Timothy Fairbank

Tim Fairbank is the co-founder and managing director of Development Transformations (DT). Previously, Mr. Fairbank was the director for democracy and rule of law at MPRI, where he was responsible for the design and management of programs related to security sector reform, rule of law, civil society development, and institutional capacity building.

Mr. Fairbank spent numerous years working in the Eurasia division of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), where he worked to support democratic elections, political parties, parliaments, civil society development, and civil service training in countries in transition. In addition to his position of senior program manager at the Institute's headquarters, he worked several years in the field directing programs in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Georgia. He served as NDI's first country director in Moldova, director of civic programs in Ukraine, acting director in Kazakhstan, and as an advisor to programs throughout the region. Mr. Fairbank has conducted more than a dozen political and election-related assessments as a member of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and NDI international delegations. He earned his master's degree, with distinction, from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Sloan Mann

Sloan Mann is the co-founder and managing director of Development Transformations (DT). Prior to founding DT, Mr. Mann held a diverse array of jobs in the military, private, and public sectors. From 2007 - 2009 he was the USAID Development Advisor to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A) based in Bagram, Afghanistan. In partnership with U.S. Special Forces, he developed methodologies for effective interagency approaches to promoting stabilization in priority communities to the counterinsurgency effort.

Mr. Mann has worked for a number of different offices at USAID including the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). He was a field program officer with OFDA responsible for all operations in south and west Darfur, Sudan. In Iraq as a member of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and OTI, he worked one year as an abuse prevention officer focusing on identifying, monitoring, and preventing human rights violations. While in the military, Mr. Mann served as a U.S. Army infantry officer from 1997 to 2002 and was a member of peacekeeping deployments to Bosnia-Herzegovina (SFOR) and Kosovo (KFOR).

Mr. Mann is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and holds a B.S. in international politics from West Point and a master's degree, with distinction, from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has provided expert commentary on post-conflict stability issues for CNN, Fox News, NPR, and other news programs and published articles on his work in multiple publications.

Jonathan Auger

Joe Auger serves as a senior trainer with Development Transformations. He provides training and technical assistance to the Tactical Conflict Assessment and Planning Framework (TCAPF) program, an initiative managed by the Office of Military Affairs at USAID. From 1998-2007, Auger served in the Canadian Forces. While deployed to Afghanistan, he assisted the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team in implementing community based stabilization projects and coordinating development programs with public and private sector partners as well as international organizations. After leaving the Canadian military, Auger directed the local stability initiatives component of a USAID Afghanistan stability project focused on local government and community development. As part of this work, he developed provincial stabilization strategies in concert with U.S. and international forces within the Pashtun Belt.

Annika Caldwell

Annika Caldwell (Timonen) is a senior consultant with Development Transformations. She has an extensive background in managing programs in complex emergencies and post-conflict environments. Her areas of expertise include inter-governmental and interagency dialogue, with a special focus on the UN cluster system and civil-military coordination. Annika has held several positions worldwide with the International Organization of Migration (IOM), including head of the field office in Oecussi, East Timor and emergency team member for the Pakistan Earthquake Response. She also assumed several senior positions with the IOM Mission in Iraq while based in Amman and Baghdad. More recently, Annika led IOM’s civil-military coordination initiative as an imbedded humanitarian advisor to the commanding general at NATO Headquarters in Kabul. Mrs. Caldwell holds undergraduate and postgraduate diplomas in economics and development studies from Schiller International University and Victoria University.

Ilan Cooper

Ilan Cooper is a program assistant for Development Transformations. Previously, Mr. Cooper worked at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University as a research associate. He has conducted primary research, for the Berkley Center and the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation, on the role of local transitional justice mechanisms in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly focusing on the SADC countries. Mr. Cooper recently graduated from Georgetown University with a master’s degree in conflict resolution. He also holds a master’s from the University of Chicago in international relations and gained a bachelor’s degree from King’s College London in war studies.

Amy B. Frumin

Amy Frumin, an experienced development professional, is a senior consultant with Development Transformations. Most recently, Ms. Frumin was an international affairs fellow in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations where she researched and wrote on stability operations and civilian-military issues. Prior to her fellowship, she served in Afghanistan with USAID on a Provincial Reconstruction Team. Before moving to Afghanistan, Ms. Frumin covered Latin America for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives. She has also worked for the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations in Kosovo and for UNICEF's Office of Emergency Operations. Ms. Frumin holds a master's degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Marina Kielpinski

Marina Kielpinski serves as an expert trainer for DT’s assistance to the Tactical Conflict Assessment and Planning Framework program, a new initiative managed by USAID's Office of Military Affairs. Ms. Kielpinski has extensive field experience in Afghanistan, previously working within the development community, Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT), and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). She has worked in remote parts of Afghanistan managing development programs for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and GTZ, the development arm of the German government. Most recently, she worked with U.S. Army Maneuver units and the PRT's in Kunar and Nuristan provinces as a forward media team leader for ISAF, developing indigenous psychological operations capability and local media capacity. She also has experience training U.S. Army brigades deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq in non-lethal aspects of counterinsurgency and stabilization operations. Ms. Kielpinski holds a master's degree in International Affairs & Conflict Resolution from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.

Oren Ipp

Oren Ipp is an international development professional with more than ten years’ experience in democratic governance and security sector reform. Oren has expertise in post-conflict governance, with a regional focus on Afghanistan and South Asia. Oren is currently a consultant for a number of organizations, including the Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Development Transformations. Recent consultancies have taken Oren to Guinea Bissau, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Geneva. During 2006-2008, Oren was based in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he directed the national and sub-national legislative programs of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Prior to moving to Afghanistan, Oren worked with NDI in Washington, DC, supporting the Institute's South Asia programs. Among Oren's publications are the chapter "Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in Afghanistan" in the forthcoming volume "Deconstructing Afghanistan's Security Sector," and a March 2009 article in the San Francisco Chronicle titled, "Crisis in Afghanistan." Oren holds a Master's degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.

Timothy Reuter

Timothy Reuter is a senior consultant with Development Transformations where he serves as an expert trainer for the Tactical Conflict Assessment and Planning Framework program, a new initiative managed by USAID's Office of Military Affairs. Most recently, he served in Afghanistan with USAID on multiple Provincial Reconstruction Teams where he led the strategic development planning between provincial government representatives, development contractors, and local citizens. Mr. Reuter previously worked for the State Department and USAID on stabilization, development, and political-military issues in Iraq, Yemen, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. Mr. Reuter holds a master's degree in international relations and economics from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

Michael Stanisich

Michael Stanisich is a senior advisor for Development Transformations with extensive experience in the intergovernmental, military, private, and NGO sectors. Before joining DT, he served as the International Organization for Migration's Community Stabilization focal point for the Middle East and Asia as well as the institution’s lead on Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IQCs). Michael has also led several emergency relief, transitional development, national-level capacity building and monitoring and evaluation programs in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Previously, he worked as a refugee advocate for Refugees International, where he focused primarily on the Balkans and covered issues including refugees, IDPs, trafficking and peacekeeping. Michael is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and served in the US Marine Corps from 1989-1994.