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WASHINGTON
DC OFFICE
Dr. Morton
Halperin, President
Morton H. Halperin is Director of U.S. Advocacy
at the Open Society Institute and Executive Director of the
Open Society Policy Center. He is also a Senior Fellow at
the Center for American Progress. Dr. Halperin served in the
Clinton, Nixon and Johnson administrations, most recently
as Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department
of State (1998-2001). From 1975-92, Dr. Halperin directed
the Center for National Security Studies, a project of the
American Civil Liberties Union which sought to reconcile requirements
of national security with civil liberties. From 1984-92, he
also directed the Washington Office of the ACLU where he was
responsible for its national legislative program. Dr. Halperin
has published a number of books --including Bureaucratic Politics
and Foreign Policy, The Democracy Advantage, and Protecting
Democracy - and articles on subjects including civil liberties
and American foreign policy. He has testified often before
Congressional Committees. Dr. Halperin is Chairman of the
Board, Democracy Coalition Project, a member of the boards
and Chair of the Executive Committees for both DATA Foundation
and DATA Action, and a member of the boards of The Constitution
Project and the Center for Democracy and Technology. He is
the chair of the Advisory Board of the Center for National
Security Studies and Chairman of the Board of the Health Privacy
Project, Georgetown University.
Areas of Expertise: Global
Democracy, National Security, Civil Liberties, Arms Control
Region of Expertise:
Europe
Dokhi Fassihian,
Acting Executive Director
Ms. Fassihian brings ten years of experience
in research, non-profit management, and international development
to the Democracy Coalition Project. Before joining DCP, she
was the Executive Director of the National Iranian American
Council (NIAC), a civic education and advocacy organization
in Washington, D.C., which serves to empower Iranian Americans
through civic engagement. Ms. Fassihian has also worked as
a research analyst of the Middle East and national security
policies for the CNA Corporation. Her work in international
development and advocacy has focused on governance, civic
empowerment, and human rights. In the late 1990s, during the
height of the reform movement in Iran, Ms. Fassihian worked
for the Governance Unit of the United Nations Development
Programme in Tehran. Before that, she worked for the Sisterhood
Is Global Institute, an international women's rights NGO.
Ms. Fassihian holds an M.A. in Advanced International Studies
from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies with a focus on the Middle
East and International Economics. She has lived and worked
in the Middle East, and travels to the region regularly. Ms.
Fassihian is fluent in Persian and has received advanced training
in Arabic and French.
Areas of Expertise :
Post 9/11 Civil Liberties and Immigration Policies, Civil-Military
Relations, U.S.-Mideast Policy, Governance, Human Rights
Region of Expertise:
Middle East
Sarah Rivard,
Program Assistant
Sarah Rivard holds the position of Program Assistant
at the Democracy Coalition Project. Most recently, she worked
on the Nicaraguan Election Observation Mission with The Carter
Center, assisting in the coordination of the delegation and
serving as an international elections observer. In summer
2005 she worked for Catholic Relief Services in Recife, Brazil,
were she coordinated an emergency relief project to help victims
of flooding in the state of Pernambuco. She has previously
served as an intern for the United States Mission to the Organization
of American States at the State Department, where she worked
on issues of terrorism, anti-corruption and money laundering.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Rivard graduated
with honors in May 2006 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
Maryland with a B.A. in International Studies. During her
undergraduate studies, Ms. Rivard spent three months studying
abroad in Santiago, Dominican Republic at Pontificia Universidad
Catolica Madre y Maestra. She is an alumnus of the Atlanta
International School, where she received a bilingual International
Baccalaureate Diploma. She is fluent in Spanish and English,
and has a working command of Portuguese.
Areas of Expertise :
Democracy, Anti-Corruption, Governance, International Relief
Region of Expertise:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Payal Patel,
Research Assistant
Payal Patel holds the position
of Research Assistant at the Democracy Coalition Project.
Before joining DCP, she worked with Sahyog, a grassroots educational
NGO in India, in conjunction with its principal partner organization,
the U.S.-based Asha for Education. There she helped to strengthen
Sahyog’s program evaluation methodology, and conducted
various teacher and staff capacity trainings. Payal has also
recently interned at the New York-based Global Youth Coalition
on HIV/AIDS, a UNAIDS-supported initiative that strengthens
the technical capacities of youth working on HIV/AIDS projects
in their local communities.
Payal is currently pursuing
an M.A. in International Development at The George Washington
Elliott School of International Affairs. She received her
B.A. in Economics and International Relations cum laude from
Wellesley College in 2004. During her undergraduate studies,
she spent six months in Spain studying history and economics
at the Universidad de Sevilla, and interned for a summer in
Costa Rica at the human rights NGO Foro Emaus. She is fluent
in Gujarati and Spanish, and has a working command of French
and Hindi.
Regions of Expertise: Latin America and
the Caribbean, South Asia
Areas of Expertise: Human Rights,
Education and Development
Busi Langa, Project Assistant
Busi Langa is a Project Assistant at the Democracy Coalition Project. Prior to joining the DCP, she spent two years as a litigation project assistant at the Chicago office of Jenner & Block LLP. There she worked on matters of reinsurance, intellectual property, pro bono representation, and provided document translation services.
Originally from South Africa, Busi is currently pursuing her M.A. in Public Policy with a concentration in International Development at The George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. She received her B.S. in Biology from Purdue University in 2003. She has a working command of German and Zulu.
Region of Expertise: Africa
Area of Expertise: Human Rights, Social Welfare and Development
BRUSSELS
OFFICE
Nicolas
Rougy, Director Brussels Office
Nicolas Rougy holds the position of Director
at the Democracy Coalition Project Brussels Office. He started
his career in the banking sector before joining Altran, the
European leader in innovation and technology consulting, as
a business development manager in the fields of aeronautics,
space, defense and energy. Mr. Rougy took part in the development
of projects with regional governments and actors to strengthen
small and medium sized enterprises in Belgium. After two years,
he founded the permanent representation office of the Altran
Group in Brussels, with the objective of positioning the consulting
company as a key actor in innovation in Europe and organizing
its public sector activities.
A French national, Mr. Rougy was born in Lyon
in 1976 and has lived and studied in several European countries.
He holds a Master Degree in Administration from Clermont-Ferrand
Business School (France) and a European Master of Business
Science and European Affairs from Heriot Watt University in
Edinburgh (Scotland). He specialized in Human Resources Management
and International Affairs, and in Corporate Strategy and Economics
of the European Union and Transition economies. Mr. Rougy
is a specialist in networking and funding, and has worked
intensively in contributions to EU policies and increasing
visibility for organizations. He is fluent in French, English
and Spanish, and proficient in German.
Areas of Expertise: EU
Affairs, funding, International Relations, strategic intelligence
Region of Expertise:
Europe
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