Our members elected new governing bodies during the General Assembly on the 25th and 26th of June.
We congratulate the successful candidates and look forward to working with them.
Meet our new governing bodies:
Executive Committee
- President: Yannis Vardakastanis (National Confederation of Disabled People – ESAMEA, Greece)
- Vice-Presidents: Gunta Anca (The Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organisations –SUSTENTO, Latvia) and John Patrick Clarke (European Down Syndrome Association – EDSA)
- Secretary General: Ana Peláez Narváez (Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad – CERMI, Spain)
- Treasurer: Maureen Piggot (Inclusion Europe – IE)
Members from National Councils:
- Klaus Lachwitz (German Disability Council – DBR, Germany)
- Pirkko Mahlamaki (Finnish Disability Forum, Finland)
- Thorkild Olesen (Disabled Peoples Organisation Denmark – DPOD, Denmark)
Members from European NGOs:
- Vera Bonvalot (Brain Injured and Families European Confederation – BIF)
- Nadia Hadad (European Network on Independent Living – ENIL)
- Humberto Insolera (European Union of Deaf – EUD)
Board members
- President: Yannis Vardakastanis (National Confederation of Disabled People – ESAMEA, Greece)
- Vice-Presidents: Gunta Anca (The Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organisations –SUSTENTO, Latvia); John Patrick Clarke (European Down Syndrome Association – EDSA)
- Secretary General: Ana Pelaez Narvez (Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad – CERMI, Spain)
- Treasurer: Maureen Piggot (Inclusion Europe – IE)
- Klaus Lachwitz (German Disability Council – DBR, Germany)
- Pirkko Mahlamaki (Finnish Disability Forum, Finland)
- Thorkild Olesen (Disabled Peoples Organisation Denmark – DPOD, Denmark)
- Vera Bonvalot (Brain Injured and Families European Confederation – BIF)
- Nadia Hadad (European Network on Independent Living – ENIL)
- Humberto Insolera (European Union of Deaf – EUD)
EDF Board National Councils
- Luisa Bosisio Fazzi (Italian Disability Forum, Italy)
- John Dolan (Disability Federation Ireland – DFI, Ireland)
- Anna Drabarz (Polish Disability Forum – PFON, Poland)
- Dovile Juodkaite (Lithuanian Disability Forum – LNF, Lithuania)
- Klaus Lachwitz (German Disability Council – DBR, Germany)
- Marica Miric (Croatian Union of Associations of Persons with Disabilities – SOIH, Croatia)
- Albert Prevos (French Council of Disabled People for European Affairs – CFHE, France)
- Borut Sever (Slovenian National Disability Council – NSIOS, Slovenia)
- Þuríður Harpa Sigurðardóttir (The Organisation of Disabled in Iceland – ÖBI, Iceland)
- Sorin Tata (Romanian National Disability Council – CNDR, Romania)
- Bart Verdickt (Belgian Disability Forum – BDF, Belgium)
- Christina Wurzinger (Austrian Disability Council, Austria)
EDF Board European NGO Full members
- Marcel Bobeldijk (European Federation of Hard of Hearing – EFHOH)
- Pietro Cirrincione (Autism Europe – AE)
- Giampiero Griffo (Disabled Peoples’ International Europe – DPI Europe)
- Pierre Gyselinck (Action Européen des Handicapés – AEH)
- Sari Hirvonen Skarbo (European Association of Cochlear Implant Users – EURO-CIU)
- Cato Lie (International Federation of Spina Bifida and HydroCephalus – IFSBH)
- Jolijn Santegoeds (European Network of (ex) Survivors of Psychiatry – ENUSP)
EDF Board Ordinary members
- Javier Guëmes (European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities – EASPD)
- Kristijan Grđan (Mental Health Europe – MHE)
Finance Committee
- Cristina Barreto Zurron (Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad – CERMI, Spain)
- John Dolan (Disability Federation Ireland – DFI, Ireland)
- Marcel Bobeldijk (European Federation of Hard of Hearing – EFHOH)
- John Patrick Clarke (European Down Syndrome Association – EDSA)
Membership and Credentials Committee
- Christina Wurzinger (Austrian Disability Council, Austria)
- Foteini Zafeiropoulou (National Confederation of Disabled People – ESAMEA, Greece
- Vera Bonvalot (Brain Injured and Families European Confederation – BIF)
- Nadia Hadad (European Network on Independent Living – ENIL)