People

Risha Chande has worked for fifteen years in the field of communication for governance in Africa. She was previously with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and is currently Director of Advocacy and Engagement at Twaweza East Africa where she oversees all…

Gabriela Hadid manages Luminate’s philanthropic investment portfolio in Latin America. Previously, she worked as Program Manager at Google Argentina. She has a Master’s in Public Policy and Development Management from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Political…

Dr. Nicola Nixon is Governance Director at The Asia Foundation. Based in Hanoi, she supports governance programming across the 18 countries in which The Asia Foundation works.

As a Fellow at The GovLab and Project Lead of the 100 Questions Initiative, Fiona works on data-driven solutions to critical policy challenges. Prior to GovLab, Fiona worked in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, where she…

Since 2019, Melisa Breda has acted as Undersecretary of Evidence-Based Public Policies in the Secretariat of Innovation and Digital Transformation of the Buenos Aires City Government. She has a degree in Economics from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. She has…

Kristen Robinson is Head of Advocacy at Open Contracting Partnership. She has a background in open data, open government and technology policy, having previously served as Communications and Campaigns Director at the World Wide Web Foundation. She has worked as a…

Lucilla is a policy maker with an engineering background. She has extensive experience in innovative policy design and has implemented policies in Brazil at local and regional level. She is also a Brazilian representative of Nesta's Global Innovation Policy Accelerator…

Florencia Cavalli Durán is a Lawyer, with an orientation in Public International Law (University of Buenos Aires). She currently also works as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Professional Practice, of the Law School of the University of Buenos…

Karina Kalpschtrej is a Sociologist graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and a professor in the Sociology Career at that University. She specializes in methodology and project evaluation and in research and advocacy on public policies with a rights…

Vien was a consultant for Thematic Policy Areas at the Open Government Partnership until 2023. Prior to joining the OGP, she was an independent consultant with Hivos Southeast Asia, and managed the Philippine portfolio of the Open Up Contracting and…