2016-2021

The 2016-2021 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development - Jakarta, 2016.

Five incumbents were elected to third and final terms. This was provided for by an additional article to the GFMD constitution 2016-2021: 5.12.4.

GFMD’s regional caucuses were represented by 14 members.

Executive Committee

• Chairperson: Ricardo Corredor, Fundación Gabo (Colombia)

• Secretary-General: Jan Lublinski, DW Akademie (Germany)

• Treasurer: Thierry Vallat, CFI (France)

Asia

• Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) (Pakistan) - Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary-General

• The Indonesian Press Council (Indonesia) - Nezar Patria, chairman of the IPC's international network commission & Digital Editor in Chief at The Jakarta Post

Eurasia

• Independent Association of Broadcasters (Ukraine) - Kateryna Myasnikova, Executive Director

• South Eastern European Network for Media Professionalization (SEENPM) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Tihomir Loza, Executive Director of the

Latin America

• Association of Caribbean Media Workers (Guyana) -

  Denis Chabrol, Second Vice President

• Fundación Gabo (Colombia) - Ricardo Corredor Cure

Middle East/North Africa

• Samir Kassir Foundation (Lebanon) - Gisèle Khoury, President

• Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

  (Palestine) - Mousa Rimawi, Co-founder and Director

North America

• Internews (USA) - Jeanne Bourgault, President and CEO

• International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) (USA),

  Michael Mirny, Director of Information and Media Practice

Western Europe

• DW Akademie (Germany) - Jan Lublinski, Head of Policy and Concepts*

• French media cooperation agency (CFI) (France) - Thierry Vallat, Chairman and Managing Director**

Sub Saharan Africa

• Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) (Senegal) - Diana Senghor, Founder

• Panos Institute Great Lakes (Burundi) - Cyprian Ndikumana, Director-General

Incumbent members

• FreePress Unlimited (Netherlands) - Leon Willems, Director for Policy and Programmes

• International Media Support (IMS) (Denmark) - Jesper Højberg (Denmark), Executive Director

• BBC Media Action (UK) - James Deane (UK), Director for Policy and Learning

• International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (USA) - Joyce Barnathan, President

• Albanian Media Institute (Albania) - Remzi Lani, Executive Director

Changes to the Steering Committee during the term:

*Alan Dreanic, Deputy Managing Director of the French media cooperation agency (CFI) was replaced by Thierry Vallat CFI's Chairman and Managing Director

**DW Akademie's Head of Policy and Concepts, Jan Lublinski assumed his position during the term of the Steering Committee