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Leadership

IFES’s day-to-day work is led by a talented team of executives with global leadership experience.

IFES is led by President & CEO Anthony Banbury, who joined IFES in 2018 after a distinguished career in the United Nations and the United States government.  

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Anthony Banbury Headshot Anthony Banbury President and CEO
Headshot Catherine Barnes Catherine Barnes Vice President, Global Growth and Outreach
Chad Vickery headshot Chad Vickery Vice President, Global Strategy and Technical Leadership, Acting Director of The Center for Anti-Corruption and Democratic Trust
Michael Meenan headshot Michael Meenan Chief Financial Officer
Headshot of Katherine Ellena Katherine Ellena Vice President for Programs
Natasha Campbell headshot Natasha Campbell General Counsel and Vice President for Labor Relations & Human Resources
Erica Shein Managing Director, Center for Applied Research and Learning
Headshot of Suzanne Abdallah Suzanne Abdallah Acting Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
Melika Atic Melika Atic Regional Director, Asia-Pacific
Headshot of Clara Cole Clara Cole Regional Director, Africa
Anya Cumberland headshot Anya Cumberland Regional Director, Europe and Eurasia
Maximo Zaldivar headshot Maximo Zaldivar Regional Director, Americas
Peter Erben Peter Erben Principal Advisor, IFES, and Senior Country Director, Ukraine
Jean Schindler headshot Jean Schindler Chief of Staff

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