| | Programs |
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Robert BUERGENTHAL | Director, Programs Management | Georges BRAIDI | Director, MENA Cairo Center | Uchenna EMELONYE | Manager, Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Programs | Maxine KENNETT | Manager, Economic Growth and Trade Programs | Paul CROWLEY | Manager, Social Development Programs | Miles YOUNG | Manager, Field Operations Unit | Karen WIDESS | Manager, Program Development and Compliance | Ilaria BOTTIGLIERO | Senior Researcher | Lynn SFERRAZZA | Field Program Manager | Jami HUBBARD | Program Legal Counsel and Microfinance Project Manager | Sumit BISARYA | Field Operations Legal Officer | Valérie ROBERT | Senior Legal Officer - Procurement Law | Joanne FLETCHER | Electronic Program Services Officer | David PATTERSON | Program Manager, HIV and Health Law Program |
| Resource Mobilization |
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Thomas A. BIANCHI | Director External Resources Development | Patrizio M. CIVILI | Permanent Observer to the United Nations | Darlene TYMO | Manager, Evaluation |
Thomas A. BIANCHI | Director External Resources Development | Sumit BISARYA | Field Operations Legal Officer | Frits E. BONTEKOE | General Counsel (Secretary to the Management Committee) | Ilaria BOTTIGLIERO | Senior Researcher | Georges BRAIDI | Director, MENA Cairo Center | Robert BUERGENTHAL | Director, Programs Management | Patrizio M. CIVILI | Permanent Observer to the United Nations | Paul CROWLEY | Manager, Social Development Programs | Uchenna EMELONYE | Manager, Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Programs | Joanne FLETCHER | Electronic Program Services Officer | Jami HUBBARD | Program Legal Counsel and Microfinance Project Manager | Yohannes KASSAHUN | Senior Advisor, Quality & Special Initiatives | Maxine KENNETT | Manager, Economic Growth and Trade Programs | Sandra KLAVINS | Director, Finance and Administration | William T. LORIS | Director-General | Thomas MCINERNEY | Director, Research, Policy & Strategic Initiatives | David PATTERSON | Program Manager, HIV and Health Law Program | Valérie ROBERT | Senior Legal Officer - Procurement Law | Pekka T. SAAVALAINEN | Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer | Lynn SFERRAZZA | Field Program Manager | Darlene TYMO | Manager, Evaluation | Jeffrey S. WALDRON | Director, Human Resources | Karen WIDESS | Manager, Program Development and Compliance | Miles YOUNG | Manager, Field Operations Unit | Giulio ZANETTI | Director, Strategic Networks |
| Management Committee |
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William T. LORIS | Director-General | Pekka T. SAAVALAINEN | Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer | Giulio ZANETTI | Director, Strategic Networks | Sandra KLAVINS | Director, Finance and Administration | Thomas MCINERNEY | Director, Research, Policy & Strategic Initiatives | Robert BUERGENTHAL | Director, Programs Management | Jeffrey S. WALDRON | Director, Human Resources | Yohannes KASSAHUN | Senior Advisor, Quality & Special Initiatives | Frits E. BONTEKOE | General Counsel (Secretary to the Management Committee) |
| Giulio ZANETTI |
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Giulio Zanetti is IDLO’s Director for Strategic Networks and an expert in Intellectual Property (IP). Mr. Zanetti has published several papers on aspects of IP law, including the EC Block Exemption on technology transfers, legal protection of databases and the international protection of industrial designs.
His previous experience includes posts with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as a training solicitor in London, and with Società Italiana Brevetti SpA, one of the main Italian IP firms dealing with trademarks, patents, industrial design and copyright.
Mr. Zanetti holds a First Class Honors Degree in Law with a focus on international law from the University of Turin, and a Master of Law in Intellectual Property and EC Law from the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College. He is a visiting professor at the Masters on IP organized by WIPO at the University of Turin and the University of Naples II. | |
| Sandra KLAVINS |
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Sandra Klavins is IDLO’s Director of Finance and Administration and heads the finance, administration and IT teams at IDLO. Ms. Klavins brings many years of experience in financial systems management.
Previously, Ms. Klavins’ was Budget Manager within the Strategic Planning & Budget division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). She gained her chartered accountant qualifications in Australia, where she worked with one of the major auditing firms as well as in the private sector.
She holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| Thomas MCINERNEY |
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Thomas McInerney is IDLO’s Director of Research, Policy, and Strategic Initiatives. He develops and manages research on a range of law and development topics, directs the organization’s partnership with the United Nations and leads strategic planning. He initially served as IDLO’s General Counsel and Secretary, managing all legal and compliance activities.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. McInerney practiced transactional corporate and securities law for four years with the law firms of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Ross & Hardies in New York. Later, he served as Program Manager with Social Accountability International, a nongovernmental organization specializing in corporate social responsibility. In 2001, Mr. McInerney was an adjunct professor in the Department of Ethics and Law at Fordham University's School of Business in New York.
Mr. McInerney holds a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University School of Law in Chicago, a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Loyola University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with Honors from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. | |
| William T. LORIS |
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William T. Loris, co-founder of IDLO, has been Director-General since July 2000. Under his leadership, IDLO has played a key role in post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, East Timor, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kosovo, has helped the governments of Indonesia and Sri Lanka structure an emergency program of legal assistance to the victims of the 2004 tsunami, and is currently assisting a number of African countries develop legislation which will ensure that women and children who are spared from the HIV-AIDS pandemic enjoy full inheritance and property rights.
Mr. Loris has over 25 years of experience dealing with the legal aspects of development, having served with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Africa and the Middle East, first as Regional Legal Adviser for west and central Africa, based in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), and then as Legal Adviser to the USAID Mission in Egypt.
Mr. Loris holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Santa Clara, and a Masters in International and Comparative Law from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. | |
| Thomas MCINERNEY |
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Thomas McInerney is IDLO’s Director of Research, Policy, and Strategic Initiatives. He develops and manages research on a range of law and development topics, directs the organization’s partnership with the United Nations and leads strategic planning. He initially served as IDLO’s General Counsel and Secretary, managing all legal and compliance activities.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. McInerney practiced transactional corporate and securities law for four years with the law firms of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Ross & Hardies in New York. Later, he served as Program Manager with Social Accountability International, a nongovernmental organization specializing in corporate social responsibility. In 2001, Mr. McInerney was an adjunct professor in the Department of Ethics and Law at Fordham University's School of Business in New York.
Mr. McInerney holds a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University School of Law in Chicago, a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Loyola University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with Honors from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. | |
| Pekka T. SAAVALAINEN |
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Pekka T. Saavalainen is IDLO’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, as well as deputy to the Director General. Mr. Saavalainen brings to IDLO strong leadership, general management and business development skills from various industries, including development.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Saavalainen was the CEO of Capgemini Telecom, Media & Networks Finland Oy, and a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saavalainen was an independent training and development consultant in the Baltic states and central Asia, and training manager at PRODEC/Helsinki School of Economics, covering programs in the Baltic states, east Africa, southeast and central Asia.
Mr. Saavalainen holds a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland. | |
| Yohannes KASSAHUN |
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Dr. Yohannes Kassahun is Senior Adviser, Quality & Special Initiatives for IDLO. In this role, he is responsible for developing formal institutional relationships for cooperation and collaboration. He previously led IDLO's programs and projects, distance learning and research.
Prior to IDLO, Dr. Kassahun performed various roles with the Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia. He also taught international law and international business transactions at the University of Oklahoma Law School, and co-lectured on subjects of international law at Harvard Law School.
Dr. Kassahun has a Doctorate in law from Harvard Law School. | |
| Jeffrey S. WALDRON |
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Jeffrey S. Waldron heads IDLO’s global Human Resources function and provides strategic leadership for the organization’s HR programs and services, including organizational effectiveness and design, human capital strategies and change and talent management. Mr. Waldron brings extensive experience building, shaping and implementing the functional components of HR to optimize organizational delivery and operational expansion.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Waldron was Vice President of a human resources consulting firm based in the United States, working primarily with globally prominent organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors, with a particular focus on international development and global philanthropic institutions.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration with a focus in human resources and finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. | |
| Sandra KLAVINS |
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Sandra Klavins is IDLO’s Director of Finance and Administration and heads the finance, administration and IT teams at IDLO. Ms. Klavins brings many years of experience in financial systems management.
Previously, Ms. Klavins’ was Budget Manager within the Strategic Planning & Budget division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). She gained her chartered accountant qualifications in Australia, where she worked with one of the major auditing firms as well as in the private sector.
She holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| Frits E. BONTEKOE |
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Frits E. Bontekoe is General Counsel, responsible for planning, coordinating and managing IDLO’s legal affairs. Mr. Bontekoe serves as Secretary to the Management Committee, as well as Secretary to the Assembly of Parties and Board of Advisers.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Bontekoe served as senior legal adviser to twelve UN peacekeeping operations in Africa, the Middle East and eastern Europe, where he provided legal policy advice to heads of mission, negotiated agreements for the United Nations with governments and former rebel groups and helped re-establish the rule of law. Following his many years in post-conflict environments, Mr. Bontekoe worked for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York, where he led a team designing new peacekeeping operations and supporting UN peacekeeping efforts in east Africa.
Mr. Bontekoe holds a Master of Law Degree from University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | |
| Joanne FLETCHER |
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Joanne Fletcher coordinates IDLO’s E-Learning and Distance Learning Courses, and is responsible for the financial and administrative resources allocated to the DLRC. She acts as IDLO’s liaison officer with the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) services in Washington D.C. for all of IDLO’s videoconference distance learning activities.
Ms. Fletcher studied Business English and Commerce in the UK, and has completed a Diploma course at the International Training Centre in Italy on “Lifelong E-Learning Innovative Solutions.” | |
| William T. LORIS |
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William T. Loris, co-founder of IDLO, has been Director-General since July 2000. Under his leadership, IDLO has played a key role in post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, East Timor, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kosovo, has helped the governments of Indonesia and Sri Lanka structure an emergency program of legal assistance to the victims of the 2004 tsunami, and is currently assisting a number of African countries develop legislation which will ensure that women and children who are spared from the HIV-AIDS pandemic enjoy full inheritance and property rights.
Mr. Loris has over 25 years of experience dealing with the legal aspects of development, having served with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Africa and the Middle East, first as Regional Legal Adviser for west and central Africa, based in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), and then as Legal Adviser to the USAID Mission in Egypt.
Mr. Loris holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Santa Clara, and a Masters in International and Comparative Law from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. | |
| David PATTERSON |
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David Patterson is Program Manager of the HIV and Health Law Program. He brings to IDLO a commitment to the rights-based approach to protecting and promoting health through law with practical program management and evaluation experience.
Mr. Patterson has been engaged in the legal and policy responses to the HIV epidemic since 1986, first in Australia and then in Canada, where he was a founding member of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. He has worked with the UNDP HIV and Development Program, as a human rights advisor with UNAIDS and as a consultant on HIV law and policy for WHO, ILO, UNDP and other international organizations.
Mr. Patterson holds a Master of Laws Degree from McGill University, Canada and a Master of Science Degree in Public Policy and Management from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, U.K. | |
| Valérie ROBERT |
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Valérie Robert is in charge of Public Procurement policy at IDLO, with overall responsibility for procurement-related field projects and courses.
Ms. Robert’s previous experience includes work as a senior procurement expert in Albania and with the World Bank in Afghanistan. She has worked also with the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and CARICOM in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean.
Ms. Robert’s legal degrees were awarded by Paris II University, Panthéon-Assas, the University of London and Paris I University, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. | |
| Jeffrey S. WALDRON |
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Jeffrey S. Waldron heads IDLO’s global Human Resources function and provides strategic leadership for the organization’s HR programs and services, including organizational effectiveness and design, human capital strategies and change and talent management. Mr. Waldron brings extensive experience building, shaping and implementing the functional components of HR to optimize organizational delivery and operational expansion.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Waldron was Vice President of a human resources consulting firm based in the United States, working primarily with globally prominent organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors, with a particular focus on international development and global philanthropic institutions.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration with a focus in human resources and finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. | |
| Uchenna EMELONYE |
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 As the Program Manager of Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Programs, Uchenna Emelonye oversees IDLO's work with governments on legal and judicial reform, as well as its work on legal empowerment and access to justice.
Mr. Emelonye has extensive experience in human rights, good governance and rule of law. Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Emelonye was Judicial Affairs Officer with the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Sudan, and was Human Rights Officer with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the new independent state of Kosovo. He also held the position of Head of Mission for RCN Justice and Démocratie in Brussels, implemented the European Commission's emergency assistance to the justice system of Southern Sudan and was the Rule of Law Coordinator for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York.
Mr. Emelonye holds a Doctorate in Juvenile Justice from the University of Leicester, U.K., and two Masters Degrees in Law from Central European University Budapest, Hungary and Abia State University, Nigeria. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1995 in Nigeria. | |
| Robert BUERGENTHAL |
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Robert M. Buergenthal is Director of Programs Management at IDLO. A seasoned justice sector reform and international development specialist, he has 20 years experience developing, managing and evaluating projects in the justice sector, democratic reform and human rights in developing and post-conflict countries.
Previously, Mr. Buergenthal worked as Senior Counsel with The World Bank, developing and implementing justice sector reform projects worldwide, and as a senior manager at Washington-based consulting firm Chemonics International, Inc., where he provided technical, policy and management expertise for legal reform and government integrity projects. Mr. Buergenthal served also as a rule of law adviser with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and as Project Liaison Officer at the United States Agency for International Development.
He obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota School of Law. | |
| Giulio ZANETTI |
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Giulio Zanetti is IDLO’s Director for Strategic Networks and an expert in Intellectual Property (IP). Mr. Zanetti has published several papers on aspects of IP law, including the EC Block Exemption on technology transfers, legal protection of databases and the international protection of industrial designs.
His previous experience includes posts with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as a training solicitor in London, and with Società Italiana Brevetti SpA, one of the main Italian IP firms dealing with trademarks, patents, industrial design and copyright.
Mr. Zanetti holds a First Class Honors Degree in Law with a focus on international law from the University of Turin, and a Master of Law in Intellectual Property and EC Law from the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College. He is a visiting professor at the Masters on IP organized by WIPO at the University of Turin and the University of Naples II. | |
| Patrizio M. CIVILI |
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Patrizio M. Civili is IDLO’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York.
Mr. Civili has over 35 years of experience within the United Nations system and served under 5 successive UN Secretaries General. From 1998 to 2007 he was Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Interagency Affairs in the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, serving simultaneously as Secretary of the Chief Executives' Board (CEB) which operates under the chairmanship of the UN Secretary General and comprises the Executive Heads of all UN specialized agencies. Mr. Civili held a number of other positions in the organization, including coordinator of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee(CDCC) work program at the Port of Spain office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean(ECLAC), senior adviser on policy coordination and institutional affairs in the Office of the Director General for Development and International Economic Cooperation, Chief of the Office of the Undersecretary General for Economic and Social Affairs in New York, Senior Member of the Cabinet of the Secretary General of UNCTAD and Director for Program Support and Management Services at the UNCTAD Headquarters in Geneva, and Director in the cabinets of Secretaries General Boutros Boutros Ghali and Kofi Annan.
Mr. Civili holds a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Rome, with a focus in Comparative Constitutional Law, and a Master of Art degree in Comparative Government from the University of Washington in Seattle. He attended also Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington and the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy. | |
| Sumit BISARYA |
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Sumit Bisarya is Program Management Officer with IDLO’s Field Operations Team. During his time at IDLO, Bisarya has spent over 18 months in Afghanistan, where he has been responsible for the design, implementation and management of legal assistance programs for the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Mines.
Mr. Bisarya holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, New York, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Neuroscience from Brown University, Rhode Island. | |
| Yohannes KASSAHUN |
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Dr. Yohannes Kassahun is Senior Adviser, Quality & Special Initiatives for IDLO. In this role, he is responsible for developing formal institutional relationships for cooperation and collaboration. He previously led IDLO's programs and projects, distance learning and research.
Prior to IDLO, Dr. Kassahun performed various roles with the Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia. He also taught international law and international business transactions at the University of Oklahoma Law School, and co-lectured on subjects of international law at Harvard Law School.
Dr. Kassahun has a Doctorate in law from Harvard Law School. | |
| Maxine KENNETT |
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 Maxine Kennett is the Manager of Economic Growth & Trade Programs, overseeing IDLO's programs on Microfinance, Investment, Finance, Trade and Commercial Law issues.
Prior to joining IDLO, Ms. Kennett was the Director (Chief of Party) of the USAID-funded Trade Facilitation and Capacity Building Project of the Southern African Global Competitiveness Hub based in Gaborone, Botswana. While there, she managed a team of specialists working on a variety of economic growth activities in the Southern African region. She was also the Director of Trade for the USAID-funded Izdihar Project based in Baghdad, Iraq, where she supervised a team of lawyers and economists providing support to the government of Iraq on trade policy issues. As a qualified lawyer, Ms. Kennett also worked for the international law firm Allen & Overy, and as an independent international commercial law consultant to international organizations, governments and multinational corporations in the U.K.
Ms. Kennett holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law, London, and a Master of International Law and Economics (MILE) degree from the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland. | |
| Ilaria BOTTIGLIERO |
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Dr. Ilaria Bottigliero is Senior Researcher of the Research, Policy, and Strategic Initiatives at IDLO. She oversees research projects on issues such as legal empowerment, rule of law and human rights.
Previously, Dr. Bottigliero was a lecturer and researcher in several universities and research institutions worldwide, including the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, where she taught a range of international law, human rights, humanitarian law, and international criminal law courses.
Dr. Bottigliero has a Doctorate in International Law and a Masters Degree in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and a Master of Arts in Political Science from La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. | |
| Lynn SFERRAZZA |
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Lynn Sferrazza is the Field Program Manager for the southern Sudan office based in Juba. Sferrazza works with the judiciary to develop and conduct training programs for county court and high court judges on the new laws of southern Sudan, and with the Ministry of Legal Affairs to launch the Legal Training Institute for government lawyers and private practitioners.
Prior to joining IDLO, Ms. Sferrazza worked with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in eastern Europe, the former Soviet Republics and southeast Asia, developing and implementing legal reform projects in the areas of judicial reform, bar association building, human rights, legal aid and legal education. She has worked also on health policy initiatives in eastern Europe and southeast Asia.
She holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and is admitted to practice in New York state and Washington, D.C. | |
| Uchenna EMELONYE |
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As the Program Manager of Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Programs, Uchenna Emelonye oversees IDLO's work with governments on legal and judicial reform, as well as its work on legal empowerment and access to justice.
Mr. Emelonye has extensive experience in human rights, good governance and rule of law. Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Emelonye was Judicial Affairs Officer with the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Sudan, and was Human Rights Officer with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the new independent state of Kosovo. He also held the position of Head of Mission for RCN Justice and Démocratie in Brussels, implemented the European Commission's emergency assistance to the justice system of Southern Sudan and was the Rule of Law Coordinator for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York.
Mr. Emelonye holds a Doctorate in Juvenile Justice from the University of Leicester, U.K., and two Masters Degrees in Law from Central European University Budapest, Hungary and Abia State University, Nigeria. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1995 in Nigeria. | |
| Miles YOUNG |
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Miles Young is Manager of IDLO’s Field Operations Unit, responsible for establishing field offices and providing oversight, management and support for their work. Before joining IDLO, Young worked as a commercial lawyer in Sydney and Fiji.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of International Law degrees from the University of Sydney, and a Diploma in Law from the Legal Practitioners Admission Board of New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Patrizio M. CIVILI |
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Patrizio M. Civili is IDLO’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York.
Mr. Civili has over 35 years of experience within the United Nations system and served under 5 successive UN Secretaries General. From 1998 to 2007 he was Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Interagency Affairs in the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, serving simultaneously as Secretary of the Chief Executives' Board (CEB) which operates under the chairmanship of the UN Secretary General and comprises the Executive Heads of all UN specialized agencies. Mr. Civili held a number of other positions in the organization, including coordinator of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee(CDCC) work program at the Port of Spain office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean(ECLAC), senior adviser on policy coordination and institutional affairs in the Office of the Director General for Development and International Economic Cooperation, Chief of the Office of the Undersecretary General for Economic and Social Affairs in New York, Senior Member of the Cabinet of the Secretary General of UNCTAD and Director for Program Support and Management Services at the UNCTAD Headquarters in Geneva, and Director in the cabinets of Secretaries General Boutros Boutros Ghali and Kofi Annan.
Mr. Civili holds a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Rome, with a focus in Comparative Constitutional Law, and a Master of Art degree in Comparative Government from the University of Washington in Seattle. He attended also Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington and the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy. | |
| Frits E. BONTEKOE |
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Frits E. Bontekoe is General Counsel, responsible for planning, coordinating and managing IDLO’s legal affairs. Mr. Bontekoe serves as Secretary to the Management Committee, as well as Secretary to the Assembly of Parties and Board of Advisers.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Bontekoe served as senior legal adviser to twelve UN peacekeeping operations in Africa, the Middle East and eastern Europe, where he provided legal policy advice to heads of mission, negotiated agreements for the United Nations with governments and former rebel groups and helped re-establish the rule of law. Following his many years in post-conflict environments, Mr. Bontekoe worked for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York, where he led a team designing new peacekeeping operations and supporting UN peacekeeping efforts in east Africa.
Mr. Bontekoe holds a Master of Law Degree from University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | |
| Paul CROWLEY |
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Paul Crowley is Manager of Social Development Programs, overseeing IDLO's programs on Environmental Law, Health Law, Land Law and Human Trafficking.
Since 1990, Mr. Crowley has pursued a practice in sustainable development law and policy. In 1995, he moved to Iqaluit, Nunavut in Canada, where he worked with numerous Inuit organizations on a variety of social, cultural, economic, human rights and environmental issues. In 2005, he directed a team that documented climate change impacts on Inuit in support of a petition filed at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the United States of America.
He has an LLB from the University of Ottawa, Canada. | |
| David PATTERSON |
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David Patterson is Program Manager of the HIV and Health Law Program. He brings to IDLO a commitment to the rights-based approach to protecting and promoting health through law with practical program management and evaluation experience.
Mr. Patterson has been engaged in the legal and policy responses to the HIV epidemic since 1986, first in Australia and then in Canada, where he was a founding member of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. He has worked with the UNDP HIV and Development Program, as a human rights advisor with UNAIDS and as a consultant on HIV law and policy for WHO, ILO, UNDP and other international organizations.
Mr. Patterson holds a Master of Laws Degree from McGill University, Canada and a Master of Science Degree in Public Policy and Management from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, U.K. | |
| Georges BRAIDI |
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Dr. Georges Braidi is IDLO’s Director of the Middle East and North Africa Center in Cairo. He is responsible for promoting IDLO’s mandate in 22 Arab countries, including the development of the organization’s overall regional strategy, programs, new projects, and key relationships.
Previously, Dr. Braidi worked within the United Nations system for many years, and with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) during the Gulf War in Kuwait and Iraq. His experience includes work with international organizations on human rights, humanitarian relief, migration, rule of law, legal reform, good governance, penal reform, social reform, property claims and anti-corruption commissions.
He has a Doctorate in International Law from Bern University, and two Masters in Arts and in Swiss Law from Fribourg University, Switzerland. He holds a diploma in Sharia’a and Islamic Studies from Hebron University (OPT). | |
| Thomas A. BIANCHI |
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Thomas Bianchi is responsible for developing financial and other support for IDLO. He has over 27 years experience in management and consulting positions in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Mr Bianchi’s worked in a variety of organizational development consultancies in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland. He is currently a director of the Virginia Mason Bailey-Boushay House, an internationally recognized health facility for people suffering from HIV/AIDS, and is on the Advisory Council to the Center for Global Law & Policy at the Santa Clara University School of Law.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management from Seattle University, and academic certification from Loyola University in Rome, Italy. | |
| Ilaria BOTTIGLIERO |
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Dr. Ilaria Bottigliero is Senior Researcher of the Research, Policy, and Strategic Initiatives at IDLO. She oversees research projects on issues such as legal empowerment, rule of law and human rights.
Previously, Dr. Bottigliero was a lecturer and researcher in several universities and research institutions worldwide, including the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, where she taught a range of international law, human rights, humanitarian law, and international criminal law courses.
Dr. Bottigliero has a Doctorate in International Law and a Masters Degree in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and a Master of Arts in Political Science from La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. | |
| Miles YOUNG |
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Miles Young is Manager of IDLO’s Field Operations Unit, responsible for establishing field offices and providing oversight, management and support for their work. Before joining IDLO, Young worked as a commercial lawyer in Sydney and Fiji.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of International Law degrees from the University of Sydney, and a Diploma in Law from the Legal Practitioners Admission Board of New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Sumit BISARYA |
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Sumit Bisarya is Program Management Officer with IDLO’s Field Operations Team. During his time at IDLO, Bisarya has spent over 18 months in Afghanistan, where he has been responsible for the design, implementation and management of legal assistance programs for the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Mines.
Mr. Bisarya holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, New York, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Neuroscience from Brown University, Rhode Island. | |
| Joanne FLETCHER |
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Joanne Fletcher coordinates IDLO’s E-Learning and Distance Learning Courses, and is responsible for the financial and administrative resources allocated to the DLRC. She acts as IDLO’s liaison officer with the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) services in Washington D.C. for all of IDLO’s videoconference distance learning activities.
Ms. Fletcher studied Business English and Commerce in the UK, and has completed a Diploma course at the International Training Centre in Italy on “Lifelong E-Learning Innovative Solutions.” | |
| Valérie ROBERT |
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Valérie Robert is in charge of Public Procurement policy at IDLO, with overall responsibility for procurement-related field projects and courses.
Ms. Robert’s previous experience includes work as a senior procurement expert in Albania and with the World Bank in Afghanistan. She has worked also with the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and CARICOM in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean.
Ms. Robert’s legal degrees were awarded by Paris II University, Panthéon-Assas, the University of London and Paris I University, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. | |
| Darlene TYMO |
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Darlene Tymo established and leads IDLO’s Evaluation Unit. She has extensive experience in planning, evaluating and managing development and humanitarian projects.
Ms. Tymo previously worked for the UN World Food Program as a senior project coordinator and evaluation officer, and has managed programs for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF and the Canadian International Development Agency.
Ms. Tymo holds an M. Phil in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, U.K., and a Bachelor of Public Administration from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. | |
| Thomas A. BIANCHI |
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Thomas Bianchi is responsible for developing financial and other support for IDLO. He has over 27 years experience in management and consulting positions in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Mr Bianchi’s worked in a variety of organizational development consultancies in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland. He is currently a director of the Virginia Mason Bailey-Boushay House, an internationally recognized health facility for people suffering from HIV/AIDS, and is on the Advisory Council to the Center for Global Law & Policy at the Santa Clara University School of Law.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management from Seattle University, and academic certification from Loyola University in Rome, Italy. | |
| Karen WIDESS |
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Karen Ann Widess is IDLO’s Manager of Program Development and Compliance, where she supervises the Program Development and Compliance Unit. She coordinates the activities of the internal committee for the selection of projects and develops projects involving diverse donor agencies and organizations.
Ms. Widess has wide experience in various common law, civil law and "post-Soviet" legal systems, as well as substantial experience in project design, management, monitoring and evaluation. She has worked in the fields of democratic development, human rights, rule of law, market reform, institutional strengthening and NGO strengthening.
Ms. Widess holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law School, a Diploma in International Law and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. | |
| Jami HUBBARD |
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Jami Hubbard manages IDLO’s Microfinance Program and also works as a Program Legal Counsel. She oversees programs on the legal and regulatory issues impacting access to financial services for the poor and marginalized populations.
Her previous experience includes roles with Studio Legale Carnelutti of Naples, where she primarily assisted Italian corporations expanding into the American market, and as a commercial lawyer in New York.
Ms. Hubbard is admitted to the New York State Bar and the Wisconsin State Bar, and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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| Paul CROWLEY |
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Paul Crowley is Manager of Social Development Programs, overseeing IDLO's programs on Environmental Law, Health Law, Land Law and Human Trafficking.
Since 1990, Mr. Crowley has pursued a practice in sustainable development law and policy. In 1995, he moved to Iqaluit, Nunavut in Canada, where he worked with numerous Inuit organizations on a variety of social, cultural, economic, human rights and environmental issues. In 2005, he directed a team that documented climate change impacts on Inuit in support of a petition filed at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the United States of America.
He has an LLB from the University of Ottawa, Canada. | |
| Darlene TYMO |
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Darlene Tymo established and leads IDLO’s Evaluation Unit. She has extensive experience in planning, evaluating and managing development and humanitarian projects.
Ms. Tymo previously worked for the UN World Food Program as a senior project coordinator and evaluation officer, and has managed programs for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF and the Canadian International Development Agency.
Ms. Tymo holds an M. Phil in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, U.K., and a Bachelor of Public Administration from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. | |
| Maxine KENNETT |
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Maxine Kennett is the Manager of Economic Growth & Trade Programs, overseeing IDLO's programs on Microfinance, Investment, Finance, Trade and Commercial Law issues.
Prior to joining IDLO, Ms. Kennett was the Director (Chief of Party) of the USAID-funded Trade Facilitation and Capacity Building Project of the Southern African Global Competitiveness Hub based in Gaborone, Botswana. While there, she managed a team of specialists working on a variety of economic growth activities in the Southern African region. She was also the Director of Trade for the USAID-funded Izdihar Project based in Baghdad, Iraq, where she supervised a team of lawyers and economists providing support to the government of Iraq on trade policy issues. As a qualified lawyer, Ms. Kennett also worked for the international law firm Allen & Overy, and as an independent international commercial law consultant to international organizations, governments and multinational corporations in the U.K.
Ms. Kennett holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law, London, and a Master of International Law and Economics (MILE) degree from the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland. | |
| Lynn SFERRAZZA |
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Lynn Sferrazza is the Field Program Manager for the southern Sudan office based in Juba. Sferrazza works with the judiciary to develop and conduct training programs for county court and high court judges on the new laws of southern Sudan, and with the Ministry of Legal Affairs to launch the Legal Training Institute for government lawyers and private practitioners.
Prior to joining IDLO, Ms. Sferrazza worked with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in eastern Europe, the former Soviet Republics and southeast Asia, developing and implementing legal reform projects in the areas of judicial reform, bar association building, human rights, legal aid and legal education. She has worked also on health policy initiatives in eastern Europe and southeast Asia.
She holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and is admitted to practice in New York state and Washington, D.C. | |
| Robert BUERGENTHAL |
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Robert M. Buergenthal is Director of Programs Management at IDLO. A seasoned justice sector reform and international development specialist, he has 20 years experience developing, managing and evaluating projects in the justice sector, democratic reform and human rights in developing and post-conflict countries.
Previously, Mr. Buergenthal worked as Senior Counsel with The World Bank, developing and implementing justice sector reform projects worldwide, and as a senior manager at Washington-based consulting firm Chemonics International, Inc., where he provided technical, policy and management expertise for legal reform and government integrity projects. Mr. Buergenthal served also as a rule of law adviser with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and as Project Liaison Officer at the United States Agency for International Development.
He obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota School of Law. | |
| Georges BRAIDI |
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Dr. Georges Braidi is IDLO’s Director of the Middle East and North Africa Center in Cairo. He is responsible for promoting IDLO’s mandate in 22 Arab countries, including the development of the organization’s overall regional strategy, programs, new projects, and key relationships.
Previously, Dr. Braidi worked within the United Nations system for many years, and with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) during the Gulf War in Kuwait and Iraq. His experience includes work with international organizations on human rights, humanitarian relief, migration, rule of law, legal reform, good governance, penal reform, social reform, property claims and anti-corruption commissions.
He has a Doctorate in International Law from Bern University, and two Masters in Arts and in Swiss Law from Fribourg University, Switzerland. He holds a diploma in Sharia’a and Islamic Studies from Hebron University (OPT). | |
| Karen WIDESS |
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Karen Ann Widess is IDLO’s Manager of Program Development and Compliance, where she supervises the Program Development and Compliance Unit. She coordinates the activities of the internal committee for the selection of projects and develops projects involving diverse donor agencies and organizations.
Ms. Widess has wide experience in various common law, civil law and "post-Soviet" legal systems, as well as substantial experience in project design, management, monitoring and evaluation. She has worked in the fields of democratic development, human rights, rule of law, market reform, institutional strengthening and NGO strengthening.
Ms. Widess holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law School, a Diploma in International Law and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. | |
| Jami HUBBARD |
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Jami Hubbard manages IDLO’s Microfinance Program and also works as a Program Legal Counsel. She oversees programs on the legal and regulatory issues impacting access to financial services for the poor and marginalized populations.
Her previous experience includes roles with Studio Legale Carnelutti of Naples, where she primarily assisted Italian corporations expanding into the American market, and as a commercial lawyer in New York.
Ms. Hubbard is admitted to the New York State Bar and the Wisconsin State Bar, and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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| Pekka T. SAAVALAINEN |
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Pekka T. Saavalainen is IDLO’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, as well as deputy to the Director General. Mr. Saavalainen brings to IDLO strong leadership, general management and business development skills from various industries, including development.
Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. Saavalainen was the CEO of Capgemini Telecom, Media & Networks Finland Oy, and a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saavalainen was an independent training and development consultant in the Baltic states and central Asia, and training manager at PRODEC/Helsinki School of Economics, covering programs in the Baltic states, east Africa, southeast and central Asia.
Mr. Saavalainen holds a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland. | |
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