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Pascaline is a senior elections expert with 20+ years of experience providing advisory and operational support for election managers globally. She also collaborates with civil society on voter education, youth civic engagement, women’s equality, and the rights of persons with disabilities, most recently as a Country Director for Fiji and the Pacific Islands, and previously for Nepal. Pascaline has worked internationally with IFES, UNOPS, EuropeAid, DRI, OSCE, and the British Council. She holds a master’s degree in communications from Humboldt University and a master’s degree in international politics from the Université de Paris XI – Faculté Jean Monnet. Pascaline is a polyglot who is fluent in six languages and has travelled Karakorum highway with a guitar on her back. She insists that suitcase-lugging at airports should be an Olympic sport.

Meredith is a social inclusion expert with 15+ years of experience with democracy, elections, youth, and civil society programs worldwide. She has spent over 12 years leading country offices across three continents, with significant experience developing, managing, and implementing programs in diverse contexts. She is an accomplished trainer and facilitator, creating curricula and facilitating workshops for governments, institutions, colleges, and civil society. She holds a master’s degree in gender, development, and globalization from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and English from Northwestern University. Meredith grew up in Southern California surrounded by theater, artists, musicians, and actors. She has driven an auto rickshaw the length of India and is an obsessive crossword fanatic.

Katie is a non-profit executive and lawyer with 20+ years of experience partnering with election commissions, oversight bodies, anti-corruption commissions, tribunals, courts, and civil society in over 30 countries. She has supported electoral, legal, and judicial reforms in multiple countries, advancing landmark initiatives such as Ethiopia’s first judicial training system for electoral disputes and Ukraine’s first-ever master’s program in election dispute resolution. She was one of the first experts to publish legal guidance for countries facing election postponements during Covid-19, and has developed innovative methodologies to strengthen the autonomy and accountability of independent constitutional bodies. Katie is a former diplomat with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, holds a master’s degree in law and bachelor’s degrees in law and philosophy from the University of Canterbury, and is admitted to the bar in New Zealand. Katie plays the drums, owns a Triumph motorcycle, and hiked two days of the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal in flip flops.

Typhaine is a lawyer and expert on democratic law reform, regulatory development and the resolution of political and electoral disputes. She has partnered with institutions and legislators on constitutional, legal, and procedural reforms for elections across every continent for more than a decade. Throughout her career, she has worked with senior officials, judges, oversight bodies, civil society and election observers to design and conduct training, draft legal amendments and regulations, institute transparency and accountability mechanisms and consult with and inform the public. She holds two master of laws degrees from Paris X Nanterre University and Washington College of Law at American University and is admitted to the New York Bar. Typhaine is serving a 3-year term as a judge on the National Court of Asylum in France. She loves to draft election procedures for 12 hours straight, but happily joins adventures when with good company!

Eva has spent her professional career working in situations of conflict and authoritarianism, supporting local democratic leaders and opposition movements, grassroots activists, and legal professionals to build solid frameworks for inclusion and participation. Her academic background in international economics and political science prepared her to encourage diverse counterparts to develop and continuously adapt their strategies for social and political change. Eva spent ten years working on constitutional and electoral reforms in Asia, and recently reconnected with partners in Latin America where she can work in her mother tongue. As a good Mediterranean, she has a soft spot for the Middle East and North Africa and is working on her Palestinian Arabic language skills while supporting the cause for democratic participation in the region. Eva doesn’t have a motorcycle or dog though she loves both and would like to have either - but her free spirit leads her continuously to diverse places.

Melika is a senior operations and program delivery leader with 20+ years of experience in the non-profit and private sectors. She has lived and worked across Asia-Pacific for over a decade, supporting electoral processes in the region, including multi-country initiatives on cybersecurity and inclusion. She began her career in post-conflict elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and worked on global education/advocacy campaigns at a New York-based media company - including a Buddy Holly tribute album and PBS fundraising special. After managing concerts and hauling gear, she figured democracy promotion would be an easier gig. Spoiler alert: democracy is the longest-running production there is! Melika holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in peace and conflict studies from Bryn Mawr College, where she co-captained the crew team. She prefers water over land, has two rescue dogs, and a lifelong belief that the best stories come from unexpected detours.