Team
Sasa Vucinic, Managing Director
Harlan M. Mandel, Deputy Managing Director
Izabela Biniek, Administrative Assistant
Katarzyna Bobak, Financial Analyst
Mari Budesa, Director of Financial and Treasury Control
Konstanty Gebert, Media Consultant
Jaroslaw Gora, Senior Investment Advisor
Daniela Havova, Administrative Assistant
Michal Hruska, Information Systems Administrator
Jiri Jiracek, IT Consultant
Anna-Maria Krynska, Director of Finance
Michael Lee, Controller
Kristyna Machova, Program Officer
Zdenka Mackova, Program Assistant*
Rashid Malik, Senior Financial Analyst
Eleanor Marchant, Program Officer
Hana Markova, Account Manager
Matt Miner, Administrative Assistant
Marie Nemcova, Director of Operations
Anna Pagul, Accountant
Tessa Piper, Program Director, Indonesia
Elena Popovic, General Counsel
Patrice Schneider, Director of Development
Chad Shults, Program Assistant
Martina Slesingerova, Accountant
Janusz Slupek, Financial Analyst
Lenny Strongin, Junior Accountant
Aleksandar Sukiban, Coordinator/Assistant to General Counsel
Peter Whitehead, Director of Communications
* maternity leave
Invest in press freedom
It's easy to invest in MDLF's work, providing independent news businesses with the financing they need to hold governments to account, expose corruption and fight for justice for all.
Impact
- In 2008, more than 32 million people in developing democracies got their news from 37 MDLF clients, an increase of almost 3.5 million from 2007.
- After 5 years with MDLF, current clients on average have increased their sales by 370%.
- For every $10,000 invested in 2008, MDLF supported access to independent news for 8,789 readers, listeners and viewers, more than double the 1999 level of 4,238.
