Our Board
30 committed women and men with disabilities representing the membership stend for the rights of persons with disabilities in EDF and in a variety of events and actions to ensure the voice of persons with disabilities is heard.
EDF Board 2017-2022
Who are they?
The EDF board of Directors is composed of the president and 30 members coming from 16 National Councils and 14 European NGO of which 12 are full members and two ordinary members. The Board of Director is elected every four years.
Role
The Board of Director is responsible for the supervision of the daily management of the organization and the work of the Secretariat including the drafting of the budget and accounts and the work programme, the external relations and the cooperation with third parties, the decision on membership applications and the exclusion of members. The Board elects the executive committee.
List of Members
Yannis Vardakastanis
EDF President
National Confederation of Disabled People (NCDP)
Ana Peláez
EDF Vice-President
Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad (CERMI)
Gunta Anca
EDF General Secretary
The Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organisations (SUSTENTO)
Albert Prevos
French Council of Disabled People for European Affairs (CFHE)
John Patrick Clarke
EDF Vice-President
European Down Syndrom Association (EDSA)
By alphabetical order
Christina Wurzinger
Austrian Disability Council (Der Österreichische Behindertenrat)
Francisco Vano
International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC)
Jolijn Santegoeds
European Network of (ex) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP)
Marica Miric
Croatian Union of Associations of Persons with Disabilities (SOIH)
John Patrick Clarke
EDF Vice President
European Down Syndrom Association (EDSA)
Thurídur Sigurdardottir
The Organisation of Disabled in Iceland