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
Ifeyinwa Ofong
Nigeria
Lorena Zárate
Canada
Shivani Chaudry
India
Enrique Ortiz
Mexico
Davinder Lamba
Kenya
Diana Lee
Kenya
Barry Pinsky
Canada
Tabitha Siwale
Tanzania
Eike Schütz
Germany
Ana Sugranyes
Chile
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
Distinguished Professor – 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 Charter (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
Senior Office Coordinator
Cape Town
Sophia Torres
Aravind Unni
Asia Program Officer
HIC and Working People Charter, India