Executive Management

Jean-Pierre Kingsley
President/CEO

Carina Perelli
Executive Vice President

Michael Svetlik
Senior Director of Programs &
Director (Acting), Americas

Michael Bryan
Chief Financial Officer (Acting) & Controller, Finance

Christian Hennemeyer
Vice President, Communications and Compliance

Stephanie Hoke
Director, Human Resources and Administration

Senior Management

Thomas M. Eberhart
Director, Contracts and Grants

Anne Salinas
Regional Director (Acting), Africa

Maggie Mitchell Salem
Regional Director, Middle East/North Africa

Chad Vickery
Regional Director, Europe and Asia

Rakesh Sharma
Director, Applied Research

Jamie Dettmer
Director, Communications and Advocacy

Rich Twigg
Director, Information Technology

Marcin Walecki, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Political Finance and Public Ethics

Rafael López-Pintor
Senior Electoral Cycle Specialist

Africa

Rudolf Elbling
Country Director, Nigeria

Elizabeth Côté
Chief of Party, Guinea

Almami Cyllah
Chief of Party, Liberia

Carl Dundas
Chief of Party, Ethiopia

Magnus Öhman
Chief of Party, Sierra Leone

Carmina Sanchis-Ruescas
Chief of Party, DRC

Yinka Oyinlola
Chief of Party, Angola

Gisele Poirier
Chief of Party, Cote d'Ivoire

The Americas

Pablo Galarce
Chief of Party, Nicaragua

Sophey Lagueny
Chief of Party, Haiti

Asia

Charles Lasham
Chief of Party, Afghanistan

Darren S. Nance
Chief of Party, Nepal

Peter Erben
Chief of Party, Pakistan

Mary Lou Schramm
Chief of Party, Timor Leste

Beverly Hagerdon Thakur
Chief of Party, Philippines

Adam Schmidt
Chief of Party, Indonesia

Europe and Eurasia

Dan Blessington
Chief of Party, Azerbaijan

Dickson Bailey
Chief of Party, Georgia

Ched Flego
Chief of Party, Armenia

Dan Malinovich
Chief of Party, Kyrgyzstan

Staffan Darnolf
Chief of Party, Moldova

Middle East and North Africa

Jeffrey Carlson
Chief of Party, Egypt

Richard Chambers
Chief of Party, Lebanon

Vladimir Pran
Chief of Party, West Bank/Gaza

Hermann Thiel
Chief of Party, Jordan

Peter Williams
Chief of Party, Yemen