Current members

GFMD Steering Committee members (2025-2029)

The 2025-2029 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development's General Assembly on Thursday, 15 May 2025.

Executive Committee

Chairperson:

Rawan Damen, Director General, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism -ARIJ

Deputy Chairperson:

Laxman Datt Pant, Executive Director, Media Action Nepal

Treasurer:

Caroline Vuillemin, General Director, Fondation Hirondelle

Steering Committee

Africa - (Central, Eastern, Southern, Western)

2 members

• Catherine Gicheru, Founder, Africa Women Journalism Project (Kenya)

• Zoe Titus, Director, Namibia Media Trust (Namibia)

Asia, Pacific and Oceania

2 members

• Laxman Datt Pant, Executive Director, Media Action Nepal (Nepal)

• Nasr ul Hadi, Founder and Executive Director, PROTO (India)

Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

2 members

• Milka Domanovic, Regional Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network - BIRN (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Lina Kushch, First Secretary, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (Ukraine)

Europe (Western, Central, Northern, and Southern)

1 member

• Lars Boering, Director, European Journalism Centre - EJC (Netherlands)

Latin America and the Caribbean

2 members

• Adriana Garcia, Executive Secretary, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism - Abraji - (Brazil)

• Kiran Maharaj, President and Co-Founder, Media Institute of the Caribbean (Jamaica / Trinidad & Tobago)

Middle East and North Africa

2 members

• Rawan Damen, Director General, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism -ARIJ (Jordan)

• Shireen Al Khatib, Acting Director, Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms - MADA (Palestine)

North America

1 member

• Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty (USA)

Global

3 members

• Caroline Vuillemin, General Director, Fondation Hirondelle

• Quinn McKew, Executive Director, ARTICLE 19 (UK)

• Simon Bishop, CEO, BBC Media Action (UK)

Topical & policy

2 members

• Angie Holan, Director, International Fact-Checking Network (USA)

• Toby Mendel Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada)