Governance and MMM Teams

Board 2024-2026

Anne-Claire de Liedekerke, President of MMM

President: Anne Claire de Liedekerke (Belgium)
Secretary-General: Marie-Liesse Mandula (France)
Treasurer: Anne del Marmol (Belgium)
Vice-President: Valérie Bichelmeier, UN Advocacy Team Leader (Switzerland)
Vice-President: Johanna Schima, EU Advocacy Team Leader (Belgium)

Laurence van den Abeele, MMM in Belgium
Aliette Abraham, President, Otitsara (Madagascar)

Françoise Cardoso, Expert in Sustainability, Health & Planet, Social Innovation & Inclusion, Women empowerment & CSR (France)
Alain Englebert, President, En Avant les Enfants – EALE (Belgium/DRC)
Jean Bolly Kouassi, President, AJAD (Côte d’Ivoire)
Stephania ter Hark (Spain)
Roland Vaxelaire, Consultant (Belgium)

International Secretariat (SGI)

Afaf Abounouadar, Executive Director

Marie-Liesse Mandula, Secretary General

Shahnaz Pakravan

Shahnaz Pakravan, Communications Manager

Angela Garcia Romero

Angela Garcia Romero, Project Director

Ariane de Liedekerke, MMM Network Coordinator

Carol Pinson, Accounts Manager

MMM UNESCO Team – Paris

Marie-Liesse Mandula

Brigitte Marais

Read about the advocacy work of the UNESCO Team here

MMM European Union Team – Brussels

MMM Brussels team

MMM Brussels team – from the left: Angela Romero Garcia (Project Director), Anne-Claire de Liedekerke (President), Johanna Schima (EU Advocacy Team Leader), Véronique de Vaumas (EU Team), Sarah Krimi (Former Network Coordinator) – Missing: Anne-Michelle de Mathelin (EU Team)

Read about the advocacy work of the EU Team here

MMM UN Team – New York, Geneva, and Vienna

In New York: 

Jacqueline Leduc

Jacqueline Leduc

Marie Delecourt

Marie Delecourt

+ Aurélie Cole
In Geneva: 

Valerie Bichelmeier

Valerie Bichelmeier, UN Advocacy Team Leader

Karen Thorsen

Karen Thorsen

Melanie Nedelec

Mélanie Nédelec

In Vienna: 

Irina Palffy, UN Vienna

Irina Palffy

Read about the advocacy work of the UN Delegation here

MMM at the National Level – Belgium & France

Laurence Vanden Abeele Bosteels, MMM in Belgium

Laurence de Batz, MMM in France

Laurence de Batz, MMM in France

Jocelyne Le Pivain, MMM in France

MMM teams – Brussels January 2024

 

 

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