HIC Presidents
HIC General Secretaries
HIC Wisdom Keepers
HIC Board Representatives and Alternates
HIC Reference Centers Staff
HIC General Secretariat Staff
HIC Presidents

Grace Chikumo Mtonga
President 2024- today

Adriana Allen
President 2019- 2023

Lorena Zárate
2011 - 2019

Davinder Lamba
2007 – 2011

Enrique Ortiz
2003 – 2007

Kirtee Shah
1999 – 2003

Han Van Putten
1990 – 1998

David Hall
1984 – 1989

Benno Heinen
1978 – 1984
HIC General Secretaries

Yolande Hendler
2020-today

Álvaro Puertas
2013-2020

Ana Sugranyes
2003 – 2013

Cesare Ottolini
2002

Eldrige Jerry
2000 – 2001

Enrique Ortiz
1988 – 1999

Han Van Putten
1978 - 1987
HIC Wisdom Keepers

Adriana Allen
London

Ana Falú
Argentina

Ifeyinwa Ofong
Nigeria

Lorena Zárate
Canada

Shivani Chaudry
India

Davinder Lamba
Kenya

Enrique Ortiz
Mexico

Diana Lee
Kenya

Barry Pinsky
Canada

Ana Sugranyes
Chile

Eike Schütz
Germany

Tabitha Siwale
Tanzania

Han Van Putten
The Netherlands
HIC Board Representatives and Alternates

Grace Chikumo Mtonga

Guillermo Javier Marzioni

Moussa Ka
Association Habitants et Travailleurs de Baraka
(Senegal)
Africa Representative

Facundo Di Filippo
Center of Studies and Action for Equality – CEAPI (Argentine)
Latin America Representative

Isadora Hastings

Khalid Khawaldeh
Dana and Qadisiyah
Local Community Cooperative,
Jordan
Middle East/North Africa Representative

Alexandre Apsan Frediani
The International Institute for
Environment and Development
(United Kingdom)
Europe Representative

Irene Escorihuela
The Observatori DESC (ESCR Observatory)
(Barcelona, Spain)
Europe Alternate

Zaida Muxi
Faculté d’excellence EAAD TEC Monterrey (Mexico)
HIC Board
Representative of Women’s
and/or Feminist Movements

Massa Kone
CGLTE OA (Mali)
HIC Board Representative
of Social Movements

Meena Menon
Working People Coalition (India)
Observer to the Board for Asia

Geneviève Drouin
Rooftops Canada – Abri international (Canada)
Observer to the Board for North America and Canada
HIC Reference Centers Staff

Joseph Schechla
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Ahmed Mansour
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Yasser Abdel Qader
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Hala Murad
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

Areli Sandoval
HIC Latin America Mexico

Esmeralda García Rivero
HIC Latin America Mexico

Peter Slits
HIC Liaison Officer in the Netherlands
HIC General Secretariat Staff

Yolande Hendler
HIC Secretary General
Cape Town

Marie Pompei
Membership Officer
Santiago de Chile

Irene Fuertes
Communications Officer
Barcelona

Desmond Chieshe
Africa Regional Coordinator
Abuja

Diana Angela Wambui Wachira
Learning Officer
Nairobi

Pelisa Tengwa
Admin & Operations Officer
Cape Town

Sophia Torres
HIC Advocacy Officer
Barcelona

Aravind Unni
Asia Program Officer
Dheli