Changemakers

Olanrewaju Suraju is the Chairman of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), a non-governmental organization and non-partisan human rights and development organization in Nigeria.

Mario Huapaya is a Senior Consultant with the Special Group for Mining, Geothermal, and Hydrocarbons at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). 

The Cooperative for Good Living and Peace provides services and educational programs in the Territorial Space for Training and Reincorporation (ETCR), a designated area aimed at supporting the reintegration of demobilized ex-guerrillas in Colombia.

Violeta Vigo is the Executive Director of Asociación Los Andes de Cajamarca (ALAC, Association The Andes of Cajamarca).

Bon Besmanos is the National Coordinator, Bantay Kita – Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Philippines.

Livinus Njume Esambe is the Executive Director of the Action for Governance over Natural Resources (AGNR), an NGO in Cameroon, actively advocating for revenue transparency and citizen-led governance over the country’s natural resources.

Regina Pasion is a social psychologist and Senior Program Officer at the Asia Foundation, based in Manila, Philippines.

Marco Zaplan is a public policy and data specialist, and Executive Director of Gov Data Initiative Inc. He won the EITI data hackathon in 2022 with his tool PREDICT and USAID’s Powering a Just Energy Transition Green Minerals Challenge in 2023.

Paul-Joel Kamtchang is the Executive Secretary, Association for Integrated Development and Interactive Solidarity / L’Association pour le Développement intégré et la Solidarité Interactive (ADISI-CAMEROUN).