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Brittany Williams joined the Open Government Partnership as Finance and Accounting Officer in April 2023. She is responsible for processing functions in accounts payable, accounts receivables, payroll as well as other accounting tasks. Brittany has 15+ year of experience in…

Cole Speidel is a Program Manager for Local and Regional Governance at the National Democratic Institute (NDI). He develops and manages projects to strengthen local and regional government responsiveness, openness, and capacity across NDI country portfolios, identifying and sharing best…

Peter A. Ferguson is a Senior Policy Advisor with Open Government in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. He has been with the Government of Canada since September 2021. Peter is currently Lead Pen and Project Manager for Canada’s first,…

Deimantė coordinates various initiatives related to money laundering prevention, media transparency, citizen participation and inclusion at Transparency International Lithuania. She has been working in TI Lithuania since 2019. Prior to joining TI Lithuania, she gained experience in Vilnius City municipality…

Ebenezar Wikina currently works as Campaign Strategist at Change.org Foundation, helping citizens build social movements reaching over 3 million users in Nigeria. He is also the Founder of Policy Shapers (www.policyshapers.com), a youth-led policy advocacy community that leverages technology to…

Diana Rodríguez Franco holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and a master's degree in Sociology from the same university. She is a lawyer and economist from the Universidad de Los Andes. She has dedicated her life to the…

Taimar Peterkop has been the Secretary of State since 10 December 2018. Before that, since May 2015 he was in charge of the Estonian Information System Authority. During the period 2000–2001, Peterkop worked as a lawyer at the Government Office…

Manuel Calvo is the Vice Governor of the province of Córdoba, When he was young he began his political participation, which would later lead him to occupy different positions within the public administration, such as Minister of Public Management, Minister…