Staff as of March 15, 2009

• Deputy Director

   

  Victor Latynov

  Subject areas: Project Management, Strategic Planning, International Activity.

  Education: Moscow State University. 

  Experience: Significant experience working for local governments and for USAID, DFID, and TACIS international projects. Wide management experience. Volunteer work in Russian non-profit organizations.

• Deputy Director

  

  Vladimir Vlasov

  Subject areas: Human Resource Management, Business Communication, Administrative Supervision.   

  Education: The Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

  Experience: Considerable management and international communication experience.

   

• Head of Analytical Department

  

  Elena Dmitrishina

  Subject areas: Budget and Administrative Reforms in Russia, Economical Forecasting and Fiscal Planning. 

  Education: PhD in Economics. The State University of Management. State University Higher School of Economics.

  Experience: Significant consultancy experience. Presentations to academic and government audience. Manager for more than 20 projects. Author of numerous articles published in academic and practitioner-oriented journals.

• Head of Regional Projects Department

  

  Elena Glimbovskaya

  Subject areas: Regional and Local Development, Regional and Municipal Finance. 

  Education: The State University of Management. The WBI Effective Budget Planning Program.

  Experience: Manager and key expert in about 20 projects in Russian regions. Wide experience working in Tax Office.

• Head of Development Group

   

  Aleksey Altyntsev

  Subject areas: Economic Development, Procurement. 

  Education: PhD in Economics. Master of Economics at the State University Higher School of Economics. Perm State Technical University. CIDA Results Based Management course.

  Experience: Significant experience working for the RF Ministry of Economy and for World Bank and CIDA projects. Teaching experience.

• Head of Educational Activity Department

   

  Nadezhda Babko

  Subject areas: Education and Health Care Systems Reforms, Budget Reform, Editing.

  Education: PhD in Economics at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering. Central European University Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Financial Management Course.

  Experience: Wide consultancy, teaching and editing experience. Author of several guides and articles. Reports and presentations to academic and government audience. Volunteer work in Russian non-profit organizations.

• Head of Innovation Development Department

  

  Maria Sorokina

  Subject areas: Public Sector Restructuring, Regional and Local Development, Event Management. 

  Education: Russian State Social University (diploma with distinction). Central European University Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Financial Management Course.

  Experience: Participation in research and consultancy projects and events realized in more than 20 Russian regions. Member of the national Association of Territorial Economic Development Experts and Association for Studies in Public Economics.

• Head of Special Projects Department

   

  Elena Fedorova

  Subject areas: Regional Economics, Economy of Culture, Public Sector Restructuring.

  Education: PhD in Economics. Master of Geography at Moscow State University. Central European University Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Financial Management Course.

  Experience: Participation in different research projects. Reports and training courses for governmental audience in about 15 Russian regions.

• Deputy Head of Regional Projects Department

   

  Vladimir Shipunov

  Subject areas: Budget and Administrative Reforms in Russia, Economical Forecasting and Fiscal Planning, Public Sector Restructuring.

  Education: PhD in Economics. MBA at Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod. Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecasting Course at Harvard University.

  Experience: Former deputy head of regional government economic department. Wide experience working for World Bank, TACIS and DFID projects on public finance. Reports and presentations to academic and government audience. Author of numerous articles.

• Deputy Head of Regional Projects Department

   

  Ludmila Vyshlova

  lSubject areas: Budget and Administrative Reforms in Russia, Local Financial Management.

  Education: Stavropol Technical University. Institutions of European Parliamentarism Program at the Russian Academy of Civil Service.

  Experience: 15 year experience in financial authorities including as head of municipal financial department. Member of the Russian Financiers' Association. 

• Senior Consultant

   

  Ekaterina Aleksandrova

  Subject areas: Regional and Local Development, Event Management. 

  Education: The Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Chuvashian State Pedagogical University.

  Experience: Experience working for regional authorities. Management of numerous seminars and round tables.

• Senior Consultant

  

  Olga Klimova

  Subject areas: Programs for Regional and Local Fiscal Reform, Regional and Local Development.

  Education: Moscow State University.

  Experience: Participation in numerous researches on budget reform, intergovernmental fiscal relations, local financial management. Experience working for Tax Ministry and the Laboratory of Regional Analysis at Moscow State University.

• Senior Consultant

  

  Elena Shtoyunda

  Subject areas: Public sector management and financing reform, informational and analytic support for government agencies and research institutions activity.

  Education: Moscow State University of Economics and Statistics. Globe Institute of Technology (USA). Wide number of courses on economic, social security and IT issues.

  Experience: Significant experience working for federal agencies. Participation in research and consultancy activity including in the World Bank, TACIS and DFID projects. Volunteer work in the international non-profit humanitarian organization.

• Senior Consultant

  

  Yulia Uskova

  Subject areas: Economical Forecasting and Fiscal Planning, Regional Development Strategy.

  Education: Master of Geography at Moscow State University.

  Experience: Significant regional and local projects realization experience.

• Senior Consultant

  

  Vita Yagovkina

  Subject areas: Financial Law.

  Education: PhD in Law at Russian State Tax Academy. Kuban State University.

  Experience: Writing and expertising draft laws and other normative acts for regional and municipal level. Presentations to academic and government audience. Author of Lexpro Expert Law Database. Author of numerous articles.

• Senior IT-manager

   

  Anton Datskovsky

  Subject areas: IT-development.

  Education: Moscow State Technological University «Stankin». Number of courses on economics, accounting and IT issues.

  Experience: Wide experience of system administering, creating and managing of databases for corporative clients, accounting databases maintaining.