Our leadership teams are responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic vision of Global Voices. To meet our global team of volunteer contributors, click here.

Core Team

• Executive Director: Ivan Sigal
  ivan AT globalvoices DOT org
• Managing Director & Managing Editor: Georgia Popplewell
  georgiap AT globalvoices DOT org

• Finance & Administration Director: Kat Gatewood
  katherine.gatewood AT globalvoices DOT org
• Social Design & Technical Lead: Jer Clarke
  jer AT globalvoices DOT org
• Rising Voices Director: Eduardo Ávila
  eddie AT globalvoices DOT org
• Advocacy Director: Ellery Roberts Biddle
  ellery AT globalvoices DOT org
• Lingua Manager: Mohamed ElGohary
  gohary AT globalvoices DOT org

Special Projects

• Translation Services Project Manager: Marianna Breytman
  marianna AT globalvoices DOT org

Outreach

• Social Media Lead & Newsletter Editor: Nevin Thompson
  nevin DOT thompson AT globalvoices DOT org
• Twitter Editor: Asteris Masouras
  asteris DOT masouras AT globalvoices DOT org
• Twitter Editor: Elizabeth Rivera
  elizabeth DOT rivera AT globalvoices DOT org
• Facebook Editor: Juke Carolina
  juke DOT carolina AT globalvoices DOT org

Multilingual Newsroom Editors

Newsroom editors manage and edit stories from our regional and language-based author teams.

• Caribbean Editor: Janine Mendes-Franco
  janine.mendesfranco AT globalvoices DOT org
• Central Asia, Caucasus & Turkey Editor: Chris Rickleton
  chris DOT rickleton AT globalvoices DOT org
• Eastern & Central Europe Editor: Filip Stojanovski
  filip AT globalvoices DOT org
• French Language Editor: Lova Rakotomalala
  lova DOT rakotomalala AT globalvoices DOT org
• Greece Editor: Veroniki Krikoni
  veroniki DOT krikoni AT globalvoices DOT org
• Iran Editor: Mahsa Alimardani
  mahsa DOT alimardani AT globalvoices DOT org
• Japan Editor: Nevin Thompson
  nevin DOT thompson AT globalvoices DOT org
• Latin America & Spanish Language Editor: Laura Vidal
  laura DOT vidal AT globalvoices DOT org
• Middle East/North Africa & Arabic Language Editor: Joey Ayoub
  joey DOT ayoub AT globalvoices DOT org
• Middle East/North Africa Editor for Advox: Afef Abrougui
  afef DOT abrougui AT globalvoices DOT org
• North East Asia Editor & Advox Editor for China: Oiwan Lam
  oiwan DOT lam AT globalvoices DOT org
• RuNet Echo (Russia) Editor: Alexey Kovalev
  alexey DOT kovalev AT globalvoices DOT org
• South East Asia Editor: Mong Palatino
  mong DOT palatino AT globalvoices DOT org
• South Asia Editor: Rezwan
  rezwan AT globalvoices DOT org
• Sub-Saharan Africa Community Manager: Nwachukwu Egbunike
  nwach AT globalvoices DOT org

Multilingual Newsroom Sub-Editors

Sub-editors give stories a final edit before publication, working with newsroom editors and authors to ensure that their writing is accessible to a global audience.

•  Subeditor Lead: Taisa Sganzerla
  taisa DOT sganzerla AT globalvoices DOT org
• Amanda Lichtenstein
• Andrea Chong Bras
  andreachongbras AT globalvoices DOT org

Translation Managers

Our translation managers run our Lingua translation project websites and work with teams of volunteer translators to make Global Voices available to a worldwide, multilingual audience.

• Arabic Lingua:
  Ali Khalil
  arabic AT globalvoices DOT org
• Aymara Lingua:
  Victoria Tinta
  aymara AT globalvoices DOT org
• Bangla Lingua:
  Rezwan
  bangla AT globalvoices DOT org
• Chinese Lingua:
  FangLing
  chinese AT globalvoices DOT org
• Dutch Lingua:
  Percy Balemans & Mieke Tulp
  dutch AT globalvoices DOT org
• Esperanto Lingua:
  Steven D. Brewer
  esperanto AT globalvoices DOT org
• French Lingua:
  Suzanne Lehn & Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre
  gvfrench AT globalvoices DOT org
• Greek Lingua:
  Veroniki Krikoni
  greek AT globalvoices DOT org
• 
  German Lingua: Isabelle Poweleit & Julia Krebs german AT globalvoices DOT org
• Hungarian Lingua:
  Le Marietta & Dávid Kalmár
  hungarian AT globalvoices DOT org
• Indonesian Lingua:
  Juke Carolina
  indonesian AT globalvoices DOT org
• Italian Lingua:
  Marisa Petricca
  italiano AT globalvoices DOT org
• Japanese Lingua:
  Izumi Mihashi & Etsumi Itai
  japanese AT globalvoices DOT org
• Macedonian Lingua:
  Dragan Kucirov
  macedonian AT globalvoices DOT org
• Malagasy Lingua:
  Jentilisa & Avylavitra
  malagasy AT globalvoices DOT org
• Nepali Lingua:
  Sanjib Chaudhary & Dilli Rai
  nepalese AT globalvoices DOT org
• Nubian Lingua:
  Momen Talosh
  nubian AT globalvoices DOT org
• Portuguese Lingua:
  Esther Dodo & Melina Coelho
  lusofonia AT globalvoices DOT org
• Punjabi Lingua:
  Satdeep Gill
  punjabi AT globalvoices DOT org
• Russian Lingua:
  Anna Shetnikova
  russian AT globalvoices DOT org
• Serbian Lingua:
  Dijana Djurickovic
  serbian AT globalvoices DOT org
• Spanish Lingua:
  Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe
  spanish AT globalvoices DOT org
• Swahili Lingua:
  Christian Bwaya
  swahili AT globalvoices DOT org
• Turkish Lingua:
  Ortaç Oruç
  turkish AT globalvoices DOT org
• Urdu Lingua:
  Anas Saleem
  urdu AT globalvoices DOT org

Co-Founders

Global Voices was founded in 2005 by Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman, who remain members of our community, and serve on the board of Stichting Global Voices.

• Ethan Zuckerman
  ethanz AT globalvoices DOT org
• Rebecca MacKinnon
  rebecca AT globalvoices DOT org

If you wish to get involved as an author, please fill out this form. If you would like to join our translation efforts, please use this contact form.