About PHR
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John Bradshaw
John C. Bradshaw, J.D., is PHR’s Washington Director and Director of Public Policy. Prior to coming to PHR in 2006 he served as the coordinator of the Human Rights Leadership Coalition, a group made up of 12 major U.S. human rights organizations, including PHR. He simultaneously worked as a Senior Advisor at the Open Society Policy Center.
Previously, Bradshaw was a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Venezuela, Brazil, and Burma, as well as in the State Department’s East Asia and Human Rights bureaus. He also served as a foreign policy advisor to Senator Paul Wellstone and to Senator Robert Torricelli, both members of the Foreign Relations Committee. Earlier in his career, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. Bradshaw completed his B.A. at Yale University, and earned his J.D. at New York University Law School.
