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Behind Accountable Now is a team of accountability experts and practitioners from different sectors and geographies, united by a shared commitment to promoting justice, equality, and accountability. 

Continue reading to learn about our Secretariat, our Board of Trustees and our Independent Review Panel.

Our Secretariat

Bao Han Tran Le
she/her
Head of Accountability Practice
Based in: Berlin, Germany
Hometown: HCMC, Vietnam
Bio
Bao Han Tran Le joined Accountable Now in September 2019 as Programme Officer of the Global Standard for CSO Accountability. Bao Han has a background in International Relations, with a Bachelor’s Degree from the London School of Economics and a Master’s in International Relations from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. Prior to joining Accountable Now, Bao Han worked for Youth United Foundation in London where she coordinated a network of 11 most prominent British youth charities. She also has experience interning with the AMAR Charitable Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Support UK. She is passionate about the civil society space and equal opportunities. Bao Han is based in Berlin and uses she/her pronouns.
Mary Sprague
she/her
Head of Communications and Operations
Based in: Berlin, Germany
Hometown: Victoria, Canada
Bio
Mary brings expertise in CSO operations and performance, including digital technology tools, values-based policy and template development, and communication tools and strategies. In her role as Accountable Now’s Head of Communications and Operations, she oversees all aspects of the organisation’s communications and operations work. Mary has a dual masters degree in Urban Design from Brandenburg Technical University and Cairo University and a BA in Urban Planning from Concordia University. Mary is based in Berlin and uses she/her pronouns.
Megan Colnar
she/her
Executive Director
Based in: New York City, USA
Hometown: San Antonio, USA
Bio
Megan is a recognised expert and thought leader in strategy, impact measurement and management, learning, and organisational resilience for complex, dynamic social change efforts. She joins the Accountable Now team after previously serving on Accountable Now's Board and has previously held roles as Director for Strategy & Impact of the Open Society Foundation (OSF) and as Global Director for MEL at The Hunger Project.
Joci Cho
she/her
Intern
Based in: Portsmouth, UK
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Bio
Joci Cho is currently an intern at Accountable Now. Joci is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in International Relations and Politics at the University of Portsmouth. She has a special interest in NGO and NPO work, with a focus on education and gender.
Katie McCarthy
she/her
Communications Fellow
Based in: Vienna, Austria
Hometown: Wisconsin, USA
Bio
Katie is in her final semester of her Masters in Applied Human Rights at the Applied Arts University ofVienna. She brings a passion for women’s rights and climate change to the forefront of her work, always keeping the 'human rights' perspective in sight.
Onesimus John Waino
he/him
Associate Chief of Staff and Administration
Based in: Abuja, Nigeria
Hometown: Jen, Nigeria
Bio
Onesimus is a results-driven IT professional with a decade of experience in system design, deployment, maintenance, operations, event management, and digital branding/marketing. With expertise in project management, he enhances non-profit operations through seamless IT integration, ideations, fostering excellent team collaboration and work delivery.
Mo Chen
she/her
Fellow
Based In: Uppsala, Sweden
Hometown: Beijing, China
Bio
Mo Chen is currently a fellow at Accountable Now and is pursuing a Master's Degree in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA) at Uppsala University. With a background in research focused on education and gender, she is eager to further her knowledge and expertise through her work at Accountable Now.

Our Board of Trustees

Accountable Now’s Board of Trustees is composed of strategic thinkers and passionate change-makers from across the sector and around the world. Approximately 50% of the Trustees represent our member organisations, while the other Board Members serve as Independent Trustees.

Alex Sardar
he/him
Chief of Party, Powered by the People (Partners Global)
Based in: Montreal, Canada
Bio
Alex is the Executive Director of the SEEP Network, supporting the execution of programmes and initiatives and keeping focus on innovation and transformation of the SEEP Network. He brings over 20 years of experience to the table with having worked in multiple roles for Counterpart International, in the United States and Armenia.
Babacar Ndong
he/him
Country Director, Educo
Based in: Dakar, Senegal
Bio
Dr. Babacar Ndong has been the Country Director at Educo for almost 3 years. He has over 18 years of experience working in development programs, both with national and international NGOs, with a focus on the fields of education, gender, children’s rights protection, and community development.
Jean Scrimgeour
she/her
Co-CEO, Chief Operations and Innovation Officer, Accountability Lab
Based in: Washington DC, USA
Bio
Jean Scrimgeour is the co-CEO, chief Operations and Innovation Officer at Accountability Lab. The Accountability Lab makes governance work for people everywhere by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. Prior to joining the Lab, Jean worked as a public affairs and democratic governance specialist in the United States, the United Kingdom and Southern Africa for Rotary, the UK Foreign Office, the Westminster Foundation and Voluntary Services Overseas.
Mary Brezovich
she/her
Head of Federation Communications, SOS Children’s Villages International
Based in: Vienna, Austria
Bio
Mary is Head of Federation Communications at SOS Children’s Villages International, the world’s largest NGO focused on supporting children without parental care or at risk of losing it. Among other roles, she is chief editor of the organization’s International Annual Report. She uses storytelling and data to bring complex child rights topics alive for the layperson. Her experience in governance and accountability topics began several years ago as a member of the Statutes Working Group, a project to support the SOS Children’s Villages federation in updating its statutes. She firmly believes in the concept of dynamic accountability and that embedding it in practices can help civil society organizations to achieve their vision. She is very excited to join the board of Accountable Now.
Rachel Smith
she/her
Board Chair , Co-Founder & Global Executive GlobalGiving
Based in: Worcestershire, UK
Bio
Rachel co-founded GlobalGiving UK and leads the organisation to make a genuine and sustained difference in people’s lives. She started GlobalGiving in the UK because of her belief that the development aid sector needs radical change: change that puts people’s dignity and dreams first. She believes that accountability is about building trusted partnerships between people and ensuring enabling conditions and structures are built and designed with dynamic accountability at the heart.
Tamryn-Lee Fourie
she/her
Chief Officer: Innovation and Sustainability, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Based in: Rome, Italy
Bio
Tamryn-Lee Fourie is a seasoned strategy and institutional strengthening professional. In 2018 she joined CIVICUS as the Impact and Accountability Lead, where she has been driving CIVICUS’ strategy, planning and monitoring & evaluation agenda for the last five years. Tamryn-Lee holds a Masters (MSc) in Operational Research with a thesis inspired by the organisational challenges facing traditional INGO structures and utilised systems dynamics theory and modelling to simulate resourcing allocation flows to improve the effectiveness and accountability of their management decision mechanisms.
Vanessa Goas
she/her
Acting Treasure, Chief Operating Officer, Development Gateway
Based in: Florida, USA
Bio
Vanessa Goas is the Chief Operating Officer at Development Gateway. Vanessa has over 15 years of experience in implementing digital systems and supporting data management, uptake, and usage with governments in Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe – with a focus on public financial management and transparency. Vanessa received an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University, and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Miami.
Veronica Zambrano
she/her
Regional Director, Plan International
Based in: Quito, Ecuador
Bio
Veronica has been working with Plan International for 12 years in different positions related to Program Design, Communication and Resource Mobilizations. She was the Country Director in Honduras and she recently became the Director of the Subregion of South America.

Our Independent Review Panel

Our Independent Review Panel is an international panel of experts in human rights, business, academia and development, that provides thorough feedback on our members’ accountability tools and practices. The panel ensures credibility and integrity of our reporting and action planning process, highlighting good practice and supporting Accountable Now and our members to collectively advance accountability across the civil society sector.

Afërdita Pustina
Country Director, TACSO
Based in: Pristina, Kosovo
Bio
Afërdita Pustina is an expert in civil society and civic tech. Through her work she contributes to furthering democracy in Kosovo by empowering women, youth and civil society to participate in policy and decision-making processes.
Angela Crack
Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Portsmouth
Based in: Portsmouth, UK
Bio
Angela Crack is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Civil Society at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Her research interests include NGO accountability, NGO self-regulation and the role of translation in development work. She has recently conducted a major research project with INTRAC and the University of Reading, which investigated how development NGOs can improve their communication capacity to meet their commitments to listening, participation and feedback (listen to the Accountable Now webinar on this work here!). This has led to ongoing spin-off projects in Malawi and South Sudan, where she is working with communities and local NGOs to co-create practical solutions to language challenges. She has previously served as a Trustee for Amnesty International UK, and worked with several international NGOs as adviser and consultant.
Brendan Halloran
International Budget Partnership
Based in: DC, USA
Bio
Brendan Halloran has 15 years of strategy, research, learning and leadership experience on governance and accountability programming from grassroots local action to global initiatives.  Dr. Halloran has held organisational leadership positions in a leading INGO working on fiscal governance (IBP) and the secretariat for a donor collaborative on public governance (TAI), as well as advisory roles in the Open Government Partnership and at American University.
Charlie Martial Ngounou
Public Finance Expert, Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF)
Based in: Yaounde, Cameroon
Bio
Based in Cameroon, Charlie is an activist for democracy, human rights, digital rights, and Open Data in Africa with AfroLeadership, a CSO he founded in 2007. He works as Public Finance Expert for the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF).
Elodie Le Grand
Founder, Consentia
Based in: Strasbourg, France
Bio
Elodie Le Grand has been working for the protection of human rights for various organisations in more than 20 countries in Africa, Middle East and in the Americas. She founded her consulting firm, Consentia, in corporate social responsibility and human rights, with a specialty on children’s rights.
Marina Kobzeva
she/her
Director of Programmes and Partnerships at MapAction
Based In: London, UK
Marlen Mondaca
Director & Co-Creator, Fair Funding Solutions
Bio
Marlen Mondaca is a feminist leader and strategist with over 25 years of experience leading and supporting programs in the international and Canadian aid sector, where she worked with both small and large INGOs, supporting both humanitarian and development programming.
Muhammad Taher
Chair of the Steering Committee, South Asian Disaster Management Network
Based in: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bio
With about 40 years of development experience, Muhammad Taher has mainly been an institutional development specialist working with different national and international organisations. He has recently been engaged in an ADB-GoB (Government of Bangladesh) sponsored project as Governance specialist that helps developing organizational capacity of remote coastal Municipalities of Bangladesh.
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