In recent years wargaming has expanded its user base, moving from strictly the defense community to a wider audience, including philanthropies and other non-governmental organizations. Gina Fiore from The Pew Charitable Trusts will describe her experience working on the development and deployment of a first of its kind wargame on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and how her and her colleagues use it to expand their outreach and advocacy work.
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Gina Fiore works for The Pew Charitable Trusts as an Officer in their International Fisheries Program. In her role at Pew she manages work related to the convergence of illegal fishing, criminal activity and maritime security. She also acts as a liaison between Pew and the military and national security communities as well as advocates for increased information sharing of maritime security data between both internal agencies and regional partners. Prior to Pew, Ms. Fiore worked on illegal fishing for the United States Navy’s Executive Agent for Maritime Domain Awareness (OPNAV N2/N6E3) and spent five years in the US Department of Defense. She holds dual MAs from the New School for Social Research as well as dual BAs from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
