Jeremy Druker is the executive director and editor in chief of Transitions Online, which he co-founded in 1999.  He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University, where he also earned a certificate in Central and Eastern European studies. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Jeremy lives with his wife and two daughters in Prague, where he has been based for more than 15 years.
jeremy.druker@tol.org

Elza Ketsbaia has served as Transition’s country manager for Georgia for three years. She is an experienced journalist with stints in broadcast journalism at Radio Ucnobi and the Georgian Public Broadcaster. She holds a master’s degree from the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management.

Emin Huseynzade is Transition’s lead trainer in Azerbaijan. He hass consulted and worked with OSCE, OSI, Internews, EJC and other international organizations. Emin has provided training for participants from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. He holds a masters degree from the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management and Azerbaijan State Economic University.

Alaksiej Lavonczyk is a media activist and social media expert from Minsk, Belarus. He has overseen training projects on media, security and promotion for various NGOs in Belarus and Central Asia. Alaksiej is currently running a volunteer training center for new media journalists. As a trainer and technical adviser, he has worked with organizations including Pact, Internews, the International Republican Institute, and the Soros Foundation in Central Asia.

Joshua Boissevain  is a research associate and editorial assistant at Transitions Online. He’s also a freelance journalist and photographer based in Romania. Find him on twitter at @joshboissevain. Email: josh.boissevain@tol.org

Ivan Praudzin is currently running a UN-funded media clinic focused on Central Asia. The project specializes in social media and developing websites for organsizations in the region. Ivan also works as an IT security expert and technical consultant, utilizing his experience as a new media trainer on projects organized by IRI, Pact in Belarus, and Frontline in Vilnius. He is also working with Sesawe as an IT security consultant.

Cristian Ziliberberg has been involved in Moldova’s civil society movement since 1998 and served, until recently, as TOL’s project manager for Moldova. Over the past five years, he has been involved in the management and development of a leadership program for civic society, and the creation of ties between civil society and governmental/parliamentarian leaders. Very involved in new media and social innovation, he is the creator of PublicTV.md (an online television site covering Moldovan civil society) and one of the founders of MediaPoint. He studied organizational and economic psychology, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Management and Organizations and Sociology at Northwestern University

Andrew Fenwick was multimedia editor at Transitions Online. He also worked as an arts writer for The Prague Post and Dazed & Confused magazine. He has previously worked as a staff writer at the Metro newspaper and NME magazine as well as a public relations and digital marketing officer for Oxfam.

Michelle Timmerman was an editorial intern at Transitions Online. Originally from California, Michelle is in her last year at Harvard College, where she studies the history and literature of modern Europe. She is a staff writer for the university daily, the Harvard Crimson, and an executive editor of the Crimson’s weekly magazine.