Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network Meeting 2 to 3 March 2017, Berlin Participant list *Denotes GLAD Network Member **Denotes GLAD Steering Committee Member African Disability Forum Samuel Njuguna Kabue Consultant / CRPD Committee Member Anjeline Okola – Charles Programme Coordinator Abilis** Kalle Konkkola Chair Bezev Gabriele Weigt Executive Board Big Lottery Fund Christopher Manion Portfolio Manager Business Disability International** Susan Scott-Parker CEO & Founder Disabled People’s International Dinah Radtke Vice-Chair Disability Rights Fund and Disability Rights Advocacy Fund** Diana Samarasan Founding Executive Director Yumi Sera Director of Partnerships & Communications European Commission Alicia Martin Diaz Programme Manager, DG International Cooperation and Development Global Partnership for Education Ruchi Singh Education Specialist- Inclusive Education Sabine Terlecki European Advocacy Coordinator Government of Australia Senator the Hon Concetta Minister for International Development and the Pacific Karen McNamara Adviser Carolyn Jack Media Adviser Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia** Alison Chartres Assistant Secretary, Development Policy & Education Branch Mika Kontiainen Director, Disability
Japan International Cooperation Agency** Kenji Kuno Senior Advisor Government of Norway Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation** Ivar Evensmo Senior Advisor Government of the United Kingdom UK Department for International Development** Carrie Sunderland Head of Disability Policy Joanna McGilvray Disability Policy Officer Government of the United States of America USAID** Robert Horvath Chief, Empowerment and Inclusion Division Leah Maxson Disability Technical Advisor Handicap International Camille Gosselin Humanitarian Advocacy Manager Inter-Agency Support Group on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Alarcos Cieza Co-chair of IASG, World Health Organisation International Disability Alliance** Colin Allen Chair Vladimir Cuk Executive Director Alexandre Cote Capacity Building Program Manager Talin Avades Executive Assistant International Disability and Development Consortium** Priscille Geiser Chair International Labour Organization* Esteban Tromel Senior Disability Specialist ONCE Lourdes Marquez Head of Strategic Planning Javier Guemes Technical Director of International Relations Open Society Foundations** Kimberly O’Haver Program Officer UNESCO Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg Programme Specialist UNICEF Gopal Mitra Program Specialist - Children with Disabilities Natasha Graham Inclusive Education Consultant Rosangela Berman Bieler (virtually) Chief, Children with Disabilities United Nations Development Programme Sarah Poole Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director Sarah Rattray Lead Advisor on Disability
United Nations Development Programme, UNPRPD Technical Secretariat** Emanuele Sapienza Global Policy Specialist, Civic Engagement United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)* Monjurul Kabir Programme Advisor/Head of Section, Asia and the Pacific, Programme Division Washington Group for Disability Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics* Jennifer Madans Chair (Washington Group and Associate Director for Science) World Bank** Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo Global Disability Advisor Personal Assistants, sign-language interpreters and closed-captioning providers Bibek Sengupta Personal Assistant Carmen de Pedro Personal Assistant, Ipsa Vita UG Marko Tabakovic Personal Assistant Nina Cisneros Arcos Closed-captioning transcriber Susanne Hiller Closed-captioning transcriber Joanna Martin Sign-language Interpreter Oya Ataman Sign-language Interpreter Rebecca Ladd Sign Language Interpreter