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Katrina worked at the Open Government Partnership 2018 to 2023. She was responsible for supporting OGP’s regional and global summit events coordination and on projects with partners with the Global team. She also supported the country contributions funding of OGP.…

He/him Jose is responsible for developing and implementing communication strategies that help advance the organization’s efforts to catalyze broad impact through the sharing of effective ideas and practices. These strategies include media outreach, social media, web marketing, and publications. Prior…

Beate Lohmann is Director-General for administrative modernization and organization at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and, inter alia, responsible for open government.

Oksana Khomei joined the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine in 2017. Oksana is responsible for communications, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge management within the “Civil Society for Enhanced Democracy and Human Rights in Ukraine” project, which belongs to the Democratic…

Olena Ursu serves as the Portfolio Manager for the Democratic Governance and Reform Program of UNDP Ukraine. Olena joined the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine in 2005. Since 2017, she has been coordinating the UNDP project “Civil Society for…

Allison Merchant is the Senior Gender Advisor for the Open Government Partnership where she leads the gender and inclusion portfolio across OGP’s thematic team. She joined OGP in 2018 to launch the Feminist Open Government Initiative, which aims to advance…

Jaime Mercado joined OGP in March 2017. He leads OGP's governance work, including providing strategic support to the OGP Steering Committee and its subcommittees. Prior to OGP, Jaime worked as an international development consultant with a focus on open government…