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Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn M. Sevilla, advises and assists the Secretary of Education in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of DepEd’s finance services. Her responsibilities also include the operationalization of the Education Programs Delivery Unit (EPDU) which facilitates and coordinates…

Abigail Bellows is an independent consultant focused on topics of governance, including with OGP’s global team. She is also a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Bellows previously served as a civil servant at the U.S. State Department, where she…

Maria led the Open Governance Network for Europe, a joint initiative of Open Government Partnership and Democratic Society to drive connection, dialogue, and learning around public participation, transparency, and accountability with an eye to improving democracy and governance in and…

Kristen Rose joined the Open Government Partnership in March 2021 as part of the Analytics & Insights team. She is responsible for maintaining OGP’s databases and contributing data support to OGP knowledge products. Kristen graduated from the University of Virginia…

Lucia Posteraro is the Communications and Events Assistant at the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD). Lucia has recently completed her undergraduate degree in Politics from the University of Glasgow. She has held internship positions in the field of human and…

Malick is the civil society co-chair of Burkina Faso’s OGP Multi-stakeholder Forum. He is the president of BEOG-NEERE, an organization working in Burkina Faso to promote  democracy and good governance since 2012. Malick has a background of software development and…

Before joining the Open Contracting Partnership, Mariana has been working on the open government and infrastructure for more than 10 years, including for several regional governments in Argentina, the World Bank, and the Infrastructure Sector Transparency Initiative – CoST. She…

Risha Chande has worked for fifteen years in the field of communication for governance in Africa. She was previously with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and is currently Director of Advocacy and Engagement at Twaweza East Africa where she oversees all…

Gabriela Hadid manages Luminate’s philanthropic investment portfolio in Latin America. Previously, she worked as Program Manager at Google Argentina. She has a Master’s in Public Policy and Development Management from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Political…

Dr. Nicola Nixon is Governance Director at The Asia Foundation. Based in Hanoi, she supports governance programming across the 18 countries in which The Asia Foundation works.