MS. HYNIEA GARDNER serves as a Research Assistant at EPI and is responsible for assisting in maintaining the day to day operations of our International Headquarters in Virginia Beach. Among her duties are the tasks of grant/proposal writing, coordinating conferences and workshops, and providing other forms of logistical support. Ms. Gardner has a background in analysis and reform having earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh with an emphasis in public policy. As an undergraduate, she volunteered for various non-profit organizations focusing on increasing government accountability and assisted in the planning/organization of various conferences and workshops dealing with foreign policy initiatives and human rights issues.