Partners for Democratic Change

Partners for Democratic Change (Partners), based in Washington, DC, "is an international organization committed to building sustainable local capacity to advance civil society and a culture of change and conflict management worldwide." 


 * "Since 1989, Partners has developed vital change and conflict management skills and processes, facilitated the resolution of disputes, and built consensus on local issues in over 50 countries. Partners’ local and transnational initiatives strengthen citizen participation, good governance, the empowerment of disadvantaged groups, and the rule of law. As a result, thousands of individuals have benefited from new housing, educational and employment opportunities for minorities, revamped taxation systems and public services, new leadership positions for women and youth, decreased pollution, increased public safety and other community improvements.


 * "Partners builds the capacity of local institutions to promote democratic, participatory change and develops locally staffed and managed Centers for Change & Conflict Management, currently located in Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Jordan, Kosovo, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."

Supporters
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 * Advocacy Institute
 * Alliance for Conflict Transformation
 * Antamina
 * The Asia Foundation
 * Asociacion Atocongo
 * Association of Local Democracy Agencies
 * Atlantic Philanthropies
 * Bechtel
 * BHP Billiton
 * Blum-Kovler Foundation
 * Carnegie Corporation of New York
 * Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 * Caterpillar Foundation
 * Cerro Verde/Phelps Dodge
 * Citizen and Democracy Foundation
 * Civic Education Project
 * Kimberly Clark de Mexico
 * Coalition of African, Asian, European & Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAELII)
 * Compton Foundation, Inc.
 * Conflict Resolution Information Source
 * Counterpart International
 * Crocker Foundation
 * Danish Democracy Fund
 * Doe Run
 * East Bay Community Foundation
 * Environmental Education and Training Partnership
 * The Eurasia Foundation
 * Ferreyros
 * Ford Foundation
 * Foundation for a Civil Society
 * Freedom House
 * R. Michael Gadbaw
 * General Electric Foundation
 * Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
 * German Marshall Fund
 * Walter & Elise Haas Foundation
 * William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
 * Hewlett Packard Corporation
 * Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
 * Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe
 * International Research & Exchanges Board
 * JAMS Foundation
 * Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation
 * Kettering Foundation
 * Levi Strauss Foundation
 * John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
 * The McKnight Foundation
 * Mercy Corps
 * Ramsay Merriam Fund
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 * National Democratic Institute
 * National Endowment for Democracy
 * Non-Profit Finance Fund
 * Noroeste Sustentable
 * Open Society Fund Serbia
 * Open Society Institute
 * Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
 * Oxford Research Group
 * The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 * Pew Charitable Trust
 * Ploughshares Fund
 * Project Concern International
 * Rational Games
 * Reflecting on Peace Practices
 * Regional Environmental Center
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
 * Claude & Louise Rosenberg Foundation
 * Harry Rowe Fund
 * Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
 * Sabre Foundation, Inc.
 * San Diego Mediation Center
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Shapiro Family Foundation
 * The Stanley Foundation
 * Stuart Foundation
 * Surdna Foundation
 * Tinker Foundation
 * Trust for Mutual Understanding
 * United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
 * United Nations Development Program
 * United Nations High Commission for Refugees
 * United Nations Human Settlements Program (Habitat)
 * United States Agency for International Development
 * United States Department of State
 * United States Information Agency
 * United States Institute of Peace
 * University of San Francisco School of Law
 * Richard C. Welden Foundation
 * Westminster Foundation for Democracy
 * Whitehead Foundation
 * Winston Foundation
 * World Bank
 * Xstrada
 * Yanacocha

Staff
Washington, DC Office
 * Julia Roig, J.D., President
 * Teresa Crawford, Director
 * Dina Dukhqan, Director
 * John Guzman, Controller
 * Lelia Mooney, Director
 * Laina Reynolds Levy, Ph.D., Senior Manager
 * Monalisa Salib, Senior Manager
 * Nilanka Seneviratne, Senior Manager
 * Alejandro Beeche, Associate
 * Eman Othman, Associate
 * Conner Purcell, Associate
 * Marlo Salaita, Associate for Executive Programs

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Directors
Accessed July 2011:


 * Karan Bhatia - Vice President and Senior Counsel, International Law and Policy, The General Electric Company, Washington, DC
 * Jonathan Davidson, Chair - Former Senior Advisor, European Union Delegation of the European Commission, Washington, DC
 * Stephenie Foster, Independent Consultant, Washington, DC
 * Alton Frye, Ph.D. - Presidential Senior Fellow Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
 * Peter Hakim - President Emeritus, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC
 * Robert E. Herzstein, Immediate-Past Chair - Retired Partner, Shearman & Sterling, Washington, DC
 * Ambassador Kenton Keith, Secretary - Retired, Senior Vice President, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
 * Ambassador Samuel W. Lewis, Former Ambassador to Israel, Former Director of State Department Policy Planning Staff and past President and CEO of the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC
 * Sally Painter - Chief Operating Officer, Blue Star Strategies, Washington DC
 * Gardner G. Peckham - Managing Director, BKSH & Associates, Washington, DC
 * Julia Roig, J.D. - President, Partners for Democratic Change, Washington, DC
 * Raymond Shonholtz, J.D. -Founder, Partners for Democratic Change, Washington, DC
 * Ann Wrobleski - Vice President Global Government Relations, International Paper, Washington, DC

Accessed October 2009:


 * William M. Bellamy - Director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC
 * Esther Brimmer - Deputy Director and Director of Research, Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
 * Jonathan Davidson, Vice Chair - Former Senior Advisor, European Union Delegation of the European Commission, Washington, DC
 * Helen L. Frick - Former Leadership Development Manager, International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Washington, DC
 * Alton Frye - Presidential Senior Fellow Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
 * Michael Gadbaw - Vice President, Senior Counsel, General Electric Company, Washington, DC
 * Peter Hakim - President, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC
 * Robert E. Herzstein, Chair - Partner, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC
 * Kenton Keith, Secretary - Senior Vice President, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
 * William C. Lane - Washington Director, Governmental Affairs, Caterpillar, Inc., Washington, DC
 * Samuel W. Lewis - Former Ambassador to Israel, Former Director of State Department Policy Planning Staff and past President and CEO of the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC
 * Sally Painter - Principal and Managing Director, Dutko Worldwide, Washington, DC
 * Gardner G. Peckham - Managing Director, BKSH & Associates, Washington, DC
 * Raymond Shonholtz - President, Partners for Democratic Change, Washington, DC

Former Directors (2006)
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 * Michael Andrews - Vice President and Director International Business Affairs, International Government Affairs, Citigroup Inc., Washington, DC
 * Leonard J. Baldyga - Former Director, Office of European Affairs, U.S. Information Agency, Arlington, VA
 * Esther Brimmer, Ph.D. - Director of Research, Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
 * Mayra Buvinic, Ph.D. - Director of Gender and Development, World Bank, Washington, DC
 * Jonathan Davidson - Head of Academic Affairs and Political Advisor, European Union Delegation of the European Commission, Washington, DC
 * Helen L. Frick, Ph.D.- Leadership Development Manager of the International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Washington, DC
 * Alton Frye, Ph.D. - Presidential Senior Fellow Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
 * Michael Gadbaw, - Vice President, Senior Counsel, General Electric Company, Washington, DC
 * Amb. Edward Gnehm - Former Ambassador to Jordan, Australia, and Kuwait; Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, DC
 * Melanie C. Greenberg, J.D. - Founder and President of Safer World Fund, past Program Director, Conflict Resolution Program at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Washington, DC
 * Robert E. Herzstein, Chair – Partner, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC
 * Wayne Horvitz - Labor Management Consultant; former Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Washington, DC
 * Amb. Philip Kaiser, - Former Ambassador to Hungary and Austria, Washington, DC
 * Amb. Kenton Keith - Senior Vice President, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
 * William C. Lane – Washington Director – Governmental Affairs, Caterpillar, Inc., Washington, DC
 * Amb. Samuel W. Lewis – Former Ambassador to Israel, former Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff and past President and CEO of the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC
 * Gardner G. Peckham – Managing Director, BKSH & Associates, Washington, DC
 * Henry A. J. Ramos, J.D., MPA - Principal, Mauer Kunst Consulting, New York, NY
 * Raymond Shonholtz, J.D. - President, Partners for Democratic Change, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Judith Winston - former Board member

Contact
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