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Tara Jeremiah Wyah joined the Open Government Partnership Kaduna Secretariat at the Planning and Budget Commission in March 2021 to support the Open Governance reforms in the State. Tara supports the day-to-day running of the OGP/CoST Secretariat working with governments,…

Rueben Lifuka is an environmental and development consultant and Chartered Environmentalist. He is Chairperson of the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), the Zambia Country Lead for the Chandler Foundation, and a board member for the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST).  Rueben…

Dr Marcin Walecki is the Senior Resident Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Ukraine.

Jodi Vittori is an expert on the linkages of corruption, state fragility, illicit finance, and US national security. She is Professor of Practice and co-chair of the Global Politics and Security program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a non-resident fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Kamolwan (Ling) Panyasevanamit joined OGP in May 2024. She supports OGP’s work on anti-corruption as well as other key priorities within the Policy & Partnerships team. She was previously a Program Manager in the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments at…

Louise Russell-Prywata is Open Ownership's Deputy Executive Director. She leads on quality assurance across Open Ownership’s operations to maximize the organization’s impact, and oversees its strategic advocacy and policy influencing work. Louise joined Open Ownership in 2018 to manage technical…

Dewi coordinates the OGP support unit engagement with Asia-Pacific countries, with an objective to facilitate open government reforms in Indonesia, Maldives, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor Leste. Prior to joining OGP, Dewi was a Senior Policy Advisor…

Milena Coimbra de Carvalho is an Advocacy and Research Analyst at Open Knowledge Brasil. She graduated in Public Policy Management from the University of São Paulo (EACH-USP) and has been working since 2016 with social participation policies, access to information,…

Gabriela de Brelàz is a Professor at the Paulista School of Politics, Economics, and Business (EPPEN) at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp). She holds a degree in Administration, with a master's and doctorate in Public Administration and Government…

Phaedra joined the Open Government Partnership in April 2024. As a Research Associate, she conducts research and supports the quality control for IRM assessments of OGP action plans. Prior to joining OGP, Phaedra worked in international development project management, and…