Ross Mountain – Director General
Ross Mountain took up the post of Director General of DARA in January 2010. Previously he served the United Nations for over 36 years in various senior capacities and has been a major driver of reforms in the humanitarian system. He has led some of the world’s largest emergency operations and managed and coordinated humanitarian, development, peacekeeping and peace building programmes.
His last assignment in the United Nations was Deputy Representative of the Secretary General/Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he was also responsible for managing the largest electoral operation undertaken by the UN. Previously he held similar positions in Iraq including SRSGai. As Assistant UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Director of the Geneva office of OCHA he undertook special assignments to Timor Leste, Mozambique, Palestine, Angola, Sudan and Liberia amongst others. He has also held senior UN/ UNDP positions in Lebanon, Haiti, the Eastern Caribbean (based in Barbados), Liberia, Afghanistan and the South Pacific (based in Fiji).
Ross Mountain recently directed the United Kingdom’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR).
Director’s office
Lucía Fernández - Chief of Staff / Head of Administration and Finance
Humanitarian Aid Accountability Initiative
Philip Tamminga - Head of the Humanitarian Aid Accountability Initiative
Fernando Espada - Manager of the Humanitarian Response Index
Marybeth Redheffer – Policy Research Officer
Quantitative Analysis
Daniela Ruegenberg – Senior Quantitative Analysis Officer
Covadonga Canteli – Quantitative Analysis Officer
Beatriz Asensio – Quantitative Analysis Officer
Climate Vulnerability Initiative (CVI)
Matthew McKinnon – Head of the Climate Vulnerability Initiative
Daniel Barnes – External Relations and Political Assistant
Cristian Conteduca – Quantitative Analysis Officer
Dominik Hülse – Quantitative Analysis Officer
Abby Moran – Junior Research Officer
Rebecca Moy – CVM Publication Coordinator
Evaluations
Riccardo Polastro – Head of Evaluations
Nicolai Steen – Senior Evaluator
Soledad Posada – Evaluations Officer
Belén Díaz - Evaluations Officer
Jock Baker – DARA Associate
Albertien van der Veen – DARA Associate
John Cosgrave – DARA Associate
Risk Reduction Index (RRI)
Nicolai Steen – Head of RRI
Belén Camacho – Research Officer
Belén Paley – Research Assistant
Communications and Fundraising
Fiona Guy – Senior Communications Officer
Tina Samson – Communications Officer
Valentina Ferrara – Fundraising Officer
Operations
Eva Cervantes – Administration and Finance Manager
Miguel González – Administration and Finance Officer
Susana Vicario – Support Officer
Ignacio Wilhelmi – Logistics and Web Officer
