Ms. Irina Lashkhi joined the Human Rights and Good Governance program of the Open Society Georgia Foundation in April 2006. In 2001-2005 she studied in Freiburg University (Germany) and holds a Master's degree in Political Science and Germanic studies. Before joining the OSGF, Irina worked in Freiburg Arnold Bergshtresser Institute as a research assistant.

Ms. Lashkhi's main duty in the foundation is to supervise the anticorruption monitoring projects. Together with the management of the foundation she works on the elaboration of the program strategy, schedules grant competitions and participates in the anticorruption projects.