President
Hans Herren

Andrea Bassi, Deputy Director for Project Development and Modeling
Maureen Johnson, Comptroller
Adedoyin Onasanya, Development Associate
Matteo Pedercini, Deputy Director for Capacity Development and Modeling
Weishuang Qu, Senior Director of Modeling and Analysis

Andrea Bassi, Deputy Director for Project Development and Modeling
Since joining MI in 2005, with a background in economics and integrated system modeling, Andrea has conducted research and led a variety of integrated and cross-sectoral studies on energy and climate policy, collaborating with governments and leading political, academic and professional institutions worldwide, especially in the United States, Europe and in the Southern African region. Results of Andrea’s studies are being published in scientific journals, including Energy Policy, Energy Economics and Energy for Sustainable Development, and in technical reports, such as the one titled “Climate Policy Impacts on the Competitiveness of Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Sectors”, prepared for the National Commission on Energy Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington DC, USA. Andrea, formerly also a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) at the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, worked in the private sector for three years prior to joining MI. Andrea earned a Ph.D. in System Dynamics from the University of Bergen, Norway in 2009, where he also received a M.Phil. in System Dynamics in 2006.  He holds a M.Sc. in business and economics from LIUC, Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Milan, and the post graduate certificate "Building Models in Ecology and Environment" from the Catedra UNESCO of the Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. Andrea is fluent in Italian (native), English and French.

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Maureen Johnson, Comptroller
Maureen has over twenty years of accounting expertise, including twelve years specializing in nonprofit accounting. Before joining MI in 2004, she was the comptroller of the Development Corporation of Columbia Heights, in Washington, DC. Previously, she worked with the H Street Community Development Corporation and Subsidiaries, also in Washington, DC. Maureen holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of the West Indies, and a Diploma from Alpha Commercial College, both in Jamaica.

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Adedoyin Onasanya, Development Associate
A native of Nigeria, Ade holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Prior to joining MI, he worked for Action Health Incorporated, a Nigeria-based nonprofit organization with a mission to improve youth health and development. He also interned with Europe’s Forum on International Cooperation, a Dutch nonprofit organization working to improve civil society participation in Europe’s international development cooperation efforts. During his internship, Ade conducted research and recommended strategies the European Union can adopt to make development cooperation more equitable for developing countries. In 2002, he was named an "Online Volunteer of the Year" by United Nations Volunteers for his work with HORIZON International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering solutions to problems in the areas of health, environment, development and population.

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Matteo Pedercini, Deputy Director for Capacity Development and Modeling
Before joining MI, Matteo was the project manager for a European Union development project in the Central African Republic; an Officer and Instructor in the Italian Army’s Parachutists Brigade; and the manager of Cascina Castelgaro SS. He holds a PhD and a Masters in System Dynamics from the University of Bergen, Norway, and a Masters in Economics/Business Administration from the LIUC University, Italy. Matteo has created and applied several system dynamics national models, in collaboration with developing country governments and international organizations. These models include T21-Swaziland, T21-Sénégal, T21-Papua (Indonesia), T21-Cape Verde, T21-Ghana MDG, T21-USA, and T21-Mali, and others. He led training activities for officials from several countries, and he has been teaching at the University of Bergen and at the University of Malawi. He is fluent in Italian (native), English, French, and Spanish. Matteo has published a number of papers on modeling and development issues on peer reviewed journals, and he contributed to thematic books and to official strategic documents for various sub-Saharan countries.

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Weishuang Qu, Director of Modeling and Analysis
Weishuang has interdisciplinary skills in system dynamics, econometrics, applied statistics, computer programming, Monte Carlo simulation, electrical engineering, systems engineering, and operations research. He developed MI’s generic Threshold 21 model, and has applied it to many countries, including: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Italy, Latvia, Malawi, Mozambique, Taiwan, Tunisia, and the United States. Weishuang also customized MI’s M3 transportation model for Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and USA, as well as MI’s Multi-Entity Gaming (MEG) model for five entities in southwestern Balkans. He has published papers in several international peer-reviewed journals. Before joining Millennium Institute, Weishuang held positions in diplomacy, technical management, research, and teaching. He holds doctoral and master of science degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Science degree from the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, also in China.

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