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, Head of Advocacy at the UN (Switzerland)
Vice-President: Johanna Schima, Head of Advocacy at the EU (Belgium)

Laurence van den Abeele, MMM in Belgium
Aliette Abraham, President, Otitsara (Madagascar)
Farah Arabe, Representative to the UN in New York; Founder of itotheN | Intergenerational Impact (USA)
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

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

Farah Arabe

+ 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

Jocelyne Le Pivain, MMM in France

MMM teams – Brussels January 2024

 

 

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