-practice-conflict-transformation","fields-of-practice-development","fields-of-practice-facilitation","fields-of-practice-organizational-leadership","fields-of-practice-program-design","fields-of-practice-strategic-peacebuilding","degree-ma_ct","grad-year-1153"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_alumni\/1777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_alumni"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cjp_alumni"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"fields-of-practice","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fields-of-practice?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"degree","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/degree?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"grad-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grad-year?post=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}