Sara Zeigar
Sara Zeiger is the Program Manager for the Department of Research and Analysis at Hedayah and also co-leads a capacity-building program at Hedayah on P/CVE and education for teachers. In addition to producing research reports and publications, Sara supports the Director in managing the Department’s resources and programs, including the Counter-narrative Library, Hedayah’s non-resident Fellowship […]
Linda Ogallo
Linda is a climate change adaptation expert who has supported the region in climate proofing extension services and increasing the access of climate information to the last mile user. Linda Coordinates ICPACs Climate Change Technical Working Group which whose aim is to strategically promote regional exchange of information and dialogue climate change in the region. […]
Vera Mironova
Dr. Vera Mironova is a Research fellow at Harvard University. She is an author of the award winning book “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups” published by Oxford University Press. Vera conducted fieldwork in numerous active conflict zones and post-conflict regions all over the world, and from 2016 to 2017, she was embedded […]
Renia C. Corocoto
Ms. Renia C. Corocoto is currently the Assistant Director -General of the Special Concerns Office – National Security Council Secretariat. She also served as Director of the Strategic Studies Branch – Policy and Strategic Studies Office of NSCS. Before joining the NSC, Renia was the Chief of Research and Development Management Division of the National […]
Johannes Stenbæk Madsen
Johannes Stenbæk Madsen is Head of Cooperation at the European Union (EU) Delegation to Kazakhstan in Nur-Sultan. In this capacity he supervises the management of EU funded programmes in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and the Central Asia Region. Between 2013 and 2017 he was Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Kyrgyzstan. Before joining the European […]
Yamini Ravindran
Yamini Ravindran, an attorney-at-law, is the Director for Legal and Advocacy for the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka. An ardent advocate for the freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), for the past 10 years, Yamini has engaged at the policy level, advocating for greater respect for religious freedom both locally and internationally, strategizing […]
Ernesto Ottone Ramírez
Mr Ernesto Ottone R. is the Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO. Prior to this position, MrOttone R. served as Chile’s first Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage from 2015 to 2018. As Minister ofCulture, he created a Department of First Peoples, a Migrants Unit and strengthened copyright laws andheritage protections. During this time, he […]
Michaël Ayari
Michaël Béchir Ayari is Crisis Group’s Tunisia Senior Analyst. He joined the organisation in 2011 as a consultant for the North Africa Project. Michaël previously worked as Research Associate for the Research and Studies Institute on the Arab and Muslim World (IREMAM). He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Institut d’études politiques d’Aix-en-provence and […]
Vera Siesjö
Vera Siesjö serves as the senior policy advisor for health for Asia, the Middle East and Humanitarian Assistance at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Ms Siesjö has over ten years of international experience in public health, with a focus on health systems strengthening, quality and process improvement, eHealth, NCDs and MHPSS. Prior to joining […]
Makhabbat Yespenova
Ms. Yespenova is co-founder and Executive Director of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) “Kameda”, a leading NGO in Kazakhstan that focuses on social and community development issues. Ms. Yespenova has extensive work experience in leading social projects and youth initiatives. She acted as a responsible partner within the Strengthening Community Resilience and Regional Cooperation for […]
