staff team in 2017

  • Executive director: Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (until April)
  • Executive director: Chat Garcia Ramilo, Philippines (from 17 April)
  • Network and membership building coordinator: Karel Novotný, Czech Republic
  • Sub-granting programme coordinator: Roxana Bassi, Argentina (May to December)

  • Finance manager: Maya Sooka, South Africa
  • Senior finance officer: Fatima Bhyat, South Africa

  • Operations director: Karen Banks, Australia/United Kingdom (from 17 April)
  • Logistics coordinator: Shawna Finnegan, Canada
  • Administrative officer: Eunice Mwesigwa, South Africa
  • Technical support assistant: Adolfo Dunayevich Garber, Mexico
  • Technical specialist: Mallory Knodel, United States/Kenya
  • Human resource and finance officer: Misty McWilliam, United States***

  • Communications manager: Flavia Fascendini, Argentina
  • Communications officer: Leila Nachawati Rego, Spain
  • Language coordinator: Lori Nordstrom, Uruguay
  • Publications and multimedia coordinator: Cathy Chen, India (from July)
  • French editor: Olga Tsafack, United States (from March)***

  • Director – Policy and Strategy: Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (17 April – December)
  • Senior project coordinator – Global internet policy and advocacy: Deborah Brown (from March 2017)
  • Avri Doria, United States*
  • Maud Barret Bertelloni (June to December)**

  • CIPP manager: Valeria Betancourt, Ecuador
  • GISWatch editor: Alan Finlay, Argentina***
  • GISWatch project coordinator: Roxana Bassi, Argentina
  • IMPACT project coordinator: Gayatri Khandhadai, India
  • IMPACT project assistant: Pavitra Ramanujam, India
  • Internet access specialist: Mike Jensen, Brazil
  • Africa ICT policy coordinator: Sekoetlane Jacob Phamodi, South Africa (until Octorber)
  • Community access networks project coordinator: Carlos Rey-Moreno, South Africa (from August)
  • Community access networks project administration and research assistant: Kathleen Diga, South Africa (from October)
  • Senior project coordinator – Global internet policy and advocacy: Deborah Brown, United States (until March 2017)

  • WRP manager: Jac sm Kee, Malaysia
  • WRP global women’s rights policy lead: Janine Moolman, South Africa
  • WRP capacity building lead: Jennifer Radloff, South Africa
  • WRP knowledge building lead: Katerina Fialova, Czech Republic
  • WRP TBTT Mexico coordinator: Erika Smith, Mexico
  • GenderIT.org coordinator: Namita Aavriti, India
  • GenderIT.org Spanish language coordinator: Dafne Plou, Argentina
  • TBTT campaign coordinator: Sara Baker, United States
  • Women’s rights project coordinator: Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovinia
  • Women’s rights project coordinator: Fungai Machirori, Zimbabwe (April to October)
  • TBTT and evaluation intern: Chen Shaua Fui, Hungary (January to August)***

* Volunteer

** Intern

*** Consultant on retainer