# Current members

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The 2025-2029 Steering Committee was elected at the [Global Forum for Media Development's General Assembly](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2025) on Thursday, 15 May 2025.
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## **Executive Committee** 

### **Chairperson:** 

**Rawan Damen**, Director General,  [Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism -ARIJ](https://en.arij.net/)

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### **Deputy Chairperson:**&#x20;

**Laxman Datt Pant**, Executive Director, [Media Action Nepal](https://mediaactionnepal.org/)

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### **Treasurer:**

**Caroline Vuillemin**, General Director, [Fondation Hirondelle](https://www.hirondelle.org/en)

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## Steering Committee&#x20;

### **Africa -** (Central, Eastern, Southern, Western)&#x20;

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## **2 members**

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* Catherine Gicheru, Founder, [Africa Women Journalism Project](https://theawjp.org/) (Kenya)
* Zoe Titus, Director, [Namibia Media Trust](https://www.nmt.africa/) (Namibia)

### **Asia, Pacific and Oceania** &#x20;

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## **2 members**&#x20;

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* Laxman Datt Pant, Executive Director, [Media Action Nepal](https://mediaactionnepal.org/) (Nepal)
* Nasr ul Hadi, Founder and Executive Director, [PROTO](https://www.pro.to/) (India)

### **Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia**&#x20;

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## **2 members**&#x20;

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* Milka Domanovic, Regional Director, [Balkan Investigative Reporting Network - BIRN](https://birn.eu.com/) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Lina Kushch, First Secretary, [National Union of Journalists of Ukraine](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/steering-committee/broken-reference) (Ukraine)

### **Europe (Western, Central, Northern, and Southern)**&#x20;

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## **1 member**

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* Lars Boering, Director, [European Journalism Centre - EJC](https://ejc.net/) (Netherlands)

### **Latin America and the Caribbean**&#x20;

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## **2 members**

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* Letícia Kleim, Legal Coordinator, [Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism - Abraji ](https://abraji.org.br/)- (Brazil)
* Kiran Maharaj, President and Co-Founder, [Media Institute of the Caribbean](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/steering-committee/broken-reference) (Jamaica / Trinidad & Tobago)

### **Middle East and North Africa**&#x20;

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## **2 members**

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* Rawan Damen, Director General, [Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism -ARIJ ](https://arij.net/)(Jordan)
* Shireen Al Khatib, Acting Director, [Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms - MADA](https://www.madacenter.org/) (Palestine)

### **North America**&#x20;

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## **1 member**

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* Courtney Radsch, Director, [Center for Journalism and Liberty](https://www.journalismliberty.org/) (USA)

### **Global**&#x20;

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## **3 members**

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* Caroline Vuillemin, General Director, [Fondation Hirondelle](https://www.hirondelle.org/en/)
* Quinn McKew, Executive Director, [ARTICLE 19](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/steering-committee/broken-reference) (UK)
* Simon Bishop, CEO, [BBC Media Action](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction) (UK)

### **Topical & policy**&#x20;

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## **2 members**

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* Angie Holan, Director, [International Fact-Checking Network](https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/) (USA)
* Toby Mendel Executive Director, [Centre for Law and Democracy](https://www.law-democracy.org/live/) (Canada)