HQ Leadership
In Arlington, Virginia, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems looks to a team of dedicated professionals who have spent decades working across nongovernmental organizations, election-assistance and democracy support groups, and the private sector. Our executive team has combined expertise in all areas of management.
Executive Management
- Anthony Banbury, President and CEO
- Michael Meenan, Chief Financial Officer
- Catherine Barnes, Vice President, Global Growth and Outreach
- Michael Svetlik, Vice President, Programs
- Chad Vickery, Vice President, Global Strategy and Technical Leadership
- Elaine Cole, Director, Human Resources
Senior Management
- Suzanne Abdallah, Deputy Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
- Ragheed Al Ameen, Director, Contracts and Grants
- Melika Atic, Regional Director, Asia-Pacific
- Virginia Atkinson, Senior Global Advisor, Inclusion
- Anthony Bowyer, Advisor, Europe and Eurasia
- Dr. Stephen Boyce, Senior Global Advisor, Election Technology and Cybersecurity
- Meghan Burland, Deputy Regional Director, Asia-Pacific
- Clara Cole, Regional Director, Africa
- Anya Cumberland, Regional Director, Europe and Eurasia
- Dr. Staffan Darnolf, Senior Global Advisor, Electoral Operations and Administration
- Elizabeth Reiter Dettmer, Senior Program Manager, Middle East and North Africa
- Katherine Ellena, Director, Center for Anti-Corruption & Democratic Trust; Senior Global Legal Advisor
- Dr. Cassandra Emmons, Democracy Data Analyst
- Peter Erben, Principal Advisor, IFES, and Senior Country Director, Ukraine
- Martin Garcia, Senior IT Manager and Systems Engineer, Information Technology
- Abdul Jabbar Ghayoor, Director, Accounting
- Eric Hodachok, Senior Program Manager, Middle East and North Africa
- Corinna Lawrence, Director, Development
- Kyle Lemargie, Senior Global Advisor, Democratic Resilience and Innovation
- Shota Migineishvili, Manager, General Ledger and Accounts Payable
- Elliot Mitchell, Deputy Regional Director, Africa
- Vasu Mohan, Senior Global Advisor, Conflict, Displacement and Minority Rights
- Rushdi Nackerdien, Senior Global Advisor, Training and Capacity Building
- Trent Nichols, Director, Information Technology
- Elena Paredes, Senior Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Daniel Rubinstein, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
- Rakesh Sharma, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation and Public Opinion Research
- Erica Shein, Director, Center for Applied Research and Learning
- Thierry Uwamahoro, Senior Program Manager, Francophone Africa
- Regina Waugh, Senior Global Advisor, Gender
- Maximo Zaldivar, Regional Director, Americas