People

Warren Krafchik is the Executive Director of the International Budget Partnership. He served as a civil society member of the OGP Steering Committee from 2011-2017, and was the civil society Co-Chair from 2012-2013.

Alexander B. Howard is a writer, digital governance expert, and open government advocate based in Washington, DC. He is the director of the Digital Democracy Project at the Demand Progress Educational Fund, a nonprofit focused on improving democratic governance, and…

Tim is Democracy and Participation Lead at the Open Government Partnership, leading on deepening OGP’s work around strengthening and reimagining democracy through open government and especially through innovative approaches to participation. Tim is a specialist in citizen participation and democracy,…

Nikhil Dey is the founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) in India. He served as a civil society member of the OGP Steering Committee from 2011-2014.

Vanessa Herringshaw is Director of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative. Her work has centred on strengthening accountability and governance, in areas including economic policy and poverty reduction, the extractive sector, health services and children’s rights. Vanessa spent four years living…

Nanda Sihombing is an OGP Specialist in PATTIRO (one of the CSO Core Team in Indonesia), the contact point for the Secretariat of CSO OGP Indonesia and also a team member of the Secretariat of Civil Society Coalition for Freedom of…

Kurt McIntire is an open government advocate and Co-Founder of Vektor Digital, a mobile application development company. They just released FixMyCity, available here: [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fixmycity/id735864324?mt=8]

Patrick Fiorenza, Senior Research Analyst at GovLoop Pat Fiorenza is a senior research analyst at GovLoop, covering government technology. Pat is a graduate from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He can be reached at [email protected] or followed…