Staff

Ian Gary

Executive Director

Ian Gary is a senior policy, research, and advocacy professional with over 25 years of experience advocating for financial transparency and accountability reforms. Prior to joining The FACT Coalition as executive director, Ian directed Oxfam America’s global policy, advocacy and program work focused on promoting transparent and accountable financial flows – for example from oil …

Erica Hanichak

Government Affairs Director

Erica Hanichak is the government affairs director at the FACT Coalition, where she leads the group’s engagement with federal policymakers, particularly as it pertains to the FACT’s anti-money laundering priorities. Erica is an advocacy professional dedicated to improving U.S. anti-money laundering safeguards and mitigating global corruption. Before joining FACT, Erica spent five years working with U.S.-based nonprofits …

Zorka Milin

Policy Director

Zorka Milin is policy director at the FACT coalition, where she leads on international tax policy and other transparency priorities.  Before joining FACT, she served as senior advisor at investigative watchdog Global Witness for almost ten years, focusing on improving financial transparency and accountability in the extraction of natural resources. She has also taught at …

Julia Yansura

Program Director for Environmental Crime and Illicit Finance

Julia Yansura is the Program Director for Environmental Crime and Illicit Finance at the FACT Coalition. Her work aims to close anti money laundering and anti corruption loopholes that allow the proceeds of environmental crime to be laundered into the U.S. financial system. Geographically, her work is focused on the Western Hemisphere.  Prior to joining …

Omer Niazi

Policy Fellow

Omer Niazi is a Policy Fellow at the FACT Coalition. He is also involved in research work with the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the MEI State Department Black Sea Security Program at the Middle East Institute. He is the founder of the Council on International Law Order and Security. His …

Thomas Georges

Policy and Communications Officer

Thomas Georges is FACT’s Policy and Communications Officer, in which capacity he supports the Coalition’s internal and external communications efforts, policy advocacy goals, and logistical needs. A communications and advocacy professional with a passion for social and economic justice, Georges has more than half a decade of experience working with both governmental and private stakeholders …