Elaine Zook Barge

Elaine Zook Barge is the Program Director for STAR (Seminars on Trauma Awareness and Resilience). She has been involved with STAR since 2002 in the development and facillitation of Spanish workshops. Previously she worked with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for 20 years both in the U.S. and in Central America (El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala). Living in countries experiencing the trauma of war, poverty and violence, she worked closely with widows, displaced persons, development and human rights workers and faciliated experiential learning tours to promote relationship building and social change. Among other roles, she was Latin America/Caribbean Connecting Peoples Coordinator, East Coast Peace Associate and the Guatemala Country Director. Elaine holds an M.A. in Conflict Transformation and a B.S. in Nutrition/Community Development from Eastern Mennonite University. She recently became certified as a Compassion Fatigue Educator and a Field Traumatologist through the Figley Institute.

B.S. Eastern Mennonite University
M.A. Eastern Mennonite University