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Steering Committee

Chair:

  • Dr. Peter Laugharn, PhD, Executive Director, Firelight Foundation (US)

Treasurer & Fiscal Agent:

  • Ms. Karen Vance-Wallace, Executive Director, The Teresa Group (Canada)

Steering Committee Members:

  • Ms. Terhi Aaltonen, MSc, Programme Officer, Evidence, Monitoring and Policy Department, UNAIDS (Switzerland)
  • Ms. Kendra Blackett-Dibinga, MPP, MPH, Senior Technical Specialist, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Save the Children & The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care & Development (US)
  • Ms. Olivia Dix, MA, Head of the Palliative Care Initiative, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, (UK)
  • Dr. Usa Duongsaa, Co-ordinator, AIDS Education Programme (Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University, Thailand), and Learning Facilitator, the Constellation for AIDS Competence (Thailand)
  • Mr. Elan Garonzik, MA, MBA, Vice President, ELMA Philanthropies (US)
  • Mr. Mulugeta Gebru, Managing Director, Jerusalem Children and Community Development Organization (Ethiopia)
  • Mr. Stefan Germann, Global OVC Specialist, World Vision International (Switzerland)
  • Ms. Kate Iorpenda, MA, Senior Advisor: HIV Children and Impact Mitigation, International HIV/AIDS Alliance (UK)
  • Ms. Beth Mbaka, MA, International Grants Programme Manager - HIV, Comic Relief (UK)
  • Ms. Leila Nimatallah, Policy Director, Global Action for Children (US)
  • Mr. Adern Nkandela, Senior Manager – Programmes, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (South Africa)
  • Mr. Mohamed Osman, MSc, Head of Grants, Elton John AIDS Foundation (UK)
  • Dr. Linda Richter, PhD, Executive Director, Child, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
  • Ms. Nyambura Rugoiyo, Programme Officer, Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands)
  • Prof. Lorraine Sherr, Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, Head of Health Psychology Unit, Royal Free and University College Medical School (UK)
  • Ms. Doortje ‘t Hart, Project Coordinator, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, STOP AIDS NOW! (Netherlands)
  • Ms. Angélica Valenzuela, Vice President, Programs,Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (US)
  • Ms. Rachel Yates, Senior Advisor, Children and AIDS, UNICEF NY Headquarters (US)

Projects Coordinator:

  • Mr. John Miller, MA, (Canada) - ex-oficio

Secretariat: 

400 Wellesley St. East
Toronto, ON  M4X 1H6
Canada