GFMD Steering Committee

Members of the GFMD Steering Committee, elected at the 2nd GFMD World Conference are:

Chair  Joyce Barnathan, International Center for Journalists, USA

Vice-Chair Manana Aslamazyan, Internews Europe, France

Chairman Emeritus
David Hoffman, Internews Network, USA

Director Bettina Peters

International Caucus
James Deane, BBC World Service Trust, UK
Jesper Hojberg, International Media Support, Denmark
Leon Willems, Freepressunlimited, the Netherlands
Mark Wilson, Panos London, UK

Asia
Roby Alampay, South East Asian Press Alliance, Thailand
A.S. Panneerselvan, Panos South Asia, India
Ying Chan, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong and Shantou universities, China

Africa
Gabriel Baglo, IFJ Africa Office, Senegal
Jeanette Minnie, Zambezi FoX, South Africa
David Makali, Kenya Media Institute, Kenya

Eurasia
Remzi Lani, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media, Albania
Katerina Myasnykova, Independent Association of Broadcasters, Ukraine
sharing with
Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center, Bulgaria

Latin America and the Caribbean

Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, Colombia
Veet Vivarta, Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia, Brazil
Wesley Gibbings, Association of Carribean Media Workers, Trinidad and Tobago

Middle East/North Africa

Ali Djerri, Al Khabar, Algeria
Haitham Shibli, Radio Farahalnas/ Hashemite Fund for Human Development, Jordan
Hassan Nadir, Chada FM, Morocco