Tihana B. Blanc, President and Founder
Tihana is Civic Hub's President and Founder and an international elections and democracy expert with over 20 years of experience leading programs for bilateral and multilateral donors in post-conflict and transitional democracies. She has supported watershed elections and complex governance programs in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Iraq, Myanmar, Somalia, and South Sudan, working with the OSCE, IOM, UNDP, IFES, Creative Associates International, and Democracy International.
From 2023 to 2025, she served as Chief of Party for USAID's Support to Electoral Integrity project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she ran the country office and helped pilot new voting technologies to strengthen election integrity in a country still safeguarding a fragile peace. In 2026, she returned to BiH with Civic Hub to support the rollout of those technologies which were successfully deployed in all 5,200 polling stations for the October general elections.
Tihana holds a Master's in International Policy and Practice from the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and has taught project management at American University's School of Public Affairs. A member of the Bethesda Writers’ Center and AWP, she is writing a memoir about her years in international development.
Jeffrey Carlson, Vice President and Co-Founder
Jeffrey is Civic Hub’s Vice President and Co-Founder and a strategic leader with deep experience advancing electoral integrity, civic education, and democratic resilience in the U.S. and around the world. He has led high-impact programs in more than 30 countries, managing multi-million-dollar initiatives and forging partnerships across governments, civil society, and the donor community.
Jeffrey’s career includes senior roles with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, UNISHKA Research Service, and Creative Associates International. Having led strategic fundraising efforts, he has directed resulting programs that addressed campaign finance reform, electoral violence prevention, and civic education in nascent, fragile, and consolidating democracies. His expertise spans project lifecycle management, stakeholder engagement, policy development, and cross-functional leadership.
Jeffrey holds a Masters in Public Management from the University of Maryland, and has studied in Denmark and the US. He is passionate about supporting civic education and democratic participation, and continues to advise organizations working to protect electoral processes, expand civic learning, and uphold democratic norms.
Amy Klein, Board Member
Amy brings over 15 years of experience as an international development professional leading democracy, conflict, post-conflict recovery, and stabilization programs across East Africa and the Middle East. She has served in senior leadership roles in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iraq, Syria, South Sudan, and Sudan, managing complex assistance programs in fragile and conflict-affected environments.
Amy served as Chief of Party for a USAID program in Sudan focused on democratic governance, civil society, and the rule of law during the country's democratic transition. She also led a USAID program in Ethiopia focused on improving water, sanitation, and hygiene services and served as Chief of Party for the Facilitating Urban Recovery and Transition in Syria program for the U.S. Department of State as part of the Defeat-ISIS campaign. The Syria program supported civilian recovery in formerly ISIS-controlled areas, including efforts to restore essential services and strengthen local recovery. Throughout her career, Amy has built partnerships with government counterparts, civil society organizations, research and training institutions, and grassroots stakeholders to develop and implement programs in complex political environments.
Amy holds an MA in Anthropology, specializing in International Development, from The George Washington University and a BA in Anthropology from the College of William & Mary. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Washington Center.
Rachel Hope Anderson, Board Member
Rachel, a policy advisor and coalition builder, is the principal of Hope& Consulting. She has a 20-year track record at the intersection of faith and public policy having served as a Fellow at the Center for Public Justice, director of faith outreach for Center for Responsible Lending and policy advisor for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Harvard Law and Divinity Schools.
Terry Hoverter, Board Member
Terry is a globally recognized expert in democratic governance, public international law, and constitutional reform. With over two decades of experience spanning more than 70 countries, he has led high-level political, legal, and institutional initiatives for multilateral institutions, international organizations, and the U.S. Government—often in some of the world’s most complex and fragile environments.
As Senior Technical Director for the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS), he led global initiatives that advanced democratic governance in alignment with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Previously, as Chief of Party and Senior Associate at Creative Associates International, he directed cross-regional programs focused on constitutional reform, political transitions, and electoral integrity, while leading internal systems improvements that enhanced program delivery.
Earlier in his career, Terry served with distinction at USAID, Democracy International, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he designed and implemented research initiatives, civic engagement programs, and democratic reform strategies across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. His field experience includes leading initiatives in Afghanistan, Guyana, Libya, Nauru, Nepal, Somalia, and Sudan.
He holds a J.D. from American University, an M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University, and a B.A. in International Relations from Fordham University.
Adin Šabić, Media and Communications Manager
Adin is Civic Hub’s Media and Communications Manager. Adin has a decade of experience working in media and non-governmental sector on human rights and democracy with a special focus on election technology, social media, women and youth rights, peacebuilding, corruption, and environmental issues. He has previously worked with Democracy International/USAID, European Union, UNICEF, UNDP, Heinrich Boll Stiftung, CARE Intl Balkans, GIZ, and others. Adin holds an MA in Communication and Journalism from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo.
Mirza Hadžibegović, Technology Advisor
Mirza is Civic Hub’s Software Development and Technology Advisor and he is completing his electrical engineering degree at the University of Sarajevo. Mirza has worked as Support Analyst for Smartmatic and provided software and hardware support to the Central Election Commission of BiH and Democracy International for the introduction of optical scanners into elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He participates in Hackathons and develops applications.