Key Staff
Annette Makino
Senior Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs
Annette Makino is Senior Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs at Internews, where she directs communications
and public relations strategy and serves as one of four corporate
officers managing the organization. As head of communications, Makino
coordinates media contacts, directs outreach, oversees the Internews
Network web site, and edits and produces print publications. She also
manages internal communications for Internews staff, ensuring the clear
flow of information within the organization through an employee intranet,
company databases, and employee newsletters. Makino¹s responsibilities
for corporate affairs include serving as corporate secretary to the board
of directors.
Before holding this position, Makino served as Administrative Director
for six years, responsible for grant management, proposal writing,
budget review, grant contract negotiation, personnel management
and other administrative aspects of Internews programs. She joined
Internews in 1989 as Administrative Assistant to the President.
In her 18-year career at Internews, Makino has been instrumental
in managing Internews Network's growth from a handful of people
in the US and a budget of $400,000 per year to a staff of some
500 people worldwide, with offices in 23 countries and a budget
of $26 million in 2007.
Prior to joining Internews, Makino worked as a small business owner
and manager for two environmentally oriented businesses, and as
a full-time research assistant at the Center for International
Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. She has also worked
providing outreach and graphic design services for several non-profit
organizations, including the Student Center for Innovation and
Research in Education at Stanford and Bechtel International Center.
She has a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford and speaks
German and French.
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