Board of Directors

Aisha Simon, MD, MPH, Board Chair

Chief Learning Officer, Axiom Learning

Kylie Schuyler, Vice-chair

CEO, Le Nid, Inc.

Anna Lind-Guzik

Executive Director and Founder, The Conversationalist

Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi, MBBS, EMA, FAAC

President, Widows Development Organisation; President, Medical Women’s International Association

Francisco Rivera, JD, LLM

Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara University School of Law

Leslie Decker

Social Impact investor

Patricia P. Jackson, MBA

Chief Advancement Officer, Northfield Mount Hermon School

Rasha Qamheyeh

Founder and CEO, Event Horizon-Acc

Jeanne Sarson

Lisa Shannon, MPA, HonPhD, Cofounder and CEO

Graciela de Oto

Founder, Suma Veritas Foundation

Patricia Elias, LLM, Chief of Global Diplomatic Campaign

Meera Khana

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje

Puja Kapai

Akefa Raza, Director of Global Operations

Lily Thapa

Keisha Walters, Executive Assistant & Event Manager

Ferdous Ara Begum

Zainab Ali Khan, Co-Founder and Interim Deputy Director – Global Coalition

Simi Kamal

Michelle Hamilton, Writer/Editor

Ghada Hammam

Amjad Chatila, Diplomacy Coordinator

Ijeoma Nnantah

Amanda Arroyo

Najet Zammouri

Nabila Hamza

Marysela Zammoura

Francisco Rivera

Paulette Metang

Founder and Executive President, Association for Elderly Care

Farah Elyaskhil

Lawyer

Maleka Banu

Kabahenda Kiggundu

Researcher/Activist

Ramatu Abdu

Founder, Association for the Welfare of Women and Indigenous People

Yvonne Armande Djepang

Founder/Director, Association to Promote the Fight against Violence against Women and Participation in the Development of African Women

Charity Binka

Executive Director, Women, Media and Change

Betty Sharon

Founder and Executive Director, Collaboration of Women in Development

Eva Chopetta Ng’inja-Croft

Human Rights Lawyer

Lynda Banja

Managing Partner, Banja & Co. Advocates

Teresia (Terry) Boke Mogaya

Founder and Executive Director, Hope Alive Initiative

Janice Smallwood Malekebu

Executive Director, Sister “4” Sister International

Gaby Razafindrakoto

Secretary, Federation for the Promotion of Women and Children

Adama Sanogo

Founder and President, Solidarité Internationale pour l’Afrique

Charity Yavala

Researcher and Peacebuilder, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Eleanor Nwadinobi

President, Medical Women’s International Association

Florence I. Gbinigie

Founder, Forum of Nigerian Women in Politics

Frances Ihuoma Bekey

Founder, Women Empowerment Self-Help and Social Development Initiative

Itoro Eze-Anaba

Attorney and Founder, Mirabel Centre, Nana Khadija Centre, and Nduru Centre

Joseph Gimba

Educator, Sustainable Development & Community Welfare Specialist

Joyce Ahmadu

Chief Executive Officer, Gender Dynamix Consult

Obi Onyeigwe

Cofounder, Youths for Peace Building and Development in Africa

Rita Okotie Uwasan

Programs Director, Civil Centre for Peace, Justice and Development

Theresa Ezeoma

Program Officer/Project Coordinator, USAID-Integrated Health and Child Nutrition Projects

Uzodinma Adirieje

CEO, Main Representative to the United Nations, Afrihealth Optonet Association

Yeabu Josephine Tholley

Principal Statistician, Monitoring Evaluation and Training Department

Reem Abbas

Journalist, Writer, Researcher

Benedicta Assagba

Baale Samuel

Co-Director and Technical Advisor, Add Value Africa Strategies

Immaculate Gwokyalya

Advisor, Content Moderator

Malalai Popalzai

Women’s Rights Activist

Ghada Hammam

Hammam Gender Equality Monitoring and Reporting Specialist

Saida Kouzzi

Founding Partner, Mobilizing for Rights Associates

Stephanie Willman Bordat

JD, Founding Partner, Mobilizing for Rights Association

Nabila Hamza

Sociologist, civil society activist, and writer, Tunisia

Najet Zammouri

Vice President, Tunisia Human Rights League

Olfa Mohamed

Tunisian Association of Democratic Women

Puja Kapai

LLB, LLM, PCL, Associate Professor of Law and Convenor, Women Studies Research Centre, University of Hong Kong

Amukta Sistla

MA, Research Associate, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore

Farzana Khan

PhD, Head of Programs, Operation PeaceMaker, My Choices Foundation

Keerty Nakray

PhD, Research Consultant

Mamatha Radhuveer Achanta

Founder, Tharuni

Niaz Wali Ahmadzai

Meera Khanna

Trustee and President, Guild for Service

Purimetla Raghavi

Research Associate, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore

Leila Seiitbek

Founder and Chairwoman, Freedom for Eurasia

Lily Thapa

Member, Nepal National Human Rights Commission

Radha Paudel

Founder/Secretariat, Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation

Sumeera Shrestha

Deputy Country Director, Childaid Network Foundation

Upasana Rana

Executive Director, Women for Human Rights

Simi Kamal

Founder and Chairperson of the Hisaar Foundation

Svetlana Dzardanova

Human Rights and Corruption Researcher, Freedom for Eurasia

Deborah Alaña Davis

Women and Children’s Rights Activist

Pâmela Mussi Valdez

Founder, Empowerment Self-Defense BRASIL

Maria Alejandra Ortiz Pinzón

Professional, Dialogue Center of the Universidad del Rosario

Marysela Zamora

Founder/Executive Director, Nosotras Women Connecting

Luz Maria Castro Quezada

Researcher/Activist

Donn Marius-Pierre

Senior Researcher, Saint Lucia Ministry of Housing

Linda MacDonald

Cofounder, Persons Against Non-State Torture

Jeanne Sarson

Cofounder, Persons Against Non-State Torture

Amy Barrow

Associate Professor, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University

Helen Rubenstein

International Human Rights Attorney

Kimberly Weichel

Author and Women’s Leadership Specialist

Amanda Arroyo Cabezas

Program Director, Nosotras Women Connecting

Diane Vissoh, Diplomacy Analyst

Hajra A. Omar, Operations Associate

Aisha Simon, MD, MPH, Board Chair

Chief Learning Officer, Axiom Learning
USA

Kylie Schuyler, Vice-chair

CEO, Le Nid, Inc.
USA

Anna Lind-Guzik

Executive Director and Founder, The Conversationalist
USA

Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi, MBBS, EMA, FAAC

President, Widows Development Organisation; President, Medical Women’s International Association
Nigeria

Francisco Rivera, JD, LLM

Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara University School of Law
Puerto Rico/USA

Leslie Decker

Social Impact investor
USA

Patricia P. Jackson, MBA

Chief Advancement Officer, Northfield Mount Hermon School
USA

Rasha Qamheyeh

Founder and CEO, Event Horizon-Acc
USA

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