Our people at ILGA World
Get to know the people who make ILGA World work with and for LGBTI people worldwide, moving liberation forward for everyone
Executive Board
Elected activists make up the Board to represent our global community and act on behalf of ILGA World between General Assemblies. Twenty Board members lead ILGA’s governance processes: two Co-Secretaries-General, two representatives from each ILGA World region, the chairs of our five steering committees, and the Executive Director.
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Kimberly Frost
co-Secretary General
she/her
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Yuri Guaiana
co-Secretary General
he/him
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Hamlet Nkwain
Chair - Bisexual Steering Committee
he/him
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Obioma Chukwuike
Chair - Intersex Steering Committee
they/them
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Alejandra Collette Spinetti Núñez
Chair - Trans Steering Committee
she/her
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Angelica Polmonari
Chair of Women's Steering Committee
she/her
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Gabriel Barahona Escobar
Chair - Youth Steering Committee
he/him
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Akudo Oguaghamba
Pan Africa ILGA
she/her
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Richard Lusimbo
Pan Africa ILGA
he/him
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Claire De Leon
ILGA Asia; Women's Steering Committee representative – Asia
she/they
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Tashi Tsheten
ILGA Asia
he/they
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Rachael Moore
ILGA-Europe; Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia
she/her
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Olena Shevchenko
ILGA-Europe
she/her
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Florencia Paltrinieri
ILGALAC
she/they
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Victor De Wolf
ILGALAC
he/him
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Rob Boulet
ILGA North America and the Caribbean
he/him
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Margherita Coppolino
ILGA Oceania
she/her
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Ratu Eroni Ledua Dina (Lady Rhonda)
ILGA Oceania
she/her
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Julia Ehrt
Executive Director
she/her
Activists appointed or elected from every region of the world to support our work for bisexual, intersex, trans, women, and youth communities
Bisexual steering committee
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Hamlet Nkwain
Chair - Bisexual Steering Committee
he/him
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Bisexual Committee – Africa
Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Africa
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Haider
Bisexual Steering Committee representative – Asia
he/him
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Rachael Moore
ILGA-Europe; Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia
she/her
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Alex Hernández Muro
Bisexual Steering Committee representative - LAC
she/they
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Bisexual Committee – Oceania
Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Oceania
Intersex Steering Committee
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Obioma Chukwuike
Chair - Intersex Steering Committee
they/them
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Jeff Cagandahan
Intersex Steering Committee representative – Asia
he/him
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Dan Christian Ghattas
Intersex Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia
he/him
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Ale López Bemsch
Intersex Steering Committee representative - LAC
he/him
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Intersex Committee – North America & Caribbean
Intersex Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean
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Tu Chapman
Intersex Steering Committee representative – Oceania
she/her
Trans Steering Committee
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Alejandra Collette Spinetti Núñez
Chair - Trans Steering Committee
she/her
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Barbra Wangare
Trans Steering Committee representative - Africa
she/her
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Aisha Mughal
Trans Steering Committee representative – Asia
she/her
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Franco Fuica
Trans Steering Committee representative - LAC
he/they
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Susan Gapka
Trans Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean
she/her/elle
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Ratu Eroni Ledua Dina (Lady Rhonda)
ILGA Oceania
she/her
Women's Steering Committee
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Angelica Polmonari
Chair of Women's Steering Committee
she/her
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Women’s Steering Committee representative – Africa
Women's Steering Committee representative – Africa
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Claire De Leon
ILGA Asia; Women's Steering Committee representative – Asia
she/they
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Alina Mirzoyan
Women's Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia
she/her
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Cristina González Hurtado
Women's Steering Committee representative - Latin America and the Caribbean
she/her
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Keturah Johnson
Women's Steering Committee representative – North America and the Caribbean
she/her
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Louisa Hareruia Wall
Women's Steering Committee - Oceania
she/her
Youth Steering Committee
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Gabriel Barahona Escobar
Chair - Youth Steering Committee
he/him
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Festus Alex Chinaza
Youth Steering Committee - Africa
he/they
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Aabyaz Mustafa
Youth Steering Committee representative – Asia
he/they
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Verde Gil Jiménez
Youth Steering Committee - Latin America and the Caribbean
he/him
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Taj Donville-Outerbridge
Youth Steering Committee representative – North America and the Caribbean
they/them
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Taufu’i ‘Ae Valu Naufahu
Youth Steering Committee representative - Oceania
he/him
The team
Dedicated professionals working across Geneva and globally to serve the ILGA World membership and execute its strategic plan
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Suelle Anglin
Communications specialist
she/her
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Karla Avila Becerril
Human Resources Manager
she/her
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Vasilis Balasis
Finance Officer
he/him
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J. Andrew Baker
Manager - Fundraising and MEL
he/him
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Lily Dong Li Rosengard
Advocacy senior specialist: gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics
they/them
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Julia Ehrt
Executive Director
she/her
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Katie Farhat
Corporate Support and Major Gifts Consultant
she/they
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Lara Fergus
Research manager
all pronouns
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Oscar Fitzpatrick
Logistics officer
he/him
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Camila Galdino
Operations Manager
she/her
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Crystal Hendricks
Advocacy specialist - Sex characteristics
she/her
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Madhu J.
Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer
she/they
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Polyxeni Kallini
Finance Manager
she/her
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Naïké Ledan
Cross-movement initiative lead
she/her
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Leanne MacMillan
Executive Advisor
she/her
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Silvestre Niaupari
Individual Giving Consultant
he/they
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Daniele Paletta
Communications Manager
he/him
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Guillermo Ricalde
Advocacy Senior Specialist – UN Special Procedures and SDGs
he/they
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Gurchaten (Nanoo) Sandhu
Director of Programmes
he/they
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Omar van Reenen
Strategic Alliances & Coalitions Consultant
they/them
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Yuri Yoursky
Research specialist — LGBTI Pathways
he/him
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Kerry Ashforth
Equal Rights Coalition Secretariat lead
he/him
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Doug A. Graffeo
Senior Officer - Equal Rights Coalition Secretariat
they/them