 Tony Lambino is a member of the CommGAP team and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. Research interests include political communication, governance reform, public opinion, and citizen engagement. He also provides training and analytical support to CommGAP’s operational portfolio in Asia and Africa. Tony worked as Chief Media and Communications Officer for the Office for Regional Development, Office of the President of the Philippines (Manila), news anchor and writer for ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (Manila), and consultant to the Global Forum for Media Development (London and Amman). He has published original research on Philippine journalism and global media development. He received his M.A. in Communication from Penn, Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School as a Fulbright Scholar and Osmeña Fellow, A.B. in Communication, cum laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University as an Aquino Scholar, and was named one of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines for 1999. In a previous life, Tony was a professional singer and songwriter, cutting albums in the Philippines as a solo artist and with the multi-awarded Smokey Mountain, a singing group named after the largest garbage dump in Asia in the 90’s, with a mission to promote social and development issues through popular music. He is married to Trish Panganiban and father-in-training to baby Monica.  Sina Odugbemi heads CommGAP. He has more than 20 years of experience in journalism, law and development communication. Before he joined the World Bank in 2006, he spent seven years with the UK’s development ministry, DFID. His last position was Program Manager and Adviser, Information and Communication for Development. Sina holds a Bachelors degree in English (1980) and in Law (1986) from the University of Ibadan and a Masters degree in Legal and Political Philosophy (1999) from the University College London. He is finishing his doctoral thesis in Laws this year at the same university. His subject is Public Opinion and Direct Accountability Between Elections: A Study of the Constitutional Theories of Jeremy Bentham and A.V. Dicey. His publications include The Chief’s Grand-daughter, a novel (Spectrum Books, 1986) and he co-authored With the Support of Multitudes: Using strategic communication to fight poverty through PRSPs. Sina says: ‘I am endlessly fascinated by the role of public opinion in producing social and political change, especially the structural and process factors that either help or hinder that impact. I firmly believe that public opinion is an under-appreciated but critical factor in how governance works. I look forward to exploring these and similar issues with you all.’  Henriette von Kaltenborn-Stachau is currently acting as a consultant to the Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP). Prior to joining the World Bank, Henriette worked for the United Nations in various headquarter and field assignments, including multi-year postings to Timor-Leste and the Middle East. She is a specialist in political governance analysis in conflict and post-conflict environments and delivered numerous trainings in early warning and conflict analysis. A German national, she holds a masters degree in Organizational Psychology from the Technical University Darmstadt; a postgraduate degree in Media-Psychology from the EWH Landau, as well as a M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) with a concentration on conflict management. Despite all the sadness and anger she feels when encountering senseless destruction and brutality in post-conflict environments she is encouraged by the thought that the end of war might open the chance to rebuild better and to give a future to the people.  Shanthi Kalathil is currently acting as a consultant to the Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP). Shanthi is an expert on media, civil society, and political transitions. Previously, she was a Senior Democracy Fellow based in the Office of Democracy and Governance at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she served as an advisor on civil society and independent media development for Washington-based programs and planning, as well as for various USAID missions around the world. Her 2003 co-authored book, Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule, examined the political effect of the Internet on eight authoritarian and semi-authoritarian countries. She holds a B.A. in Communications from U.C. Berkeley and a M.Sc. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Shanthi is particularly interested in issues of voice and accountability and their impact on political transitions.  Paul Mitchell is the Manager of the World Bank’s Development Communication Division. He has previously managed the Bank wide regional communications network and also has managed the communication work in the South Asia and Africa regions. Paul is an internationally recognized expert in development communication with more than 30 years of experience in political risk analysis and management; change management; economic, utility, judicial, and public administrative reform; and also strategic communications, participatory processes, and public consultation. He has worked in more than 50 countries and more than 150 development projects and programs assisting governments with their communications on difficult reform programs and high risk projects. A Canadian national, Paul was the head of communications with the United Nations World Food Programme, where he often served as the chief United Nations spokesperson during global relief operations, prior to joining the World Bank.
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