Elisa is the Director of Civitates, Europe’s leading philanthropic initiative to strengthen democracy and protect civic space. Elisa’s career spans the intergovernmental, non-profit and philanthropic sectors. She has led global advocacy campaigns to foster transparency, accountability and good governance, leveraging the power of national and local OGP processes, including in the extractives sector. She has served as a Senior Policy Advisor at The Elders and led the United Nation’s Non-governmental Liaison Service to support the participation of people in UN deliberations. Elisa served as an elected civil society OGP Steering Committee member in 2017- 2020.