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Members of the ACE Practitioners’ Network

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Disclaimer: The members of the Practitioners’ Network contribute to the network and participate in network activities on their own time and in their individual capacity and should not be seen as representing the views of the ACE partner organisations or any organisation with which they may be affiliated.

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Members of the Practitioner’s Network 143 found.
Kimberly Kippen Read more...
Kiril Kolev Kiril Kolev is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Hendrix College. He holds a PhD in Comparative Politics from Duke University. His research focuses on electoral institutions, election quality, ethno-cultural polarizati [...] Read more...	Nationality Bulgaria	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Electoral Assistance Electoral Observation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Americas Europe Middle East
Pascaline Krone Read more...	Languages English Spanish French
David Kuennen David Kuennen is a senior election advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He is an election specialist with more than two decades of experience working on elections in the U.S. and internationally. Prior to joining USAID in 20 [...] Read more...	Nationality United States of America Languages English Russian	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Media and Elections Minority and Refugee Voting Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Youth Participation Other Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Ghana Kenya Somalia Sudan Americas United States of America Asia Azerbaijan Burma (Myanmar) Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Uzbekistan Europe Armenia Belarus Russia Ukraine
Charles Lasham Charles Lasham has over 30 year’s experience in elections and is a former Returning Officer in the United Kingdom and European Regional Returning Officer for the North West of England. Charles has notable experience of worldwide elections having wo [...] Read more...	Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Electoral Assistance Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Media and Elections Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Youth Participation Regions/Countries of Expertise Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone Uganda Zanzibar El Salvador Guatemala Suriname United States of America Venezuela Afghanistan Azerbaijan India Albania Armenia Bulgaria Georgia Hungary Kosovo Moldova, Republic of Romania United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Egypt Iraq
Cristian-Alexandru Leahu Cristian-Alexandru Leahu (b. 1980) graduated from the Faculty of Law, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Jassy, in 2002. He did his post-graduate studies at the same University during 2002-2003 and carried on a research project regarding the Europ [...] Read more...	Nationality Romania Languages English French	Thematic Areas of Expertise Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Legal Framework Regions/Countries of Expertise Americas Argentina Canada Mexico Panama United States of America Uruguay Indonesia Europe Armenia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Moldova, Republic of Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Rebecca Lie Read more...
James Littleton Read more...	Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Electoral Systems Media and Elections Parties and Candidates Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Asia Middle East
Beatriz Llanos Read more...	Nationality Peru	Thematic Areas of Expertise Electoral Observation Gender and Elections Media and Elections Parties and Candidates Regions/Countries of Expertise Americas
Marc Lortie Marc Lortie, B.A., CD, GEOGRAPHER; Canadian senior expert in Applied Electoral Geography Specialist of electoral territories and Precision geopositioning; Senior expert in Applied Electoral Geography; International Consultant in Geography of C [...] Read more...	Nationality Canada	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Electoral Systems Vote Counting Voter Registration Voting Operations Other Regions/Countries of Expertise Americas
lawrence robertson Read more...
Banu Maarouf Read more...	Nationality Denmark
Liqabang Macheli I am a 50 year old woman. I work as a Civic and Voter Education Manager for Electoral Commission of Lesotho. I have over 25 years electoral experience at different sections in the Electoral Commission. I am a bridge facilitator. I have facilitated ge [...] Read more...	Nationality Lesotho	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Gender and Elections Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voting Operations Youth Participation Other Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa
Paolo Maligaya Paolo B. Maligaya has had more than 20 years of election experience in the Philippines and internationally. As volunteer and as member of the national secretariat team of the Philippines' National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), a na [...] Read more...	Nationality Philippines	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Electoral Observation Participation Media and Elections Vote Counting Youth Participation
Dr. John Maphephe Dr. John Maphephe is a researcher, policy analyst, and senior electoral administrator with over 25 years of experience in electoral governance, public sector reform, and digital innovation across Africa and internationally. He specializes in integrat [...] Read more...	Nationality Lesotho Languages English Arabic	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Media and Elections Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Youth Participation Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Europe Middle East
Nicholas Matatu Read more...	Nationality Zimbabwe Languages English French	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Participation Gender and Elections Media and Elections Vote Counting Voting Operations Youth Participation Other Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa
AMADOU BA MBODJI Directeur adjoint des Opérations Électorales de la Direction Générale du Ministère de l'Interieur de 1999-2000 Directeur des opérations Électorales de la Direction Générale des Élections du Sénégal 2000-2002 . J'ai exercé les attribut [...] Read more...	Nationality Senegal	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Electoral Systems Legal Framework Voting from Abroad Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Europe
Ronan McDermott It's all on my website. http://www.mcdis.com Read more...	Nationality Ireland	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Legal Framework Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East Pacific
MBEM Ariel Je suis Dr MBEM Ariel, PhD et Chercheur spécialisé en Dynamiques Électorales Internationales. Je suis par ailleurs fondateur et coordonnateur du Think To Do MÉMOIRE ÉLECTORALE. En outre, je suis auteur de plusieurs publications scientifiques [...] Read more...	Nationality Cameroon Languages English French	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Elections and Technology Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Media and Elections Minority and Refugee Voting Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Voter Registration Voter Turnout Youth Participation
Mario Parra Huerta Read more...	Languages Spanish English	Thematic Areas of Expertise None
Gregory Minjack Gregory Minjack began his international elections and political processes work in 1992 when he opened the National Democratic Institute’s first residential program office in Russia. Minjack has since built an international practice that has includ [...] Read more...	Nationality United States of America	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Elections Security Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Turnout Regions/Countries of Expertise Asia Afghanistan Azerbaijan Pakistan Europe Albania Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Ukraine
Dr. Noor Mohammad I worked as a voting member of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) Afghanistan, wherein, working on the entire range of electoral issues in coordination with the Afghan and international members of the JEMB, drafted electoral law amendment pro [...] Read more...	Nationality India	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Legal Framework Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Asia
Mario Parra Read more...	Nationality Mexico Languages Spanish English	Thematic Areas of Expertise Elections and Technology
Koki Muli I am a lawyer by training and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. I am a Lecturer at South Eastern University College, a constituent College of University of Nairobi. I am also a Certified Public Secretary. I specialised in human rights and refug [...] Read more...	Nationality Kenya Languages English Swahili	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Media and Elections Minority and Refugee Voting Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Youth Participation Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Burundi Ghana Kenya Liberia Malawi Mozambique Rwanda South Africa Sudan Uganda Zimbabwe
Raul Lucian Muresan Electoral and governance expert with over 25 years of experience in electoral assistance and observation across 25 countries, including the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Held key roles with ODIHR, UN, OSCE, EU [...] Read more...	Nationality Romania	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Elections and Technology Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Media and Elections Minority and Refugee Voting Voting from Abroad Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Americas Asia Europe
Belinda Musanhu I have been involved in the area of elections for the least ten years working mainly in the Southern African Region. My areas of expertise are domestic observation, regional and international observation as well as election administration, electoral [...] Read more...	Nationality Zimbabwe Languages English French	Thematic Areas of Expertise Civil Society and Elections Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Observation Media and Elections Voter Registration Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa
Takawira Musavengana I have over 20 years working experience in national, international governmental and non-governmental settings, in a combination of high-level technical advice and policy analysis, programme design, management and evaluation in elections and political [...] Read more...	Nationality Zimbabwe	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Direct Democracy Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Media and Elections Parties and Candidates Youth Participation Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa
Amadou Ndiaye Amadou NDIAYE, né le 05 novembre 1956 à Dakar, Sénégal. Juriste de formation titulaire de la maîtrise en droit privé de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar depuis 1995. Directeur fondateur de (MC&A), un Cabinet de Conseil et d'Assistance ju [...] Read more...	Nationality Senegal	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Voter Education Electoral Management Electoral Observation Electoral Systems Legal Framework Vote Counting Voter Registration Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa
Harry Neufeld Currently independent electoral management consultant based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Formerly Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia, Canada. Formerly British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commissioner, 2005 - 2008. Formerly Director of [...] Read more...	Nationality Canada	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Electoral Management Voter Registration Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Americas Middle East
Magnus Ohman Dr Magnus Ohman is the IFES Senior Political Finance Advisor and Director, Regional Europe Office. He has worked with political party and campaign finance issues since the 1990s, with focus on disclosure processes, public funding systems and sustaina [...] Read more...	Nationality Sweden	Thematic Areas of Expertise Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Parties and Candidates Voting Operations Other Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Asia Europe Middle East
Obehi Okojie Read more...
Oscar Nuñez Read more...	Nationality Mexico Languages Spanish English	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Electoral Systems Gender and Elections
Ian Parenteau Dr. Ian Parenteau is a professor of political science at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in Québec, Canada and is a returning officer for the Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ) (Quebec chief electoral officer). His research i [...] Read more...	Nationality Canada Languages English French	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Legal Framework Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Americas Europe
Therese Pearce Laanela Therese Pearce Laanela has been working in the field of electoral administration for 17 years in many capacities and on numerous continents. She continues to be deeply involved in the development of tools to support election administrators and electo [...] Read more...	Nationality Sweden	Thematic Areas of Expertise Civic and Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity Electoral Management Electoral Observation Electoral Participation Electoral Standards Electoral Training Gender and Elections Voter Education Voter Education Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Participation Participation
Prabhat Kumar I have over seventeen years of progressive experience with the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), UNDP Electoral Support Project (ESP), UNOCHA, WFP, UN RCO, Election Commission of Nepal, Government, and INGOs in planning and implementation of p [...] Read more...	Nationality Nepal	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Electoral Systems Voting from Abroad Voter Registration Voter Turnout Other Regions/Countries of Expertise Asia
Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida International University in Miami, FL. Her research focuses on democratization issues in Latin America, including the study of electoral systems, executive-legislative rela [...] Read more...	Nationality Venezuela Languages English Spanish	Thematic Areas of Expertise Electoral Assistance Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Media and Elections Voter Turnout Regions/Countries of Expertise Americas
Vladimir Pran transitional political processes Read more...		Thematic Areas of Expertise Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Electoral Systems Legal Framework Regions/Countries of Expertise Middle East
Pascale Roussy Read more...	Languages English French Russian
Peter Wolf Peter Wolf is responsible for the technical development of the ACE website. In addition to ACE, he worked on Elections and Technology projects at International IDEA. Before joining IDEA and ACE Peter worked with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herz [...] Read more...	Nationality Austria Languages English Spanish French Croatian German	Thematic Areas of Expertise Elections and Technology Electoral Assistance Electoral Observation Minority and Refugee Voting Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Estonia
Peter Yates Read more...	Nationality Australia	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Electoral Assistance Electoral Observation Parties and Candidates Regions/Countries of Expertise Asia Pacific
Paloma Biglino Campos Paloma Biglino is full professor of Constitutional Law at Valladolid University. She is sustitute member of the European Commission for Democracy thorough Law (Venice Commission, Council of Europe) and of the Council for Democratic Elections. In Spai [...] Read more...	Languages Spanish English	Thematic Areas of Expertise Direct Democracy Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Legal Framework Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Regions/Countries of Expertise Europe
Mmapitsi Raphala Read more...	Nationality South Africa	Thematic Areas of Expertise Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems
Ramona Canaan CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: CANAAN 2. First names: Ramona 3. Date of birth: 20 March 1972 4. Passport Holder: Lebanese/Egyptian 5. Education: Institution, Date Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: American University in Egypt (October 2 [...] Read more...	Nationality Lebanon Languages English French Arabic	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Electoral Management Gender and Elections Media and Elections Regions/Countries of Expertise Middle East
Jhank N Regmi Read more...
Robin Ludwig Read more...
Robert Sampson I am a Canadian lawyer trained in English and in French, in common law and civil law at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. While I began my career as a litigation associate at a large New York law firm, I have worked for the Canadian government f [...] Read more...	Nationality Canada Languages English French	Thematic Areas of Expertise Elections and Technology Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Observation Electoral Systems Gender and Elections Legal Framework Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Africa Americas
Alexander Wyeth Ruthven Ruthven spent more than a decade in politics as a speechwriter, communications director and campaign strategist. Ruthven served as a short-term observer to the 1994 and 2000 presidential elections in Mexico. Ruthven is a veteran of more than t [...] Read more...	Nationality United States of America Languages English Spanish Portuguese	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Legal Framework Media and Elections Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout
Rupesh Sah I am civil servant and recently I worked as Returning officer for the Local Government Election. Read more...	Nationality Nepal	Thematic Areas of Expertise Voter Education Electoral Assistance Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Vote Counting
Herschell Sax I was Elections Canada's subject matter expert for redistribution (boundary delimitation) for eighteen years (1993-2011) until my retirement. My responsibilities included the operational planning for the redistribution process, the provision of al [...] Read more...	Nationality Canada	Thematic Areas of Expertise Boundary Delimitation Electoral Management Voting from Abroad Vote Counting Voting Operations Regions/Countries of Expertise Canada