Team & Advisors

Keseb Team

Keseb is a U.S.-based organization with team members currently based in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Yordanos Eyoel

Founder and CEO

Sandra Blackmun

Chief of Staff

Andrew Clarke

Partner, Fellowship

Jordyn Endrick

Associate

Aqeelah Hassen

Manager, Fellowship

Stacey Hober

Executive Assistant

John Simpkins

Facilitator

Board of Advisors

Akunna Cook

Founder and CEO, Next Narrative Africa

Julie McCarthy

Co-CEO, NatureFinance

Jana Morgan

Executive Director, FORGE (Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy)

Heather Sonn

Managing Director, Gamiro Investments

Saron Tesfalul

Chair of Advisory Board, Keseb; Investor, Dragoneer Investment Group

Keseb Innovation Lab Advisory Selection Committee

The Keseb Advisory Selection Committee for the inaugural Democracy Innovation Lab (iLab) brings together practitioners, researchers, funders, and innovators who will help identify the most compelling democracy innovations from around the world.

Tareq Alani

Co-Founder, Chorus

Camila Asano

Executive Director, Conectas Human Rights

Charlie Brown

Executive Director, Trust for Civic Life

Samson Itodo

Executive Director, Yiaga Africa and Chairperson, African Union Advisory Group on AI

Johanna Mair

Director, School of Transnational Governance and Professor, European University Institute

Abaas Mpindi

CEO, Media Challenge Initiative

Soo Yon Suh

Senior Program Manager, Asia Democracy Network

Hannah Terry

Programme Coordinator, DemocracyNext

Afu Utami

Chief Experiment Officer, Think Policy

Andres Valenciano Yamuni

CEO, Democracia+

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