Current members

GFMD Steering Committee members (2021-2025)

The 2021-2025 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development - General Assembly - Tirana, Albania on 30 September 2021.

Executive Committee

Chairperson

Zoe Titus, Director, Namibia Media Trust

Deputy Chairperson:

Jan Lublinski, Head of Department, Policy and Learning, Deutsche Welle Akademie

Treasurer

Ruth Kronenburg, Director of Operations, FreePress Unlimited

Asia, Pacific and Oceania (2 members)

• Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary-General, Pakistan Press Foundation

• Prue Clarke, Co-founder, Executive Director, Editor, New Narratives

Eastern Europe, the Caucuses, and Central Asia (2 members)

• Drew Sullivan, Co-founder and Publisher, Journalism Development Network/OCCRP

• Milka Domanovic, Regional Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network - BIRN

Milka replaced Marija Ristic, the former Regional Director of BIRN, in 2023

Europe (Western, Central, Northern, and Southern) (1 member)

• Lars Boering, Director, European Journalism Centre - EJC

Latin America and the Caribbean (2 members)

• María Eugenia Álvarez, General Manager, SembraMedia

• Wesley Gibbings, Executive Member, Association of Caribbean Media Workers

María replaced Mijal Iastrebner (Co-founder and Managing Director) when Mijal left SembraMedia in 2024.

Middle East and North Africa (2 members)

• Ayman Mhanna, Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation - SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom

• Roula Mikhael, Executive Director, Maharat Foundation

North America (1 member)

• Sharon Moshavi, President, International Center for Journalists - ICFJ

Sub-Saharan Africa (2 members)

• Vusumuzi Sifile, Executive Director, Panos Institute Southern Africa

• Zoe Titus, Director, Namibia Media Trust

Global (3 members)

• Caroline Vuillemin, General Director, Fondation Hirondelle

• Jan Lublinski, Head of Department, Policy and Learning, Deutsche Welle Akademie

• Ruth Kronenburg, Director of Operations, FreePress Unlimited

Topical & policy (2 members)

• Tabani Moyo, Acting Regional Director, Media Institute of Southern Africa - MISA

• Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy