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The World Mayor Award, a symbol for the achievements of mayors worldwide City Mayors Team Editorial & Research Tann vom Hove Position: Editor and Publisher Location: London, UK and Freiburg, Germany Expertise: Economics, government, politics, statistics Languages: English, German, French Mayraj Fahim Position: Local government adviser Location: Connecticut, USA Expertise: Municipal finance and local government re-organisation Languages: English Tony Favro Position: USA Editor Location: Rochester, NY Expertise: Local government, politics, society, environment, writing Languages: English, Italian Guy Kervella Position: Deputy Publisher Location: London, UK and Shanghai, China Expertise: Marketing, tourism, Chinese and Indian urban development Languages: English, French Adriana Maciel Position: Mexico Editor Location: Mexico City Expertise: Politics, writing, languages Languages: Spanish, English, French Dr Paulo Botas Position: Education Editor Location: London, UK Expertise: Education and academic research Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish Rodrigo M Queiroga Position: Latin America Editor Location: Belo Horizonte,Brazil Expertise: Health, IT, local and regional govmernment Languages: Portuguese, English, Mandarin, Spanish, German Gregor Gosciniak Position: Germany Editor Location: Cologne, Germany Expertise: Local government, architecture, marketing, tourism Languages: German, English Editorial Consultant Brian Moore Position: Editorial Consultant Location: Milton Keynes, UK Expertise: Publishing, writing and editing Languages: English Art & Design Manuel Ferrari Position: Creative Director Location: London, UK, and Amsterdam, Netherlands Expertise: Animation, live action filming, graphic design, illustrations Languages: French, English Kevin Visdeloup Position: Art Editor Location: Freiburg, Germany Expertise: Art & design Languages: German, French, English Kaspar Swankey Position: Sculptor Location: Berlin, Germany and London UK Expertise: Sculpting, black smith Languages: English, German Correspondents Brian Baker Position: Local government and environment correspondent Location: Glasgow, Scotland Expertise: Local government, politics, environment, writing & research Languages: English Dr Baldemar Méndez Antonio Position: Latin America Correspondent Location: Mexico City Expertise: Engineering, politics, writing Languages: Spanish, English Vanessa Plihal Position: Central America Correspondent Location: Guatemala Expertise: Writing, Politics Languages: Spanish, English Renato S Pesci Position: Built environment adviser Location: London, UK Expertise: Architecture, art, design and education Languages: English, Italian, French Dr Graham Cunningham Position: Historical adviser Location: Cambridge, UK Expertise: European and Asian history, education Languages: English, German, Latin Daniel González Herrera Position: Spain Correspondent Location: Tenerife, Spain Expertise: Law, politics, writing Languages: Spanish, English Alexey Pryadein Position: Russia Correspondent Location: Ekaterinburg, Russia Expertise: Politics, local government, writing Languages: Russian, English Sophie Ziogou Position: Greece Correspondent Location: Athens, Greece Expertise: Local government, journalism Languages: Greek, English, Italian, Spanish In memoriam Ruth E Maguire Founder member Died 23 April 2006