05/2001–present |
Independent
Consultant |
client:
|
Constitutional
& Legal Policy Institute (COLPI)/
Open Society Institute (OSI), Budapest, Hungary |
|
·
Capacity-Building
for NGOs Fighting Corruption: Continued to identify NGO best practices; initiated the
production of NGO "learning instruments"; organized training workshops for NGO
representatvies from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
· Police
Reform in FYR Macedonia: Continued to provide strategic guidance for the
COLPI/OSCE-ODIHR/OSI- Macedonia police education reform project initiated in 1999. |
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| 01/2000–04/2001 |
Constitutional
& Legal Policy Institute (COLPI)/
Open Society Institute (OSI),
Budapest, Hungary |
|
Program
Manager |
|
Designed and managed anti-corruption
initiatives throughout the region of activity (Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia,
and Mongolia), including:
· Legislative
Screening:
developed methodologies for analyzing existing legislation and its implementation,
follow-up monitoring, and advocacy activities;
Topics: public procurement,
conflict of interest, political party financing;
· Support
for NGOs Fighting Corruption: organized capacity-building workshops where NGOs
representatives from the region exchanged experiences, learned about best practices and
useful methodologies (e.g. monitoring);
· Evaluation
of Special Anti-Corruption Bodies:
sponsored analyses of existing agencies worldwide and organized a regional conference with
government officials, legislators, and NGOs on the existing models’ appropriateness
in the regional context
Acted
as advisor/resource person for anti-corruption activities for OSI network, particularly
Soros national foundations;
Supervised for the joint
COLPI–OSCE/ODIHR–Fund for an Open Society Macedonia police education reform
project initiated in 1999. |
09/1998–12/1999 |
Program
Coordinator |
|
· Designed
and implemented emergency police training in FYR Macedonia during the Kosovo refugee
crisis in partnership with the OSCE/ODIHR; designed follow-up activities, including a
comprehensive strategy for police reform, beginning with reform of the educational system
for police officers;
· Acted
as communications officer responsible for the production and content of promotional
materials, newsletters, web site;
· Implemented
several ad hoc projects on minority rights and
other topics |
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|
pre-1997 |
Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.,
New York, NY |
|
Associate
Director of Development;
09/1994–08/1997 |
|
Revitalized
three separate membership programs with aggregate annual yield over $1.5 million (more
than doubled the net earnings). |
|
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Los
Angeles, CA |
|
Annual
Giving Coordinator;
02/1993–07/1994
Initiated an annual giving program that
raised more than $350,000 and acquired 5,700 new donors. |
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|
| Central European University, Budapest,
Hungary |
MA,
Southeast European Studies 1998
Thesis: “NGOs’ Potential Role as Agents of Democratization in
Serbia” |
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|
| University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA, USA |
BA,
Architectural History 1991
Majors: Architectural History, English (Language and
Literature) |
|
| Centre
Parisien D’Etudes Critiques,
Paris, France |
| 1990-1991;
academic year study abroad program in Critical Theory |
|
|
| International
Policy Fellowship |
awarded
by Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary, 2002
“Managing Police Reform: Lessons Learned, Best Practices, and Remaining Challenges
for Central, East, and Southeast Europe” |
|
Rotary
International 50th Anniversary Ambassadorial Scholar
Awarded
by Rotary Foundation International, Evanston Il., 1997/98 for
study related to conflict resolution and democratization in SEE |
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| Editor-in-Chief: |
COLPI Newsletter & informational materials,
09/1998–12/2000 |
| Editor: |
Protection
of Minority Rights Through Bilateral Treaties: the Case of Central & Eastern Europe,
eds. Arie Bloed and Pieter van Dijk (The Hague: Kluwer Law, 1999)
|
| Translator: |
The Serbian Road to War,
ed.
Nebojsa
Popov
(Budapest:
CEU
Press,
1999) |
|
| Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian—native
speake |
| English—dominant
language |
| French—fluent |
| Macedonian,
Bulgarian—high proficiency in comprehension and reading |
| other
Slavic languages + Hungarian—passive comprehension |