OUR PEOPLE

Dr. Jean Claude Abeck
President and Chief Executive Officer
jcabeck@acstrap.org 

Dr. Robin Hardy
Senior Vice President of Global Research and Policy Development
rhardy@acstrap.org

Dr. Melissa Speight Vaughn
Vice President of Public Discourse & Engagement
mspeightvaughn@acstrap.org

Dan Dunham
Director, Security & Intelligence Policy Lab
ddunham@acstrap.org

Apungwa Cornelius Ntabe
Director, Governance and Political Economy Policy Lab
cornelius@acstrap.org

Imelda Atieno
Director, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
iatieno@acstrap.org

Dr. Moon Oulatta
Director, African Trade & Development
moulatta@acstrap.org

Jared Pentz
Director, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab
jpentz@acstrap.org

Richard Ogada
Director, Data Analytics Lab
rogada@acstrap.org

Dr. Aklilu Dessalegn
Senior Editor, Editorial Board
adessalegn@acstrap.org

Sophia Wittemyer
Assistant Editor, Editorial Board
swittemyer@acstrap.org

Pandit Mami
Chief Editor
pmami@acstrap.org

Sora Halake
Manager, Media & Communications
shalake@acstrap.org

Kayah Britt
Media & Communications Associate
kbritt@acstrap.org

Rick Kimbers
Associate Editor
rkimbers@acstrap.org

Andrew Burke
Associate Editor
aburke@acstrap.org

Jeremy Ahern
Associate Editor
jahearn@acstrap.org

Jacob Hayman
Editorial Coordinator
jhayman@acstrap.org

Taylor Widhalm
Assistant Director and Lead Editor, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab
twidhalm@acstrap.org

Dr. Bosco Nizeimana
Assistant Director, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
bnizeimana@acstrap.org

Tamara White
Policy Research Manager, African Trade & Development
twhite@acstrap.org

Dr. Tanima Ahmed
Senior Economist, African Trade & Development
tahmed@acstrap.org

Dr. Noel Twagiramungu
Expert Consultant, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
ntwagiramungu@acstrap.org

Liam Palmbach
Expert Consultant, Editorial Board
lpalmbach@acstrap.org

Fabakary Jammeh, Esq.
Expert Consultant, Youth, Gender & Vulnerability
fjammeh@acstrap.org

Dr. Sanni K. Taiwo
Expert Consultant, Youth, Gender & Vulnerability
sktaiwo@acstrap.org

Dr. Wastina Sintayehu
Expert Consultant, Youth, Gender & Vulnerability
wsintayehu@acstrap.org

Dr. Esayas Geleta
Expert Consultant, Youth, Gender & Vulnerability
egeleta@acstrap.org

Ashenafi Tsegaye, Esq.
Expert Consultant, Leadership & Governance Policy
atsegaye@acstrap.org

Dr. Jean Marie Vianney Ntayomba
Expert Consultant, Leadership & Governance Policy
jntayomba@acstrap.org

Dr. John Marangos
Expert Consultant, African Political Economy Policy Lab
jmarangos@acstrap.org

Dr. Binioube Aleyao
Expert Consultant Resource, Environment & Energy Policy Lab
baleyao@acstrap.org

Dr. Badar Alam Iqbal
Distinguished Expert, African Political Economy Policy Lab
badariqbal@acstrap.org

Marx Mukanda
Research Associate, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
mmukanda@acstrap.org

Abdullahi Musse Rage
Research Analyst, Data Analytics Lab
amusse@acstrap.org

Giovanna Giuriolo
Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
ggiuriolo@acstrap.org

Idiris Muktar
Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
imohamed@acstrap.org

Anthony Joslyn-Albert Howell
Research Associate, Political Economy Policy Lab
ahowell@acstrap.org

Krystal Kirkland
Research Associate, Data Analytics Lab
kirkland@acstrap.org

Michael Joko
Researcher, Political Economy Policy Lab
mkimbij@acstrap.org

Obed Nyangena
Researcher, Political Economy  Policy Lab
onyangena@acstrap.org

David Mwai Kariuki
Researcher, African Political Economy Policy Lab
dmkariuki@acstrap.org

Abdirahman Ahmed
Research Analyst, African Political Economy Policy Lab
aahmed@acstrap.org

Allen Tavaziva
Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab
atavaziva@acstrap.org

Emily Gould
Research Fellow, Resource, Environment & Energy Policy Lab
egould@acstrap.org

Catherine Galley
Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
cgalley@acstrap.org

Ray Schneider
Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab
rschneider@acstrap.org

Yosef Teshale 
Research Associate, Political Economy Policy Lab
yteshale@acstrap.org

Okechukwu Collins Obasi
Research Analyst, Security & Intelligence Policy Lab
okeobasi@acstrap.org

Nicholas H. Johnson
Researcher, African Political Economy Policy Lab
njohnson@acstrap.org

Semawit Hagos
Research Analyst, African Political Economy Policy Lab
shagos@gmail.com

Ashley Onwuzuruike
Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab
aonwuzuruike@acstrap.org

Morgan Anderson
Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab
manderson@acstrap.org

Iniobong Inyang
Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab
iinyang@acstrap.org