Boards

Ms. Tornikoski is Secretary General for Vastuullinen Lahjoittaminen VaLa ry (Finnish Fundraising Association). In this position she has served as board member of European Fundraising Association EFA last five years. She has also number of duties in international networks like GivingTuesday. Ms. Tornikoski has been an advisor to Finnish government on various issues concerning civil society’s rights to resources. She has been a key person to develop national Certified Fundraiser educational program and legacy fundraising campaign. She has extensive experience in advocacy work and funding for the Finnish NGO sector. Her previous career has focused on marketing, communication and fundraising for different causes. As a consultant she has worked from 2010 with several charities, institutions and networks in Finland and abroad. Her earlier experience in corporate sponsorship for different international sport events organised in Finland supports her partnership insights. Pia is the author of the first guidebook on fundraising in Finnish. She has been involved with ECNL as a member of the Core Group of Experts on ‘Principles for statutory regulation and self-regulation of fundraising. 

Mr. Clark is a Development Consultant and has worked with development NGOs, the World Bank, United Nations, universities, and as advisor to governments on development and civil society issues. His career has focused on poverty reduction, participation, civil society, globalization and bridging the gap between grassroots organizations and official agencies. He also worked in the United Nations Secretary-General’s office (as project director for the high-level panel on UN-civil society relations), was Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and served on a task force advising the British Prime Minister about Africa. He also wrote Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization, published by Kumarian in USA and Earthscan in UK in 2003. Mr Clark is long term partner of ECNL and is member of ECNL Budapest board.

Ms. Hoffs is a business and human rights advisor at ABN AMRO bank. She advises on international legislative developments in the area of corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability due diligence and (anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT). Projects include minimizing the negative impacts of AML legislation to prevent financial exclusion of nonprofits and derisking of vulnerable groups. Previously she has worked at UN international tribunals, the Dutch government, law firms and as an independent consultant for UN projects. She was a Research Fellow at the Australian Human Rights Institute focusing on the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights and has contributed to World Bank reports on the economic position of women.

Ms. Bullain is Vice President – Operations at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), working hard every day to counter the worldwide trend of restrictions against civil society. She is leading ICNL’s work in international advocacy, including development cooperation, Agenda 2030 and the Open Government Partnership. Prior to joining ICNL in Washington, DC, she was Executive Director of the ECNL and worked directly on legal reform for civil society in over 20 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to that she lead a resource and support center for NGOs in Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe and worked as a trainer and consultant with nonprofit organizations throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Ms. Bullain is an internationally recognized leader, having served as Chair of the Civil Society Advisory Committee to the UNDP Administrator and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, among others. Today, she still believes in the strength of citizens to bring about much needed positive social change.

Mr. Van der Does works at the World Bank’s Financial Market Integrity unit since 2004. He has assisted countries around the world in establishing their anti-money laundering systems and in building country capacity to conduct financial investigations. He has been a leading member of the Stolen Asset Recovery team (a World Bank and UNODC partnership) since its inception in 2007. He specializes in the abuse of legal entities, beneficial ownership identification and the use of non-profit entities for terrorist purposes. He also worked for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, The Netherlands, He then moved into private practice, specializing in banking and securities law.

Natasha Gaber-Damjanovska was one of the most prominent Constitutional Court justices in Macedonia – a strong defender of civic freedoms. Prominently, she was the primary drafter of the country’s 1998 Law on Associations and Foundations. She is currently director of the Judges Academy in Macedonia. Dr. Gaber-Damjanovska holds a Masters degree in Legal and Political Science and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. She also serves as the President of the Board of Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (NGO) and has taught several courses on election systems, civil society legal framework, women in politics, and globalization and world politics. She also serves as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law, tackling the domestic legal environment regarding the civic sector and its repercussions on the economy, and looking at the possibility of introducing legal change for tax and other benefits for the civic organizations. She has continued her engagement in NGO legal issues and is considered the foremost NGO legal expert in Macedonia.