Ana Nenezić, Executive Director of the Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI), is currently pursuing a PhD in International Relations at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Podgorica, University of Montenegro. She previously obtained a Master's degree in Political Communication and Media from the University of Missouri in the United States, as a Fulbright Scholar, while simultaneously serving as a Graduate Research Associate at the Political Communication Institute of the same university.
Ana specializes in strategic political communication, political campaigns, and the impact of digital technologies and traditional media on voters' attitudes. She also holds a Master's degree in European Studies from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Podgorica, University of Montenegro, where she is awaiting the defense of her Master's thesis. Additionally, she holds a degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro.
Prior to her appointment as Executive Director of CeMI, Ana served as a Media Analyst for the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) as part of the core team for the 2019 Presidential and Early Parliamentary elections in Ukraine. She has extensive election monitoring experience, both as a legal and media analyst in Montenegro and abroad through ENEMO and CeMI. Before this, she worked as a Democratization and Europeanization Programme Coordinator at the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) since 2009, where she managed numerous projects related to democratization, the EU integration process, freedom of expression and media, the judiciary, and anti-corruption policies.
Ana was an elected member of the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) between Montenegro and the European Economic and Social Committee and, simultaneously, a member of the Working Group for Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) within the Montenegrin Accession Negotiations for EU membership. She was also a member of the national Working Group for the preparation of the new Media Law and actively advocated for the reform of Media Laws in Montenegro.
Additionally, she was a member of the Consultative Body for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Communication Strategy for Informing the Public on the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union and a member of the Working Body for the development of this strategy. During her studies, she was a member of ELSA Montenegro and the NGO "Student Forum".
Ana is the author and co-author of numerous publications, analyses, and articles focusing on various aspects of democracy, European integration, elections, and freedom of expression. She was the author of a Freedom House report on Montenegro and has worked as an external expert for several other international organizations.
She is a Fulbright alumni and alumni of the U.S. State Department International Leadership Visitors' Programme (IVLP). Additionally, she has completed several programs and trainings both domestically and abroad, organized by organizations such as the CEELI Institute, International Republican Institute (IRI), European People's Party, Robert Schuman Institute, Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party, and NDI.
Ana is fluent in English and has basic knowledge of French.