Tarik Carney
Tarik Carney is a Political Affairs Officer working for the United Nations with a particular focus on peace and security initiatives in Central and East Africa. Primarily serving under the UN’s Departments of Peace Operations (DPO) and Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), Tarik has held a number of positions, working as a Civil Affairs Officer in the Central African Republic, a Child Protection Officer in Uganda, and as a member of the Protection of Civilians team based in the UNHQ in New York. Tarik most recently served in Somalia as the focal point for research and analysis on extremist groups operating within the country, before returning to New York in 2019.
Tarik graduated from the Waldorf School of Garden City in 2002 and went on to major in Philosophy and Japanese at New York University and Jochi Daigaku (Tokyo, Japan). Later, he obtained master’s degrees from both Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Science Po (Institut d’études politiques de Paris) in Paris, France. Tarik’s older sister, Ayanna Wayner, also graduated from the Waldorf School of Garden City in 1994.