Staff
Alemayehu Behabtu - Project Manager
Alemayehu Behabtu is the AU Project Manager for Mediation Capacity Support Program, based in Addis Ababa.
Ville Brummer - Head, Research & Development
Ville Brummer has specialized in participatory foresight and decision support methodologies. His research interests include methodological aspects of futures studies on security research.He is responsible for supporting the design and implementation of participatory activities.
Roxana Cristescu - Project Manager
Roxana Cristescu works as Project Manager in CMI's Black Sea Programme and also with mediation initiatives. Previously, Roxana worked for various development, peacebuilding and mediation projects in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kosovo (Mitrovica Region), Moldova, Transdniestria, Ukraine and Lebanon.
Marina Danoyan - Programme Assistant
Marina joined CMI in June 2009. She is assisting and supporting CMI’s programmes coordination.
Marina has worked for four years at the European Commission Delegation to Armenia as Assistant to the Ambassador, Head of Delegation. She also has previous experience in transport and logistics at Danzas-DHL, France.
Silja Grundström - Administrative Assistant
Silja Grundström is the Administrative Assistant at CMI's Helsinki office. Her main activities relate to office management, financial support and organizational development.
Antje Herrberg - Director & Senior Mediation Advisor
Antje Herrberg is the Senior Mediation Advisor of CMI. This work also includes the coordination of the mediation cluster of the Initiative for Peacebuilding and the overall direction of work of CMI in the Black Sea Region. Her interest and goal of her research and practical work is to enhance and develop professional practice of international peace mediation, with a special interest for the EU in this field.
Nina Hokkanen - Finance Manager
Nina Hokkanen works as the Finance Manager of CMI. She leads CMI's financial planning and provides expert guidance for the work done in the organization's many projects.
Heidi Huuhtanen - Head, Middle East Programme
Heidi Huuhtanen is the Head of CMI's Middle East Programme. She is specialized on Middle East Politics and inter-linkages between security and democracy. At CMI she guides the overall work of CMI in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Saila Huusko - Project Assistant
Saila Huusko works as Project Assistant in CMI’s Helsinki office.
Meeri-Maria Jaarva - Head, Black Sea Programme
Meeri-Maria Jaarva is CMI’s Head of the Black Sea Programme. Ms Jaarva joined CMI in 2000 and has held different positions in the organisation, including Project Manager and Adviser in the Aceh peace negotiations, Adviser to the Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, and Director of the Conflict Resolution Programme among others.
Kirsi Joenpolvi - Head, Africa Programme
Kirsi Joenpolvi is the Head of CMI's Africa Programme and specialised on post-war statebuilding. Ms. Joenpolvi is a Governance and Statebuilding expert with extensive experience in policy analysis and strategy development both in Asia and in Africa. Ms. Joenpolvi oversees CMI’s post-war statebuilding activities which comprise of a) Regional Approaches to Statebuilding; b) Good Practice in using ICTs in Statebuilding; and c) the Governance out of a Box – initiative.
Saana Keskitalo - Project Officer
Saana Keskitalo works as part of the Middle East team and assists in various ways in the implementation of CMI’s projects in the region. Her main fields of interest include international relations, Middle East politics and in particular the dynamics between regional and international actors.
Hannu Kotipelto - Project Manager
Hannu Kotipelto works as Project Manager in the Governance out of a Box -initiative. He is responsible for managing and implementing the Liberia project of the initiative where CMI is supporting establishment of birth and death registration in Liberia with ICT-tools. He also contributes to the development of CMI's conceptual framework for post-war state building with focus aiming to strengthen the capabilities of local governance.
Minna Kukkonen - Adviser
Minna Kukkonen works as Adviser to the Executive Director of Crisis Management Initiative. She supports the Executive Director in the execution of CMI’s mission and facilitates external and internal relations. As acting Director of Operations, Minna is responsible for supporting the Executive Director in leading administration, finance and human resources management. She acts as a legal adviser in CMI’s projects and overall organizational management.
Elina Lehtinen - Communications Manager
Elina Lehtinen is in charge of strategic planning in CMI's external and internal communications. She has worked for over a decade in media and communications related posts in the USA, Middle East, UK and Finland.
Riikka Marjamäki - Director
Riikka Marjamäki is the Director of the Office of President Ahtisaari. Riikka assists Martti Ahtisaari in all his work and supports him especially in his commitments related to the European Foreign Politics and Turkey’s accession process to the EU. Riikka is also a member in the Martti Ahtisaari Rapid Reaction team and is specialized in peacebuilding in South-East Asia.
Mika Metsäniemi - Project Assistant
Mika Metsäniemi is completing his non-military service as a Project Assistant in the Post-war Statebuilding cluster. He will utilize his technological know-how to support the development of the Governance out of a Box initiative. Mika joined CMI in February 2010.
Mikheil Mirziashvili - Senior Manager
Mr. Mikheil (Misha) Mirziashvili is the Senior Manager of the Black Sea Peace Network project. The project aims at effective involvement of the civil society in the peacebuilding process through establishing self-ruling expert councils and strengthening via regional approaches local efforts for security peace in the region of the Black Sea.
Mikko Patokallio - Project Officer
Mikko Patokallio works as a Project Officer in CMI's Middle East projects. His main fields of interests are international relations, peace studies, foreign and security policy and international organizations.
Hanna Puura - Office Manager
Hanna Puura works as the Office Manager of CMI's Helsinki office. Her main duties concern administration, communications and organizational development of CMI. Hanna also advises the Executive Director and is the Secretary of CMI's Board.
Kristiina Rintakoski - Senior Adviser
Kristiina Rintakoski is a Senior Adviser at CMI. She is an expert on civilian crisis management, European security and peace building. Rintakoski has an extensive experience on strategy development, policy analysis and working with international and regional organisations on crisis management and peacebuilding.
Gama B. Roberts - Country Coordinator
As CMI Country Coordinator in Liberia, Mr. Gama Roberts coordinates the Governance out of a Box initiative which aims to identify tools for the effective implementation of priority functions of state administration in post-conflict countries. He coordinates and monitors all of CMI’s projects in Liberia in coordination with a variety of stakeholders, ranging from NGOs to corporations and the public sector.
Tuija Talvitie - Executive Director
Tuija Talvitie is CMI’s Executive Director. She is responsible for strategic development of CMI and is in charge of all staff-, finance- and organisational matters. 
Tuula Tanskanen - Personal Assistant to President Ahtisaari
Tuula Tanskanen is the Personal Assistant to President Ahtisaari. She is responsible for calendar updates, travel arrangements and other issues directly linked to President Ahtisaari's programme.