Jonathan D. Katz was formerly Senior Fellow and Director, Democracy Initiatives at GMF.
Central and Eastern Europe
Daniel Hegedüs is a GMF senior fellow focused on Central Europe. He writes and speaks extensively on populism and democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe, and the European and foreign affairs of the Visegrad countries. He is frequently quoted in outlets such as AFP, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Euractiv, EU Observer and Der Spiegel. He has studied political science, history, and European law at the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest and Humboldt University in Berlin.
Stela Leuca was formerly Visiting Fellow at GMF.
Olena Prokopenko was formerly Visiting Fellow at GMF.
Martina has 15+ years of extensive experience with high-stake negotiations, policymaking, and program management. Her expertise encompasses human rights, democracy, economy, and security. Her accomplishments include several testimonies on the U.S. Capitol and in the European Parliament.
Before joining GMF, Martina was a program officer for Europe and Eurasia at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), one of the core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy and affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where she concentrated on responses to global strategic threats, economic misconceptions, corrosive capital, enterprise ecosystems, anti-corruption, and private sector leadership in advancing democracy and markets.