IDA Board

All full IDA Member organizations are represented on the Board:

IDA Chair: Ana Lucía Arellano

Ana Lucia Arellano

President, Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families

First Vice-Chair: Ruth Warick

Ruth Warick

President, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People

Second Vice Chair: Fredrick Schroeder

Frederick Schroeder is the President of the World Blind Union

President, World Blind Union

Treasurer: Yannis Vardakastanis

Yannis Vardakastanis

President, European Disability Forum

Third Vice-Chair: Vanessa dos Santos

Vanessa dos Santos

President, Down Syndrome International

General Secretary: Klaus Lachwitz

General Secretary: Klaus Lachwitz (President, Inclusion International)

President, Inclusion International

Daniel Mwesigwa IGA

Board Member, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

Nawaf Kabbara

Nawaf Kabbara is AOPDs representative on the IDA Board

Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities

Geir Jensen

Geir Jensen (General Secretary, World Federation of the Deafblind)

President, World Federation of the Deafblind

Idriss Maiga

Idriss Maiga, African Disability Forum

Chairperson, African Disability Forum

Juan De Gouveia

Juan De Gouveia is the President of RIADIS

President, Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families

Lieven Bauwens

Lieven Bauwens (Secretary General, International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus)

International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

Joseph Murray

Joseph Murray is the Vice-President of the World Federation of the Deaf

Board Member, World Federation of the Deaf

Villaney Remengesau

Villaney Remengesau is the co-chair of the Pacific Disability Forum

Co-Chair, Pacific Disability Forum

Puay Tiak Lim

Chairman, ASEAN Disability Forum

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