# 2021-2025

## **Executive Committee**

### **Chairperson**

Zoe Titus, Director, [Namibia Media Trust](https://www.nmt.africa/)

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

Jan Lublinski, Head of Department, Policy and Learning, [Deutsche Welle Akademie](https://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/about-us/s-9519)

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### **Treasurer**

Ruth Kronenburg, Director of Operations, [FreePress Unlimited](https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en)

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### **Asia, Pacific and Oceania (2 members)** <a href="#asia-pacific-and-oceania-2-members" id="asia-pacific-and-oceania-2-members"></a>

* Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary-General, [Pakistan Press Foundation](https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/)​
* Prue Clarke, Co-founder, Executive Director, Editor, [New Narratives](https://newnarratives.org/)​

### **Eastern Europe, the Caucuses, and Central Asia (2 members)** <a href="#eastern-europe-the-caucuses-and-central-asia-2-members" id="eastern-europe-the-caucuses-and-central-asia-2-members"></a>

* Drew Sullivan, Co-founder and Publisher, [Journalism Development Network](https://www.occrp.org/en/jdn)/[OCCRP](https://www.occrp.org/en/)​
* Milka Domanovic, Regional Director, [Balkan Investigative Reporting Network - BIRN](https://birn.eu.com/)​

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

### **Europe (Western, Central, Northern, and Southern) (1 member)** <a href="#europe-western-central-northern-and-southern-1-member" id="europe-western-central-northern-and-southern-1-member"></a>

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

### **Latin America and the Caribbean (2 members)** <a href="#latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2-members" id="latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2-members"></a>

* **María Eugenia Álvarez,** General Manager, [SembraMedia](https://www.sembramedia.org/)​
* Wesley Gibbings, Executive Member, [Association of Caribbean Media Workers](https://acmpress.org/)​

***María replaced Mijal Iastrebner (Co-founder and Managing Director) when Mijal left*** [***SembraMedia***](https://www.sembramedia.org/) ***in 2024.***

### **Middle East and North Africa (2 members)** <a href="#middle-east-and-north-africa-2-members" id="middle-east-and-north-africa-2-members"></a>

* Ayman Mhanna, Executive Director, [Samir Kassir Foundation - SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom](https://www.skeyesmedia.org/en/Home)​
* Roula Mikhael, Executive Director, [Maharat Foundation](http://www.maharatfoundation.org/)​

### **North America (1 member)** <a href="#north-america-1-member" id="north-america-1-member"></a>

* Sharon Moshavi, President, [International Center for Journalists - ICFJ](https://www.icfj.org/)​

### **Sub-Saharan Africa (2 members)** <a href="#sub-saharan-africa-2-members" id="sub-saharan-africa-2-members"></a>

* Vusumuzi Sifile, Executive Director, [Panos Institute Southern Africa](http://www.panos.org.zm/)​
* Zoe Titus, Director, [Namibia Media Trust](https://www.nmt.africa/)​

### **Global (3 members)** <a href="#global-3-members" id="global-3-members"></a>

* Caroline Vuillemin, General Director, [Fondation Hirondelle](https://www.hirondelle.org/en/)​
* Jan Lublinski, Head of Department, Policy and Learning, [Deutsche Welle Akademie](https://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/about-us/s-9519)​
* Ruth Kronenburg, Director of Operations, [FreePress Unlimited](https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en)​

### **Topical & policy (2 members)** <a href="#topical-and-policy-2-members" id="topical-and-policy-2-members"></a>

* Tabani Moyo, Acting Regional Director, [Media Institute of Southern Africa - MISA](https://misa.org/)​
* Toby Mendel, Executive Director, [Centre for Law and Democracy](https://www.law-democracy.org/live/)
