OGP’s “Power of Open” launch event included a series of panels and networking events focused on the role of openness. During the event we decided to interview some of these panelist, and here we present you with the first 3 of the series.
Julie McCarthy
Julie was until December 2012, Director of the OGP Support Unit. Most recently, she served as Senior Adviser at the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (T/A Initiative), where she supported the OGP co-chairs, civil society and participating countries to develop the content and structure of OGP. In 2009, she served as a Franklin Fellow and Peacebuilding Advisor at the US Mission to the United Nations, where she worked with the UN Security Council, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Liberian Government to help launch a new multi-million dollar peacebuilding program in Liberia. Julie is the co-founder for the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), where as Deputy Director she oversaw strategic planning, program oversight, capacity-building, development and operations. Prior to this, Julie directed the Open Society Institute’s (OSI) Revenue Watch Program, ran an OSI monitoring program on post-conflict Iraq, and was the global coordinator for the Soros Foundation Network on the Millennium Challenge Account. Julie is a graduate of Cornell University and is currently finishing her MA from Yale, where she focuses on governance and conflict. She sits on the advisory boards of the Revenue Watch Institute and International Budget Project.