Anne-Marie McGranaghan is a Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer and has been working in UNHCR’s Regional Office in Washington since 2003 bringing nearly 25 years of refugee resettlement experience.
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In her current responsibilities, she is responsible for managing the operational aspects of resettlement of refugees in the Northern Caribbean region and for US resettlement policy. Over the course of her career, she has interviewed and counseled refugees widely in the Caribbean, Middle East and throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, she assists in the development and promotion of refugee resettlement policy with US government agencies and non-governmental organizations. More recently, she has focused on overseeing the development of UNHCR’s involvement in complementary pathways such as education and family reunion pathways. Prior to coming to Washington, Anne-Marie worked in UNHCR’s Ghana office and also lived in Nairobi, Kenya for over three years where worked with an NGO on the US Resettlement Program. Domestically, Anne-Marie spent several years as the National Programs Manager for one of the Resettlement Agencies where she oversaw the agency’s local resettlement sites and managed their national grants. Anne-Marie has two Masters’ degrees from Bowling Green State University.