Milen Zerabruk is a security intelligence analyst at iJET International Inc., a risk assessment firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. As a member of the Africa team, Milen forecasts potential security, economic and operational business risks for a variety of private, public and non-governmental clients operating across Sub-Saharan Africa. She also monitors events across the region to identify growing trends that may impact business operations, ranging from the environment to political unrest. Before joining iJET, Milen worked as a litigation assistant at Finnegan, a leading intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC. She also spent time working with the Mayor's Office on African Affairs in Washington, DC.

Born to Eritrean parents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Milen moved to northern Virginia at the age of three. After receiving an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in International Studies, she traveled to Asmara, Eritrea, to intern at the UN and Multilateral Organizations division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The experience deepened her commitment to foreign policy issues affecting the African continent and its Diaspora. She has been a member of several community-based organizations in the Washington, DC area, including the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students where she served as the youth program manager until January 2010.

She also participated in grassroots efforts to mobilize support among the African Diaspora community for Obama's 2008 election bid, including Eritreans for Obama and African Diaspora for Obama. Milen is currently a graduate student at George Mason University, pursuing a master's degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.Masters of Science Degrees in Middle East Politics and African Politics from the School of Oriental

and African Studies in London, England.