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Democracy, governance, and institutional reform expert. JD with 20 years’ policy analysis, civic engagement, and legislative advising experience (40+ countries). Co-authored 250+ bills and 5 books. Passions: Evidence-based policy-design, issue depolarization, developing inclusive policy-making processes and laws that work. Can relocate immediately. |
 Contact Lorna Seitz
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Government, Governance, Reforms
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Professional Experience: |
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
• 20+ years of experience managing corporations, non-profits, and university-based programs.
• Developed new programs and strategic partnerships in collaboration with members of parliament, university faculty, civil society representatives and bilateral and multilateral donors.
• Co-founded technology start up, an international non-profit and a community-based capacity-building organization.
• Successful growth manager, who led a start-up organization to join three winning IDIQ consortia and to win numerous $250K+ contracts.
• Managed international, multi-lingual and virtual teams on complex, concurrent projects to develop and implement on-time/under-budget training and development programs for over 40 countries.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: PARLIAMENTARY AND CIVIL SOCIETY TRAINING INSTITUTES
• Contributed to all stages of law and policy development.
• Conducted needs assessments and curriculum development for universities, civil service training academies and parliamentary training institutes (10+ institutions supported, global reach).
• Developed internship and fellowship programs in law, policy and public administration.
• Developed and delivered interactive workshops and on-site, online and blended learning programs.
• Taught MPs, Cabinet Ministers, parliamentary and ministerial staff, university faculty, students, civil society representatives, & reporters.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PARTICIPATORY PROBLEM-SOLVING:
• Facilitated problem-identification, objectives-clarification, differential impacts assessment, and multi-stakeholder problem-solving processes. (10 yrs, 18 nations, & unanimous support for all collaboratively developed bills)
• Trained local government, parliamentary and ministerial staff to use collaborative problem-solving to depolarize input processes.
• Used collaborative problem-solving and multi-party contract re-negotiations to save jobs and return a corporation to profitability.
• Success brokering unanimous agreements between parties with different interests, reducing costs and improving institutional outcomes.
USING MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROCESSES TO DRIVE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM:
• 20+ years of overall monitoring & evaluation experience.
• Designed & legislatively established monitoring and evaluation systems to identify implementation gaps, reduce susceptibility to corruption, and coordinate & streamline service delivery.
• Trained legislative drafters to legislatively establish appropriate and viable monitoring & evaluation systems.
• Facilitated the institutionalization of legislative impacts assessment processes. Example: Ukraine Environmental Expertise Law.
• Detected discriminatory applications of the law and recommended means of redressing disparities to cabinet ministers, judicial commissions, members of parliament & parliamentary staff.
DIGITAL DEMOCRACY
• Used IT to facilitate participatory, evidence-based, legislative reform.
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Education: |
JD - Boston University School of Law (cum laude) (Professional Degree)
MS - Environmental Law - Vermont Law School (cum laude)
BA - History - Reed College
Mediation Certificate - Metropolitan Mediation Services
Awards:
Editor-in-Chief, Legislative Services
Edward F. Hennessy Distinguished Scholar
Dean's Award
G. Joseph Tauro Scholar
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Board Member, The Legis Institute
Advisory Board Member, Institute for Law and Development Studies
Associate Member, Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel
Member, Law and Society Association
Member, Massachusetts Bar
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
More than 20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, Basic: Spanish, Urdu, French |
Nationality:
United States
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LinkedIn Profile:
www.linkedin.com/in/lornaseitz
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