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)

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

2025-2029

The term of the 2025-2029 Steering Committee will begin on 20th November 2025.

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)