Members & Advisors

PTF Management Team / Officers

President: Daniel Ritchie
Secretary: Roger Sullivan
Chief Technical Officer: Vinay Bhargava
Chief Operations Officer: Kathleen White(bio)

Ms. White has twenty years’ experience in Management Consulting and International Development. She spent ten years as an Organizational Development adviser to the British Department for International Development, working primarily in Africa, Pakistan and Nepal. Kathleen joined PTF as a volunteer adviser in 2010. In early 2011, she became the Chief Operating Officer and has been introducing appropriate management practices to support the organization’s rapid growth.

Program Officer: Colby Pacheco

Colby Pacheco manages information and finances for PTF’s portfolio of programs, facilitates PTF’s communications, heads the organization’s online presence, and contributes analytical assessments. He is enthusiastic about the potential for new technologies and social media to empower citizens to hold their elected officials accountable. Driving his work is a motivation to channel civil society actions into policy change.

Colby has a background in international development and governance and past experience in program management, communications, human rights and journalism. He holds a Master’s Degree of International Affairs from the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He received his BS from the University of Rhode Island focusing on Economics, Business and International Development.

Program Associate: Laura Tashjian
IT Adviser: Usha Venkatachallam

Usha Venkatachallam is President & CEO of Appropriate IT (AI), a technology consulting company that harnesses the power and promise of the information age to advance agendas of social justice, equitable access, and inclusive international development. She is a technologist who believes that appropriate information & communication technologies (ICTs) have transformational power, making them effective tools for social change.

Based in Washington DC, USA, Usha has more than a decade of experience as senior consultant in the non-profit technology sector, helping organizations creatively apply internet technologies to advance their mission. Her expertise is in international ICT tools and in finding locally-appropriate and culture-specific solutions utilizing existing and emerging technologies. She also specializes in providing capacity building and training for both organizations and individuals.

Members
Vinay Bhargava
Anabel Cruz
Dante de los Angeles
Peter Eigen
Steve Ettinger
Manzoor Hasan
Lars Jeurling
Jeff Kass
Irene Khan
Pierre Landell-Mills
Philliat Matsheza
Barry Metzger
Muthoni Muriu
Knud Kjaer Nielsen
Gladwell Otieno
Samuel Paul
Ron Points
Liliana N. Proskurakova
Daniel Ritchie
Ellie Schreiber
Jane Schubert
Khalid Siraj
Richard Stern
Cathy Stevulak
Michael Stevens
Willem Struben
Roger Sullivan
Rory Francisco-Tolentino
Pietronella van den Oever
Geert van der Linden
Frank Vogl
Bjorn Wellenius
Kathleen White
Michela Wrong

Regional Coordinators
Africa: Dante de los Angeles
East Asia: Khalid Siraj
South Asia: Vinay Bhargava
Central and Eastern Europe: Richard Stern
Latin America: Steve Ettinger

Project Advisers
Vinay Bhargava
Gergana Bulanova
Claire Craik
Stephanie de Chassy
Dante de los Angeles
Adrianna De Leva
Steve Ettinger
William Eckert
Judith Edstrom
William Experton
William Friar
Prem Garg
Hans Hageman
Lars Jeurling
Jeff Kass
David King
Knud Kjaer Nielsen
Michael Lippe
Charles Maguire
Colby Pacheco
Chris Redfern
Indira Sandilya
Karti Sandilya
Ellie Schreiber
Jane Schubert
Khalid Siraj
Leen Solleveld
David Steedman
Michael Stevens
Cathy Stevulak
Richard Stern
Willem Struben
Roger Sullivan
Fred Temple
Ted Thomas
Johannes Tonn
Bjorn Wellenius
Kathleen White
Pietronella van den Oever