ERRC Board of Directors
(Last modified: 2008-03-05 11:42:33)
As of September 1 2007, the Board of Directors included the following members:
Petar Antic (Serbia) is an advocate for Roma rights, as well as the founder and executive director of the Minority Rights Center, an organisation dedicated to protecting and empowering Roma and other minority communities in Serbia. As a lawyer, he has investigated over 100 cases of discrimination, violence, and unlawful treatment of the Roma community by police.
James A. Goldston (USA) is the Executive Director of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Previously, as Legal Director of the ERRC, he spearheaded the development of ground-breaking civil rights litigation before the European Court of Human Rights, United Nations treaty bodies, and domestic courts in 15 European countries. He has written widely on issues of human rights and racial discrimination. He has engaged in law reform fieldwork and investigated rights abuses in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He is a Lecturer on Law at Columbia Law School.
Dr Krassimir Kanev (Bulgaria) is Chair of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and Member of the Executive Committee of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF). He teaches human rights and sociology of law at the state universities of Sofia and Plovdiv (Bulgaria). He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
Isabela Mihalache (Romania) is the Senior Program Manager of the Roma Participation Program at the Open Society Institute (OSI) in Budapest, dedicated to Roma inclusion with a specialization in integrating gender throughout her advocacy work at the European and national levels, supporting the process for the consolidation of a new generation of Romani women and men advocates through her direct involvement with the Joint Romani Women's Initiatives of the OSI while building local, regional and international partnerships among Roma stakeholders. She is a Member of the Advisory Committee of the Spolu International Foundation.
Viktoria Mohacsi (Hungary) is Member of the European Parliament, where she is a Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Previously she worked as Ministerial Commissioner for the integration of Roma and disadvantaged children in Hungary. She has also been engaged in numerous researches concerning segregation of Roma children and other Roma related issues.
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ERRC Staff
(Last modified: 2008-11-03 10:44:08)
Managing Director - Robert A. Kushen
Robert Kushen joined the ERRC on 1 October 2008 in the role of Managing Director, on loan from the Open Society Institute. Mr Kushen undertakes management of the operations of the ERRC. Previously, Mr Kushen served as Director of International Operations at the Open Society Institute and most recently as Executive Director of the Harvard PEPFAR programme, which provides HIV treatment and care to over 100,000 patients in Africa.
Staff
Tara Bedard is Programmes Coordinator and Senior Projects Manager. She holds a Masters of Business Administration - International Management from Centenary College, USA, a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Development Studies from the University of Toronto, Canada, and a post-graduate diploma in International Project Management.
Dzavit Berisa is Research and Publications Officer. He has a secondary school degree as a miner. Due to the war in Kosovo he didn't have the opportunity to further his education. Since 1999 he is a human rights activist, working to defend the rights of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian refugees in Macedonia.
Dora Eke is Programmes Assistant. She has a degree in Computer Programming (Information Systems option) from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada. She managed the Freedom Forum Library at the Center for Independent Journalism for seven years.
Csilla M. Farkas is Operations director. A communications professional who graduated from Eotvos Lorand University Budapest, Faculty of Humanities, holds degrees in English and American Studies and Romanian Literature. Has undertaken post graduate work in film, sociology and communications. Worked extensively in areas of public relations, public affairs, as well as media.
Judit Geller Paralegal. She holds a BA degree in Public Administration from the Corvinus University of Budapest and a Law Degree from the Eotvos Lorand University Budapest. She studied one academic year at the Law Faculty of University of Leuven, Belgium and completed a traineeship at the European Court of Human Rights.
Csilla Kacso is Project Financial Officer. She has a degree in Banking and stock exchange and a degree in Physics and Physics teacher, both from the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania. She mostly worked in the field of financial investment, as a software expert, and as an economics and physics teacher. She joined the ERRC in 2006.
Julianna Kiss is Project Assistant/Administrator. She holds a Masters degree in English Language and Literature from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and is currently completing her Masters degree in Communication Studies from the same university and Bachelors degree in Social Studies from Budapest's Corvinus University.
Idaver Memedov is International Advocacy Officer. He is a graduated lawyer and is currently completing his MA in Public Policy at the Central European University. Prior to joining the ERRC, Idaver worked with the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia as a lawyer and researcher.
Hajnalka Nemeth is the Office Secretary. She started her career as the Secretary to the Executive Director for a Construction Company. She moved to Budapest in 1990 and worked at MTI (Hungarian News Agency) as an English Language Operator. She has been with the ERRC since 2005.
Ostalinda Maya Ovalle is Women's Rights Officer. She graduated from the University of Sussex (U.K.) in Social Anthropology and Development Studies. Prior to joining the ERRC she was involved in grassroots work in various countries.
Larry Olomoofe is Human Rights Trainer. He studied Social Sciences at Oxford University (University Diploma) and Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University, England (BA and MA). Upon completion of his studies in the UK, he embarked upon a PhD at the New School University, New York. Prior to joining the ERRC, he was the Project Coordinator of the Civic Education Project - CEP (Hungary).
Julianna Oros is Financial Officer. She graduated from the in Budapest University of Technology and Economics and a post-graduate degree in statistics. She also completed a tax-advisory course. She joined the ERRC in June, 2004.
Tatjana Peric is Senior Research Coordinator. Prior to earning an MA degree in Theory and Practice of Human Rights at the University of Essex, UK, she completed studies in English Language and Literature at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She also holds graduate certificates in Romani Studies (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) and Human Rights, Religion and Religious Freedom (Columbia University, New York). She joined the ERRC in 2008, having worked for the organization also in the period 1998-2001. Before joining the ERRC, she was Lead Senior Consultant for Policy Review with UNDP Serbia.
Catherine Twigg is Research Officer. She completed her BA and MA at New York University in European Studies, with a focus on Policy and Politics.
Andrea Jamrik is Project Financial Officer. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Budapest's University of Economic Sciences (renamed Corvinus University), and a tax advisory degree from the University in Miskolc. She worked as a chief accountant until joining the ERRC in 2009.
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