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HIC Presidents

Davinder Lamba

2007 – 2011

Lorena Zárate

2011- 2019

Enrique Ortiz

2003 – 2007

Kirtee Shah

1999 – 2003

Han Van Putten

1990 – 1998

David Hall

1984 – 1989

Benno Heinen

1978 – 1984

Adriana Allen

President 2019- 2023

HIC General Secretaries

Han van Putten

1978-1987

Enrique Ortiz

1988 – 1999

Eldrige Jerry

2000 – 2001

Cesare Ottolini

2002

Ana Sugranyes

2003 – 2013

Álvaro Puertas

2013-2020

Yolande Hendler

Yolande Hendler

2020-today

HIC Wisdom Keepers

Enrique Ortiz

Mexico

Davinder Lamba

Kenya

Diana Lee

Kenya

Barry Pinsky

Canada

Tabitha Siwale

Tanzania

Eike Schuetz

Germany

Ana Sugranyes

Chile

Han van Putten

The Netherlands

HIC Board Members

Adriana Allen

Habitat International Coalition
(Global)

President

Alexandre Frediani

The International Institute for
Environment and Development
(United Kingdom)

HIC Board
Representative of Europe

Ana Pastor

Civil Association
Madre Tierra (Argentine)

HIC Board
Representative
of Latin America

Stéphan Corriveau

Community Housing
Transformation Centre (Canada)

HIC Board
Representative of
North America and Canada

Moussa Ka

Association Habitants et
Travailleurs de Baraka
(Senegal)

HIC Board
Representative
of Africa

Ana Falú

CISCSA (Argentina)

HIC Board
Representative of Women’s
and/or Feminist Movements

Rana Ghanem

Social Democratic Forum, Yemen

HIC Board Representative
Middle East/North Africa

HIC Board Alternates

Ramiro García

Centro de Estudios y Promoción 
del Desarrollo – DESCO (Peru)

Latin America

Maartje van Eerd

Institute for Housing and
Urban Development Studies (Netherlands)

Europe

Khalid Khawaldeh

Dana and Qadisiyah
Local Community Cooperative,
Jordan

Middle East/North Africa

HIC Reference Centers Staff

Davinder Lamba

HIC – Africa Focal Point
Nairobi

Yves Joël Zoffoun

Africa Focal Point
Cotonou

Ahmed Mansour

HIC-HLRN
Cairo

Joseph Schechla

HIC-HLRN
Cairo

Yasser Abdel Qader

HIC-HLRN
Cairo

Raúl Rios

HIC Latin America
Mexico

Patricia Santiago

HIC Latin America
Mexico

Magdalena Ferniza

HIC Latin America
Mexico

Narciso Cuevas

HIC Latin America
Mexico

Norma Aguilar

HIC Latin America
Mexico

Maria Silvia Emanuelli

HIC Latin America
Mexico

Peter Slits

HIC Liaison Officer
in the Netherlands

Heather EL Aydi

HIC-HLRN
Cairo

HIC General Secretariat Staff

Yolande Hendler

Yolande Hendler

HIC Secretary General

Cape Town

Marie Bailloux

Membership Coordinator

Santiago de Chile

Irene Fuertes

Communications Coordinator

Barcelona

Martin Visagie

Office Coordinator

Cape Town

Global Platform for the Right to the City Support Team

Isabel Pascual

Communications Coordinator

Barcelona

Sophia Torres

International Relations Officer

Barcelona

Julieta Espinosa Lew

Project Assistant

Barcelona

Oriol Moya

Oriol Moya

Communications Assistant

Barcelona