We are delighted to announce that Cindy Banyai has been appointed our second US correspondent.
Cindy Banyai is the Evaluation and Design Advisor at the Southwest Florida Community Foundation. She also teaches in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Florida Gulf Coast University. She received her Master’s and Ph.D. from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan where her research focused on community development, public administration, evaluation, and governance. Her works have been published in peer-reviewed journals and she has written, edited, and contributed to several books on public administration and community development. Although Dr. Banyai considers herself an evaluator by trade, she has worked in the field of community development since 2000. Cindy is currently serving as the President of the Community Development Society. You can contact Cindy at cindy.banyai@gmail.com