IRENA OMELANIUK is Director of the Migration Management Services Department for the International Organization for Migration, in Geneva. Since 1994, she has held various positions within the IOM, including Chief of Mission, Bonn/Berlin, Germany; and Chief of the Division of Planning, Migration for Development, and Technical Cooperation Programs. Prior to joining the IOM, Ms. Omelaniuk was the Counselor and Regional Director for North America (Immigration) at the Embassy of Australia, in Washington, DC (1990-1994). Ms. Omelaniuk has also served at the Embassy of Australia in Mexico City, and held various positions within the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Australia. She holds a BA, MA, and PhD in German Studies from the University of Queensland, Australia.

SARAH GAMMAGE is an economist and the D.C. representative of the Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Sociales para el Desarrollo Sostenible, an NGO in El Salvador. Ms. Gammage has worked as a consultant on numerous Latina America- and women-focused research projects for the Center for Development and Population Activities, the UNDP Regional Bureau on Latin America, and the International Center for Research on Women. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Gammage was the Project Director of the Economic Analysis Division at the International Center for Research on Women. Her research includes examining the effects of macroeconomic policy and globalization on women in Latin America; exploring the impact of migration, internal displacement and refugee status on the intergenerational transmission of poverty; and analyzing human-environment interactions in diverse ecosystems. She has an MA in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is completing her PhD at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. Her dissertation topic is "Macroeconomic Reform, Resource Allocation and Environmental Degradation in El Salvador."