Draft 0Meeting Participants Biographies July 1-3 2009 - Accra Ghana

Lord Carey oClifton PCormer Archbishop oCanterbury

Lord Carey has been Chair of the Trustees ofWFDD since April 2003 He is a member of the UK House of Lords and serves on numerous boards Lord Carey was enthroned as the I 03rd Archbishop ofCanterbury in April 200 I he retired from that position in November 2002 As the leader of the Anglican community worldwide he played a key role in strengthening relationships with other denominations and faiths in the United Kingdom and beyond visiting more than 90 countries From 2004-2008 he was co-chair ofthe Council of 100 Leaders (World Economic Forum) promoting understanding and dialogue between Western and Islamic worlds He is the author of many books on theological issues including The Gate oGlory as well as Why I Believe in a Personal God The Credibility ofFaith in a Doubting Culture and a recent autobiography Know the Truth careygeorgeO lgmailcom

Graeme Wheeler Managing Director Operations the World Bank Group

Mr Graeme Wheeler is Managing Director Operations at the World Bank Group responsible for several networksshyPoverty Reduction and Economic Management Financial and Private Sector Development Human Development and Sustainable Development - the World Bank Institute and the General Services Department Before that he was Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank He joined the World Bank in 1997 as Director of the Financial Products and Services Department He had served as Treasurer of the New Zealand Debt Management Office Deputy Secretary and Director of Macroeconomic Policy and Forecasting in the New Zealand Treasury In the late 1980s Mr Wheeler was the Economic Counselor for the New Zealand Delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris Mr Wheeler is the author of a book on Sound Practice in Government Debt Management and a recipient ofa Best Manager Award in the World Bank gwheelerworJdbankorg

Archbishop Robert Aboagye-Mensah Methodist Church Ghana

Archbishop Robert Aboagye-Mensah is the current Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana He is currently also Superintendent Minister of the Dansoman Methodist Church ofGhana Academic Associate at Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre in Akropong-Akuapem member of the Academic Staff at the University ofNatal in South Africa as well as a Part-time Lecturer at the University of Ghana Central University College in Accra and Marathon Bible College Accra His educational background includes an MACE from Virginia Theological Seminary PhD from The University of Aberdeen in Scotland BTh from University of Nottinghams st Johns College and LTh from University of Ghanas Trinity College He was formerly a Research Fellow at Yale University Divinity School and has published 24 papers aboagye _mensahyahoocom

Dr Agnes Abuom World Council aChurches

Dr Agnes Abuom is on the World Council of Churches Executive Committee representing the Anglican Church of Kenya and chairs the Search Committee for the new general secretary ofthe WCC An Anglican layperson from Kenya with extensive experience leading international social action programs for religious and civil society organizations across Africa she was Africa President for the World Council of Churches (1999-2006) Dr Abuom serves as Ecumenical Accompanier for All Africa Council of Churches and World Council ofChurches for the Horn of Africa East Africa and Great Lakes She is a Co-President of Religions for Peace and the National Council of Churches of Kenya Dr Abuom is the founder and Executive Director ofTAABCO Research and Development Consultants She holds a PhD in Development Studies and BS in Development Studies and History from the University ofUppsala (Sweden) taabcobidiicom

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Mustafa Ali Secretary General African Council ofReligious Leaders-Religions for Peace

Dr Mustafa Y Ali is currently the Secretary General ofthe African Council of Religious Leaders (ACRL-Religions for Peace) and the Africa Representative of the World Conference of Religionsfor Peace (WCRP) Beforejoining ACRL-RfP and WCRP Dr Ali worked for the Japan-based Arigatou Foundation as Secretary General of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC Africa) Dr Ali has also worked at the Islamic Foundation and the Childrens Relief Fund He represented the Islamic Foundation on various boards such as the African Network of Protection and Prevention against Children Neglect (ANPPCAN) and the Kenya Alliance for Advancement of Children Rights (KAACR) Dr Ali is a Trustee with Muslim Aid and an Executive Committee Member of the Islamic Foundation and the World Council of Muslim for Interfaith Relations (WCMIR) in Kenya Dr Ali holds an interdisciplinary PhD in Media and International Relations (UK) and an MA in Diplomacy and International Studies (Kenya) He has written extensively for various papers magazines and journals on religion politics and international relations maliacrl-rfporg

Mr Emmanuel Akoto KomIa Entrepeneurship Specialist Ho Polytechnic ofGhana

Mr Akoto is a lecturer at Ho Polytechnic of Ghana in West Africa He is the Faculty Advisor for the Student-In-FreeshyEnterprise (SIFE) the current National Champion team representing Ghana at the SIFE World Cup in Berlin Germany He is a UN Volunteer Specialist in helping the vulnerable develop entrepreneurial competencies and also works in personal development planning (PDP) Mr Akoto guides and counsels church members the youth and smaIlshyscale entrepreneurs in business planning He is the former Acting Executive Secretary of the Association of Small Scale Industries (ASSI) a former chair of the Market Access Promotion Network (MAPRONET) and a board member of the EP Church Activity Centre for Teenage Mothers in Ho Ghana He is Anglican and has a post graduate degree in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) emmakotohotmailcom

Dr Rabiatu Ammah Federation ofMuslim Womens Associations ofGhana

Dr Rabiatu Ammah is a senior lecturer at the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Ghana Legon She is a Muslim woman a theologian and very interested in the dialogue movement hving trained at the Centre for Islam and Christian Muslim Relations in Birmingham England Dr Ammah is involved in issues of gender and interfaith relations in Ghana and is presently the President of the Federation of Muslim Womens Associations in Ghana (FOMW AG) rabiammahyahoocom

Kenneth Nana Amoateng Abibimman Foundation Ghana

Afua Amoo-Adare President National Council ofCatholic Women Ghana

Afua Amoo-Adare is a board member of the World Union of Catholic Women Organization (WUCUSO) She has traveled extensively leading religious women delegates to various international assemblies Mrs Amoo-Adare is an Executive Member of the Ghana Council of Religions for Peace (GCRP) a working body offshoot of the World Council of Religions for Peace She is a convener of the Gobal Women of Faith Network Ghana Chapter and an exshymember of the Laity Council of the Ghana Catholic Church Mrs Amoo-Adare serves on ecumenical and interreligious dialogue committees in Ghana and represents the Ghana Bishop Conference on various national and local committees She has accompanied the AECA W A meetings in sub-Saharan Africa Believing strongly in the holistic approach to development Mrs Amoo-Adare is the National President of the National Council of Catholic Women in Ghana and worked for the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference for years

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Matthew Azoji Managing Director I CEO ofCHANMedi-Pharm

Managing DirectorCEO ofCHAN Medi-Pharm LtdGte Matthew Azoji is a First Class honours graduate in Pharmacy from the University ofIfe He-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University -Ife) He holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from ESUT Business school-Lagos has attended several management trainings at home and abroad and is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School Mr Azoji has over 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry As the Managing DirectorCEO of CHAN Medi-Pharm LtdGte Jos-Nigeria and Director of Essential Pharma Ltd Makurdi Benue State Mr Azoji is currently involved in strengthening systems to enhance access to essential medicines in Nigeria and environs He is a member of several related professional bodies including the Pharmaceutical Society ofNigeria (PSN) the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) the Nigerian Institute of Marketing the Health System Action Network the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network and others Matthewazojichanmedi-pharmorg

Dr Hany Abdel Gawad EI Banna President Humanitarian Forum Co-Founder and President ofIslamic Relief Worldwide

Dr Hany EI Banna is Co-Founder and President ofIslamic Relief Worldwide (IR W) an international relief and development organization that aims to alleviate the poverty and suffering ofthe worlds poorest As a medical doctor working for the National Health Service he visited Sudan and was moved by the food crisis and famines in Sudan and Ethiopia to start IRW He is a member ofthe Three Faiths Forum and was a member in the World Economic Forums Community of West-Islam Dialogue (C-lOO) Dr EI Banna is a trustee of the Disasters Emergency Committee and a member of the Advisory Group to the International Department ofthe Charity Commission (UK) He has initiated the Humanitarian Forum which seeks to build bridges between Muslim and non-Muslim-run NGOs around the world Dr EI Banna has visited over 60 countries on behalf of his organization chairmanworldhumanitarianforumorg

Eugen Brand Director General International Movement ATD Fourth World

Eugen Brand is the Director General ofthe International Movement ATD Fourth World This organization is a nonreligious apolitical organization that works to find solutions that promise to eradicate poverty with a focus on human rights and grassroots efforts A former teacher Mr Brand has been a member of the movement since 1972 and became coordinator of the pilot project for Evening Classes for Youth and Adults in Switzerland in 1979 thierry viardatd-quartmondeorg

Rev Canon Gideon Byamugisha Founder andDirector ANERELA

The first practicing religious leader in Africa to declare publicly his contraction ofHIV Canon Gideon Byamugisha founded the African Network ofReligious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV AIDS (ANERELA+) Canon Gideon has been active in the fight against HIV AIDS for 16 years and helped to design the SAVE message meant to augment the existing ABC strategy SAVE stands for Safer practices Access to treatment Voluntary routine stigma-free testing and counseling and Empowerment Canon Gideon is an ordained Anglican priest in the Diocese ofKinkiizi has a BA in Education and a BD in Theology from Nkurnba University and has written four books on HIV AIDS He was awarded the 2009 Niwano Peace Prize gideon_ byamugishayahoocouk

Vuyelwa Chitimbire Director Zimbabwe Association ofChurch-related Hospitals

Vuyelwa Chitimbire is the director of the Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH) Founded in

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1974 ZACH is the medical arm of the Christian churches in Zimbabwe Its mandate is to improve the quality of health and health care delivery in the country Ecumenical in nature ZACH represents a link between the Heads ofChristian Denominations (HOCD) the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare and other health care providers and agencies It has a membership of 126 hospitals and clinics around the country particularly in rural areas and is committed to promoting the highest standard of health care among its members chitimbirezachorgzw

Professor Jim Cochrane University ofCapetown

Prof Jim Cochrane (BSc MDiv PhD DDiv hc) Dept of Religious Studies University of Cape Town is CoshyPrincipal of the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP) and Director of the Research Institute on Christianity and Society in Africa (RICSA) He works in the areas of religion and public health religion and globalization Christianity and society hermeneutics and critical theory sociology of religion social ethics and occasionally science and religion as well as having an interest in postcolonial postmodern and feminist theory and has 130+ published essays articles and books (edited or monograph) jimcochraneuctacza

Imam Alhaji Hamza Danjuma

Imam Alhaji Harnza Danjuma is the Volta Regions ChiefImam in Ghana He is a member of Agenda 210fthe EP Church a member of the Volta Region Peace Council and a board member of the Municipal Health Insurance Scheme Imam Danjuma is also a partron ofthe Ho Polytechnic Muslim students association

Frank Dimmock Christian Health Association

A Health Consultant for the Christian Health Association Frank Dimmock was born in the USA He has a Masters degree and completed doctoral work in International Public Health from Tulane University He has worked in Africa in Christian health ministry since 1979 first in DRC then in Lesotho From 1992 - 2007 Mr Dimmock served the church in Malawi as a Health Coordinator and worked as a Health Consultant for the Presbyterian Church (USA) In 2007 he returned to Lesotho to work with CHAL (Christian Health Association of Lesotho) while continuing his consulting work for the Presbyterian Church in 8 African countries Mr Dimmock assists CHAs and health and HIV amp AIDS networks throughout Africa and has become increasingly involved with issues of vulnerable children His research interests include resiliency poverty mapping and networking Frank Dimmock is married to Nancy and they have eight children fdimmocktimailcoos fdimmockgmailcom

Jacques Dinan Executive Secretary ofCaritas Africa President ofCaritas Mauritius

After receiving a BS degree in Physics at the University of Manchester in the 1960s Jacques Dinan worked in the teaching profession and contributed to pioneering work related to radio and television broadcasting in Mauritius Then he obtained a Diploma in Personnel Management at the University of Mauritius after which he worked as the Director of the Public Relations Office of the Sugar Industry Public Relations and Personnel Manager at Deep-RiverlBeaushyChamp Sugar Estate and the Education Officer of the Ministry of Education He was the Secretary of Transparency Mauritius from 1998 to 2002 the President of the International Public Relations Association in 2002 and a Founder of the Institute for Corporate Governance in Mauritius in 2003 Presently he is the Executive Secretary ofCaritas Africa the President ofCaritas Mauritius a Member of the Executive Committee of Caritas Internationalis a Senior Public Relations Consultant in Mauritius and the CEO ofhis own company Infocom Limited jacdinanintnetmu

Ishac Diwan World Bank Country Director responsible for Burkina Faso Ghana Liberia Sierra Leone and Guinea (based in Accra)

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Mr Diwan a Canadian nationaljoined the World Bank in 1987 through the Young Professionals Program as an Economist in the Debt and International Investment Division of the International Economics Department He has since held various positions his most recent assignments being Country Director for Ethiopia and Sudan idiwanworldbankorg

Georgine Kengne Djeutane Africa Regional Secretary ofthe World Student Christian Foundation

Georgine Kengne Djeutane is the Regional Secretary of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) Before joining WSCF in October 2004 Georgine was the Program Director and Co-founder of the Ecumenical Service for Peace located in Cameroon Since 1997 Georgine has been involved in Economic Justice for Peace activities (debt globalization trade and peace issues) She campaigned for cancellation of third world debt and launched the Jubilee 2000 Campaign on debt cancellation in Cameroon (1999) She has spoken at some major international events on Africa External Debt and Globalization She is also serving as board member of two continental organizations (Nairobi Peace Initiative - Africa (NPI -A) and Africa Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODADraquo Georgine has been a recipient of the McArthur Foundation Prize on Research of Real Economy in Africa She is author of several articles related to debt and development She received a Masters of Philosophy in Economic Sciences djeutaneyahoofr

John Essobe Health Administrator Cameroon Protestant Health Department

John Essobe serves as Executive Secretary of the Health Department in the Council of Protestant Churches of Cameroon (CEPCA) with 31 hospitals and more than 170 health centers He is a Baptist layperson with experience in managing programs for religious and civil society since 1993 Mr Essobe is a member of the International Reference Group of the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative for Africa in the World Council of Churches (EHAIAlWCC) John ESSOBE works with many networks in the area of health systems (CHA Platform EPN WCRP etc) is a member of many Committees in its country (NACC TB ROLL BACK MALARIA CCM etc) and participates in writing Health policies He holds a Master in Management and participated in many trainings (Promoting Rational Drug Uses in the Community Monitoring and Evaluation Training of Trainers in HIVAIDS Advocacy and Media Training etc) essobejyahoofr

Pere Pol Feyen Leopold Peres Salisiens de Don Bosco

Feyen Leopold is a Father of the Salesian Order and comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo He is Belgian and has been in the Congo since 1961 From 1974 to 1984 he was a study prefect for the area between Cite des Jeunes and Lubumbashi Every weekend he was an educator for children living in prison in Lubumbashi at are-education center near the prison In 1981 he started up the Maison Mayone to transfer these children to a real education center where they could become trained as carpenters builders gardeners or auto mechanics From 1984 to 2001 he was the director for Cite des Jeunes Mr Feyen has been a member ofREEJER since 1998 feyenpolyahoofr

Rt Rev Dr Paul Kofi Fynn Lutheran Church Ghana

Mauro Garofalo Community ofSantEgidio

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Mr Charles Gerhardt Senior Management A dvisor Christian Health Association oGhana

Over the last 25 years Mr Gerhardt has worked as an executive manager and management consultant for a large number of government organisations and development agencies programmes and projects in Europe Africa Asia and the Middle-East In his professional career he has obtained substantial knowledge and experience in institutional and organisational development project planning management and implementation

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in complex administrative systems at national level including the health sector He has worked for the EC ADB WHO GTZ and the Netherlands government and is a representative of the Netherlands Ministry for International Co-operation in Africa From 1990-1995 he was involved in the design supervision monitoring and implementation of a considerable number of international health (planning management training and research) projects at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) In his capacity as Program Manager of the Integrated Health Program in Namibia from 1995 to 1999 and as Health and Population Programme Manager at the EC Delegation in Egypt from 2002-2004 he was actively involved in restructuring health services Charlesgerhardtchagghanaorg

Canon Charles Gibbs Executive Director ofthe United Religions Initiative

The Rev Canon Charles Gibbs serves as Executive Director ofthe United Religions Initiative a global interfaith network for peace active in over 60 countries Canon Gibbs has traveled extensively working with religious spiritual and other leaders in Europe Africa the Middle East North and South America and Asia He has been a featured speaker at many national and international gatherings and has written extensively about interfaith work including coshyauthoring Birth ofa Global Community a book about the birth of the United Religions Initiative Charles is an Episcopal priest who brings to his ministry a strong commitment to spiritual transformation and work for peace and justice and an abiding belief in the sacredness of all life on this planet cgibbsuriorg

Rev Moses B Gobah Program Coordinator for the Christian HIVIAIDS Network ofLiberia

Born and raised in Monrovia Liberia Rev Gobah is the Program and Board Chairperson for the Christian HIV I AIDS Network of Liberia Married to Odell Gobah God blessed our union with two girls Wyndell and Maurine He was ordained as a Lutheran clergy in 1998 and pastors the following churches and social ministries Day Memorial Lutheran Parish S1 Matthew Lutheran Parish the Lutheran Urban Ministry and the Lutheran Church in Liberia shyHNIAIDS Programe Rev Gobah is a graduate ofthe Gbarnga School of Theology (GST) with BTh in Theology in Liberia 1996 and Master of Sacred Theology (STM) from the Lutheran Theology Seminary at Gettysburg PA in 2007 mbgobahYahoocom

Makki Abdelnabi Mohamed Hamid Head oAfrica Region Islamic Relief Worldwide

A Sudanese agriculturalist Makki Abdelnabi Mohamed Hamid heads the Africa Region within Islamic Relief Worldwide makkimohamedirworldwideorg

Conor Hartman Associatefor Strategy and Policy Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty

Conor Hartman is part of the founding team ofCIF A focusing particularly on leading CIF As program on malaria in Nigeria He previously served as deputy chair of poverty alleviation at the Clinton Global Initiative In 2007-2008 he was the special adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs in Liberia where he played a central role in drafting the Governance and Peacebuilding strategies ofthe national Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) He co-led the creation of Liberias national peacebuilding management plan and developed the Ministry strategic plan for institutional reform He also has worked at the Center for Global Development in Washington and the Carter Center including posts in South Sudan and Kenya He has a BA from Duke University conordhartmangmailcom

Rev Sr Maria Ifechukwu Udorah Nigeria Catholic Nuns

Rev Sr Maria Ifechukwu Udorah is a member ofthe Daughters of Divine Love (DDL) Congregation and a member of the African Council of Religious Leaders (ACRL) which is an arm of the World Council of Religions for Peace (WCRP) She is co-president of the Women of Faith Network in Nigeria (NWFN) and an immediate past president of

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the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious (NCWR) Rev Sr Maria Ifechukwu Udorah of the DDL Congregation She is also a pediatrician by profession with administrative experiences in healthcare delivery services mifechukwudorahyahoocom

Moulana Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi Secretary General All India Imam Organization

All India Imam Organization is the legitimate voice of the half-million Imams of India who are the religious and spiritual guides of two hundred Indian Muslims AIOIM is recognized in that capacity and role both at the national and international level This is the largest Imam Organization in the world and is so uniquely placed that prominent national and global bodies belonging to all walks of life utilize its services Moulana Umer Ahmed lIyasi is the global face of the Imam Organization and therefore represent it at all the international forums of religion spirituality and interfaith dial~gue He extensively travels within and outside India Most of the prominent world bodies approach him for guidance on issues relating to Islam and Muslims He is well versed in Islamic Jurisprudence and his opinions in relevant circles are regarded as being authentic and trustworthy He is one of the few Islamic scholars who hold very candid and vocal position on extremism and terrorism in whatever form it exists By nature he is a rationalist and is being guided by reason and wisdom even in the most provocative situations he is engaged in conflict-resolution such as the Palestine-Israel conflict His personal relations with the top religious leadership of all the major religions at the national and international level are another asset that helps in building the bridges of understanding between various quarters allindiaimamorganizationgmailcom

Rev Dr S Tilewa Johnson Anglican Bishop of The Gambia and Executive Director ofthe Anglican Mission Development Ministries

Reverend Dr S Tilewa Johnson is the Anglican Bishop of The Gambia and Executive Director ofAnglican Mission Development Ministries (AMDM) He is also Dean ofthe Church of the Province of West Africa which includes thirteen dioceses in Cameroon the Gambia Ghana Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone Ordained as a priest in 1980 he became Bishop ofThe Gambia in 1990 Rev Dr Johnson has a Diploma in Theology from Trinity College in Umahia Nigeria and a BA in Theology (with honors) from the University of Durham Rev Dr Johnson participated in Oxford Universitys Summer Program in Theology in 1997

Sandeep Kalia Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha

Sandeep Kalia is the Secretary General of one of the oldest socio-political organizations and oldest political party of India the AKHIL BHARA T HINDU MAHASABHA Freedom fighters and social activists with a vision of Indias future including Madan Mohan Malviya Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the organization Sandeep Kalia has been involved in a lot of socio political activities and programs for the last 13 years and has recently started a movement called HUM ( Hindu Unification Movement ) HUM as a whole pronounced means WE in English The movement is a single-track work to abolish the caste divide and encourage people to do away with the old caste system in India Sandeep Kalia is the director of Ispatial India Pvt Ltd which is the Licensee by the Govt ofIndia (BSNL) for roll out ofIPTV in India As a Secretary General of the Hindu Mahasabha Mr Kalia is also working on micro finance Module through the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha to reach the most needy of the next generation and to address food security health security and education issues kaliasandgmailcom

Ms Emma Kangethe African Council ofReligious Leaders

Ms Emma Kangethe serves as the Director of Womens Mobilization Program ofthe African Council of Religious Leaders (ACRL) Ms Kangethe also directs the African Women of Faith Network that works with over 700 religious womens organizations and groups in the African continent She has extensive experience in working with women and is strongly committed to the empowerment of women and girls ekangetheacrl-rfporg

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Dr Azza Karam UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)

Dr Azza Karam serves at UNFPA in New York Prior to that she worked as the Senior Policy Research Advisor at the United Nations Development Program in the Regional Bureau for Arab States She earlier served as the Special Advisor on Middle East and Islamic Affairs to the Secretary General of and the Director of Womens Programs at the World Conference of Religions for Peace International Dr Karam also worked as a Senior Program Officer at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) working in the Middle East (Lebanon Egypt Jordan Morocco and Yemen) Europe (The Netherlands Sweden and Northern Ireland) where she managed training projects and programs as well as lecturing on issues As a Programme Manager at the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict at the Queens University of Belfast Dr Karam was a consultant and trainer to various international organizations in Yemen Uzbekistan and Northern Ire land karamunfpaorg

Rev Ted Karpf Partnerships Officer World Health Organization

The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf is Partnerships Officer at the World Health Organization and a Senior Fellow in the Health Inequalities Program at Duke University Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy and principle editor of Restoring Hope Decent Care in the Midst ofAIDS to be published later this year by Palgrave Macmillan and WHO He is also canon for Global Health of the Diocese ofWashington DC He is a human rights activist priest and public health expert engaging in public community and faith-based health response to HIV IAIDS since the early 1980s He served as Provincial Canon Missioner for AIDS and a deputy to the Archbishop of Cape Town The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane Before coming to WHO in 2004 he was named HIVAIDS Coordinator of the world-wide Anglican Communion and developed faith-based responses and community planning programs globally Karpf continues to lecture at Duke University Emory University Rollins School of Public Health University of Copenhagen and Oxford Father Karpf is currently serving on the staff of both the Episcopal Church (US) and the Anglican (Church of England) churches ofGeneva karpftwhoint

Aamir Khan All India Organization OfImams ofMosques allindiaimamorganizationgmailcom

Joel Kigenyi Progammes Officer Pan African Christian AIDS Network (PA CANet)

Joel Kigenyi is the Programmes Officer for Capacity Building at the Pan African Christian AIDS Network The network seeks to link churches Christian organizations and Christian networks for a comprehensive response to HIV I AIDS in Africa In the pursuance of this mission Mr Kigenyi is involved in strengthening the capacities of churches and Christian organizations in 15 countries across Africa Prior to this role with PACANet he served with World Vision as Church I FBO Partnership Specialist on HIV IAIDS under the Models of Learning Programme He also earlier served with the AIDS Intervention Programme and mobilized 99 congregational responses to HIV I AIDS from

23 denominations in Eastern Uganda Joels expertise is in organizational development community development and monitoring and evaluation jkigenyipacanetnet

Rev Joyce Kodade Evangelical Preshyterian Church Ghana

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Dr Ichiaka Kone President and Program Coordinator Project Muso Ladamunen

Dr Ichiaka Kone is the President and Program Coordinator of Project Muso Ladamunen Project Muso works to address the dire conditions in a community outside of Bamako Mali through its womens education program microshyfinance program and community-based malaria program The organization is notable because ofthe emphasis it places on community participation and leadership Dr Kone has a diploma in internal medicine from the University of

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Bamako~FMPOS and previously served as the Secretary General of the student government at his medical school He was also coordinator of Malis National Youth Council from 2002-2003 ichiakaprojectmusoorg ichiakaak2yahoofr

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Nigussu Legesse Executive Secretary for Africa World Council ofChurches

Nigussu Legesse took up his new position with the World Council of Churches in Geneva earlier this year Before that he served as the Excecutive Director of the Ethiopian Orthodox Churchs Development and Interchurch Aid Commission (DICAC) Mr Legesse has a background as an environmentalist and agriculturalist with two masters degrees and a PhD (Scotland) After finishing his degrees he worked for the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) Before returning to Ethiopia to work for the University of Greenwich (in Ethiopia) and the United Nations office for project services Mr Legeesse worked for World Vision and the United Nations Development Program in Mozambique He serves on the Board of Directors of the Church World Service a New York~based humanitarian organization kenigussuyahoocom

Rev William E Lesher Chairman ofthe Board of Trustees Parliament ofthe Worlds Religions

Along with his Board position at the Parliament ofthe Board ofTrustees Rev William E Lesher is the President Emeritus of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the Coordinator of Congregational Programs for Jubilee USA He is also a Senior Fellow at New Day International and a Senior Consultant for Reinvest South Africa Previously he was president of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary from 1973~1978 and a pastor in Chicago and S1 Louis Rev Lesher is on the Board and Executive Committee for the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia and has a BA from Wittenberg University and a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Welesheraolcom

Johan Maertens Director International Development Office Brothers ofCharity

Johan Maertens is Director of the International Development Office (IDO) for the Brothers of Charity The Brothers of Charity organization has worked with the poor handicapped and mentally ill for over 200 years and has over 15000 workers involved with ongoing projects in 25 countries The IDO was created to organize and provide structure for the different efforts of the Brothers of Charity Mr Maertens received his Masters degree in Psychological and Educational Science cum laude from the University of Ghent and is a trained and certified psychotherapist in client~ centered therapy (1978) and bonding psychotherapy (1978) He is a founder and was General Manager of De Sleutel which is a network of 15 centers for drug prevention and treatment with 250 professionals and 3000 clients a year from 1974~2008 He is still a Senior Consultant for De Sleutel Mr Maertens is the member of several boards and has published several books journals and articles johanrnaertenstelenetbe

Remy Mafu REEJER

Mr Remy Mafu is a child welfare officer who runs a centre for street kids in Kinshasa He is the coordinator of a network of educators of street children and youths (REEJER) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo REEJER seeks to help the tens of thousands ofchildren that live on the streets in Kinshasa and is part of the REPER Network a global association that supports individual organizations and on~site activities focused on helping street children Reejer_cgyahoofr

Katherine Marshall Executive Director World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD)

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Katherine Marshall is the Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) She is Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor at Georgetown Universitys Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs leading the Program on Religion and Global Development During a long World Bank career she held numerous leadership positions including as counselor to the President on ethics values and faith she continues as a senior advisor to the Bank A graduate of Wellesley College and Princeton Universitys Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs she speaks and publishes widely on international development issues She serves on several non-profit organizations including the Niwano Peace Prize Community Connections and A VlNA Americas Her publications include The World Bank from Reconstruction to Development to Equity (Routledge 2008) and Development and Faith Where Mind Heart and Soul work Together (World Bank 2007) patiakathgmailcom

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Archbishop ofDublin

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is the Archbishop of Dublin He began to work for the Holy See under the Pontifical Council for the Family in 1976 and later served on the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace before becoming the titular Bishop and then Archbishop of Glendalough In 2001 Archbishop Martin was appointed to be the Holy See Permanent Observer in Geneva at the UN Office and Specialized Agencies and the World Trade Organization He has represented the Holy Sees perspective at significant UN conferences and in talks with the World Bank and IMF Archbishopabhouseorg

Angela Massey World Congress ofMuslim Philanthropists

Angela Massey is a partner of Nonprofit Empowerment Group (wwwnonprofit-empowermentcom) a full-service management and consulting company servicing not-for-profit organizations around the world She has worked as a banker at JP Morgan Chase with expertise in retail as well as commercial banking Prior to joining the banking sector she was a financial representative at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network She helps organizations align their information strategies with business strategies to optimize their financial net worth She works with the nonprofits to establish policies for endowment allocation in various programs evaluates project proposals and establishes guidelines for spending the endowment income She helps organizations build strategic partnerships to help minimize duplication of effort and maximize project output She currently works with a group of community leaders and professionals to develop financial initiative feasible for the low-income communities such as funds cooperatives and credit unions Ms Massey has a Bachelors Degree in Management and Marketing and a Masters Degree in Management and Information Systems from Northern Illinois University amasseythewcmpnet

Bright Mawudor Deputy General Secretary AllAfrica Conference ofChurches

Bright Mawudor is the Deputy General Secretary for Finance and Administration at the All Africa Conference of Churches A Ghanaian national Mr Mawudor holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Manchester and is a Chartered Accountant from London School of Accountancy and Business Studies UK Before joining the AACC Mr Mawudor worked as the Chief Accountant Financial and Administration Coordinator with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana between 1995 and 2002 He also acted as Director for Finance and Administration with the Christian Council of Ghana in the year 2000 After his accountancy training in the UK in 1994 Mr Mawudor served as a lecturer in accountancy at North Thames College in Tottenham London and later as a part time lecturer in accounting theory and practice and other business subjects at Ho Polytechnic in Ghana mawudoraacc-cetaorg

Dr Laurent Mbanda African Director Compassion International

Before serving as the African Director of Compassion International directed the Christian African Leadership Ministry for thirteen years Dr Laurent Mbanda has completed a PhD in the United States and has ministered in Burundi Kenya Congo Ivory Coast Zimbabwe and Tanzania During the Rwandan genocide Dr Mbanda followed the fighting lines ofthe Rwandan Patriotic Force delivering aid in conjunction with Compassion International He also

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served as Africa Director for a mission involved with indigenous mission groups Mbanda and his wife Chantal returned to Rwanda in late 2005 to seek ways to uplift their native country They have 3 children living in the United States Erica Eric and Eddie LMBandaafrciorg

Cardinal Theodore McCallickformer Archbishop of Washington

Cardinal McCarrick has been the Vaticans representative to the World Faiths Development Dialogue since 2002 Cardinal Theodore McCarrick served as the Archbishop of Washington DC from 2001 until 2006 he was also chancellor ofthe Catholic University of America During this tenure he led Forward in Faith a major capital campaign that greatly surpassed its goals and opened a new seminary for missionary priests He is on the Board of Catholic Relief Services and has traveled extensively supporting human rights and humanitarian causes Cardinal McCarrick has chaired numerous committees for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and was part of the 115shymember conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 Before serving as Archbishop of Washington he was the Archbishop ofNewark from 1986-2001 He holds BA and a Masters Degree in History from st Josephs Seminary (NY) as well as a second Masters degree in Social Sciences and a PhD in sociology from the Catholic University of America frankbadworg

Frank Ebo Mensah Ghana Youth for Christ

Frank Ebo Mensah is the Tema Regional Programme Officer for Ghana Youth For Christ He is also the founder of the Enchi Youth Parliament for which he is also a Projects amp Training Director He has worked with the Take Care Africa Foundation and the Ghana National Youth Coalition on Climate Change Mr Mensah is a Trained Youth Development Worker Facilitator (YRCI) and has a Diploma in Church Administration and Financial Management (AFrCHD) pushyouthyahoocouk ghanayouthmpyahoocom

Midori Miyazaki Executive Director for International Affairs to DrHaruhisa Handa

Midori Miyazaki is Executive Director for International Affairs to DrHaruhisa Handa and his various organizations including not-for-profit institutes such as the International Foundation for Arts and Culture World Support for Development and Worldmate MsMiyazaki represents Dr Handa WFDD Trustee and Chancellor of the University of Cambodia Ms Miyazaki was born in the Philippines and educated in the Philippines Australia and Japan midoriexecutiveofficejp

Dr Samuel Mwenda Africa CHA Platform SecretariatiCHAK (Kenya)

Dr Samuel Mwenda is a medical doctor also trained in health care management He is currently serving as the General Secretary ofthe Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) which is a network of 486 Church health facilities from all over Kenya He chairs the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform which is a networking platform for the Christian Health Associations from various countries of Sub-Saharan Africa Dr Mwenda also chairs the Institute for Family Medicine which has supported the development of family medicine training in Kenya He is the Secretary for the FBO partnership forum with the Ministry of Health in Kenya which has developed a partnership framework (MoU) between the faith-based health services providers and government Before joining CHAK he was the CEO for a 240-bed mission hospital in rural Kenya for six years He has much interest in promoting partnerships and is leading a health systems strengthening initiative for Church health facilities in Kenya mwendachakorke

Dr Djekadoum Ndilta Koyom Hospital Chad

Dr Djekadoum Ndilta is a medical doctor and holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University ofBenin (West Africa) He is the Executive Director of the Evangelical Hospital ofKoyom in Chad and coordinates the activities of32 churchs health centres in Chad As a board member of the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network

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(wwwepnetworgorg) Dr Ndilta manages a Christian network ofhospitals in Chad (both Catholic and Protestant) named Organisation chretienne de sante au Tchad He is also a board member of the African Indian Ocean and Caribbean hospitals network (RESHAOC wwwreshaocuniteorg) a French-speaking countries organization ndiltayahoofr

Warren Nyamugasira Managing Director African Monitor

Warren Nyamugasira is the former National Coordinator of the Uganda National NGO Forum and the Managing Director ofthe Africa Monitor Buhleafricanmonitororg

Jacqueline Moturi Ogega Director the Womens Program at the World Conference ofReligionsfor Peace

Jacqueline Moturi Ogega is a trustee of the World Faiths Development Dialogue She is the Director ofthe Womens Program at the World Conference of Religions for Peace Ms Ogega has extensive experience in gender peaceshybuilding and development programming She has worked to mobilize financial and human resources to tap on the global resource of women as agents for transformation Ms Ogega has also worked as a lecturer in Gender and Development Studies at the University of Nairobi in Kenya National Coordinator ofthe Gender and Development Program of Caritas Kenya and as a graduate teacher Prior to joining Religions for Peace-International Ms Ogega served as the African Womens Project Director at Religions for Peace in Africa where she established the African Women ofFaith Network a fundamental infrastructure for building multi-religious cooperation for action in Africa jogegawcrporg

Rt Rev Dr Hilary Okeke Nigerian Inter-religions Council (NIREC) hilaryokeke2002yahoocouk

Basilio Okello World Vision Ghana basilio _ okellowviorg

Dr Sam Orach Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau

Dr Sam Orochi Orach trained as a medical doctor and later as a Public Health specialist His current main area of interest is health policy and management He is currently the Executive Secretary for the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) which is responsible for coordination of all the medical services of the Catholic Church in Uganda Dr Orach has a particular interest in pUblic-private-partnership for health (PPPH) and has been closely linked to this process in Uganda over the last 10 years He is a member of the Health Policy Advisory Committee (HPAC) of the Ministry of Health Prior to working at the Uganda Catholic Secretariat he served in church hospitals for 18 years as a government seconded doctor (July 1983- Sept 2001) then 3 years as a district health officer (Sept 2001- Sept 2004) He has worked in the Catholic Churchs institutions for 23 years out of his 26 years in the health profession sorachucmbcoug

Rev Osei-Tutu Assemblies ofGod Ghana

Abusekah G Osuman Ahlussunna Wal-Jamer Ghana George Osi-Bimpeh Ghana

John Padwick Director ofthe Centrefor Communication Research and Reflection ofthe Organization ofAfrican Instituted Churches

John Padwick is a long-serving UK missionary of the Church Mission Society (Anglican) and has lived in Kenya since 1970 Since 1978 he has worked with African independent churches (AICs) chiefly in theological education and grassroots participatory development In 2000 he was ordained as an Apostle in the Holy Spirit Church of East Africa one ofthe Roho (Spirit) churches of western Kenya Currently he serves as Director of the Centre for Communication

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Research and Reflection at the Nairobi headquarters of the Organization of African Instituted Churches which is the continental umbrella body of the AICs His interest is in exploring the relationship between the founding visions ofthe AICs and their response to contemporary life-challenges His undergraduate studies at Oxford University (in modem history) were followed by adult education at the Institute of Education London and a PhD at the University of Birmingham on the historical development of Roho faith and ideology tjohnpadwickyahoocouk

Joy Phumaphi Vice President ofthe Human Development Network ofthe World Bank

Ms Joy Phumaphi was appointed Vice President of the Human Development Network of the World Bank in February 2007 A Botswana national from 1994 to 2003 she was elected into parliament and also served as the founding Treasurer of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum Ms Phumaphi subsequently served as Minister for Health where she restructured the ministry to make it more focused on results while overseeing revision and passing of new health legislation In 2003 she joined the World Health Organization as the Assistant DirectorshyGeneral for Family and Community Health where she oversaw WHOs Global Maternal Child Adolescent and Reproductive health programs as well as the Aging and Gender programs She has served as a member of the UN Reference Group on Economics UN Commissioner on HIV AIDS and Governance and member ofthe UNDP advisory board for Africa She currently sits on various Boards including The Global Health Council and Advisory Boards oftwo major Foundations jphumaphiworldbankorg

Dr Carole Rakodi Professor University ofBirmingham

Dr Carole Rakodi is Professor of International Urban Development in the International Development Department School ofPublic Policy at the University of Birmingham She directs the Religion and Development Program supported by the UK Department for International Development (DflD) She is a geographer and town planner with professional experience in Zambia and Kenya Her main research interests are in urban planning and management land and housing markets and policy and urban poverty She has carried out research in Zambia Zimbabwe Kenya Ghana and India and published numerous papers and books CRakodibhamacuk

Rabbi David Saperstein Director ofthe Religious Action Center ofReform Judaism

Rabbi David Saperstein is a founding trustee of the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) He has been the director and chief legal counsel at the Union for Reform Judaisms Religious Action Center for over thirty years He serves on the boards of the NAACP and People for the American Way and co-chairs the Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty He was elected as the first chair ofthe US Commission on International Religious Freedom Rabbi Saperstein has written several books and teaches classes at the Georgetown University Law School on FirstshyAmendment Church-State Law and on Jewish Law He currently co-chairs the Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty comprised of over 50 national religious denominations and educational organizations dsapersteinracorg

Dr Anthony Seddoh Manager Southern Constituencies Team at the Global Fund

Dr Anthony Seddoh is Manager of the Southern Constituencies Team at The Global Fund to Fight Aids TB and Malaria Previously he was WHO Mrica Region Adviser for Strategy Social Policy and Health with responsibilities for policy development to support attainment of the MDGs He was also the focal person for the implementation of the International Health Partnership and its allied programs (IHP+) for the initiative in the Mrica region and was instrumental in developing strategies for strengthening WHO Country presence Dr Seddoh holds a doctorate degree (PhD) in Management Science specializing in health policy Master of Business Administration and Master ofLaw He also has several publications in various scientific journals to his credit Before joining the international health arena he was the Head of Policy and Strategy Unit in the Ministry ofHealth and the Ghana Health Service and a key member of the Architects of the Ghana Health Sector Reforms

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Reverend Zwanini Shabalala Church Forum Swaziland

Rev Zwanini Shabalala is the National Director and founding member of the Church Forum on HIV and AIDS in Swaziland This is an organisation that coordinates the churches response to HIV and AIDS in Swaziland bringing together three ecumenical bodies and non-affiliated churches Rev Shabalala is a priest in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (since 1994) Before joining the Church Forum Rev Shabalala worked as an Ecumenical Co-Worker in Lutherstift under the Church of Hannover Germany (2001-2006) -teaching and pastoring He is a member of the Swaziland CCM and the chairperson of Concerned Church Leaders a group of church leaders advocating for political dialogue in Swaziland He is currently facilitating the formation of a Christian Network and an Inter-Faith Network on Population and Development Issues in Swaziland swazichurchforumswazinet

Karen Sichinga Public Health Specialist Churches Health Association ofZambia

Karen Sichinga leads the Churches Health Association of Zambia which with PEPF AR and Global Fund support has provided care and support for over 200000 people in Zambia living with HIV I AIDS (out of that number 19000 have been put on ART treatment) and sent 50000 orphans to school The organization provides general health care as well and is also engaged in the fight against malaria tuberculosis and other diseases The Churches Health Association in Zambia is the second largest healthcare provider in the country operating 140 hospitals and health centers (both Protestant and Catholic) and delivering a full thirty percent of all health service delivery Mrs Sichinga holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing from the University ofAlberta (Canada) and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Leeds (England) Mrs Sichinga is also Chair of the Board ofthe Zambia National AIDS Network and a board member of the General Nursing Council of Zambia sichalikyahoocom

Sally Smith Partnerships Advisor UNAIDS

Sally Smith is a Partnership Adviser in the Civil Society partnerships team (CSP) based in Geneva She is responsible for UNAIDS liaison with faith based groups and religions She has experience working with NGOs and FBOs engaged in the AIDS response including Buddhist Christian Hindu and Islamic groups She has worked for UNAIDS for five years in the Civil Society Partnership unit and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS She is also engaged in providing support to civil society around a number of thematic areas including support to strengthen civil society capacity to engage in monitoring and evaluation and governance processes on AIDS social protection care and support and the Joint Leaming Initiative on Children and AIDS Actively engaged with faith-based communities for many years Sally moved to Geneva at the end of 1999 following 16 years working in Nepal for the United Mission to Nepal (UMN) in primary health care community health and development She is married to Ian and they have two children SmithSunaidsorg

Ingrid Srinath Secretary General ofCIVICUS

Ingrid Srinath is Secretary General of CIVICUS an international alliance of civil society organizations Before she came to CIVICUS Ms Srinath was the Chief Executive of Child Rights and You (CRY) based in Mumbai India CRY is an Indian trust started and managed by Indians in 1979 Its mission is to enable people to take responsibility for the situation of the deprived Indian child and motivate them to confront the situation through collective action thereby giving the child and themselves an opportunity for full potential Ms Srinath has worked extensively within the private sector as a manager and vice president for a number ofcorporations based in India She holds a BA from Elphinstone College in Mumbai and a PGDM from International Institute of Management Calcutta ingridsrinathcivicusorg

Ankit Srivastava Director General ofthe Councilfor Inter-Religious Cooperation

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Ankit Srivastava is the Director General ofthe Council for Inter-Religious Cooperation The Council is a member NGO of the International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies where Mr Srivastava is also a Vice-President for International Operations He represents the organization in the United Nations (Geneva and New York) and the European Parliament He has successfully organized several closed meetings between senior religious leaders and has participated as a keynote speaker in International Conferences on Religious Security Terrorism and Human Rights He was honoured by the Members of the European Parliament in organizing several successful conferences between religious leaders and government officials in negotiating terms CIRC currently operates offices in Switzerland India Belgium and Canada CIRCs main objective is to engage grass root religious groups ankitsiinsorg

Rt Rev Samuel Balagadde Ssekkaddeformer Diocesan Bishop ofthe Anglican Diocese ofNamirembe

The Rt Rev Samuel Balagadde Ssekkadde was the Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Namirembe (Uganda) from 1994 to 2009 Bishop Samuel has a Diploma in Theology a Bachelors Degree in Social Work amp Social Administration and a Masters in Development Administration Before being consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of Namirembe (The Mother Diocese of all Anglican Dioceses in Uganda Rwanda Burundi and Boga-DRC) Bishop Samuel worked as a Youth Worker Parish Priest and Principal at the Uganda Martyrs Seminary Namugongo Since 2005 he has served as Patron of the Friends of Canon Gideon Foundation (FOCAGIFO) a faith-based NGO that seeks to lessen the vulnerabilities of communities and individuals to HIV I AIDS Upon his retirement from the Bishopric in Namirembe Diocese in January 2009 Bishop Samuel became the Principal of the Hope Institute for Transformational Leadership and Development that educates and trains orphans and vulnerable children to become AIDS competent and spiritually empowered gideon byamugishayahoocouk

Lt Colonel Daniel Starrett Executive Director ofthe Salvation Army World Service Office

Lt Colonel Daniel Starrett is the Executive Director of the Salvation Army World Service Office He was a Salvation Army church pastor for 16 years Following that he was involved in the Salvation Armys drug and alcohol programming and managed all Salvation Army thrift stores in the Western US As of2009 he has been an officer in the Salvation Army for 36 years dan _ starrettusnsalvationarmyorg

Serigne Mansour Sy Federation ofIslamic Associations ofSenegal WCRP

Serigne Sy is Khalife of Seydi Jamil in Fass - Dakar In this capacity he is the leader of one of the major religious organization in Senegal the Union of the Dahiras Tidianes of Senegal as well as the President of Seydi Jamil Foundation Serigne Sy is also the President of the Federation of Islamic Associations of Senegal a member of the Executive Committee African Council of Religious Leaders Co-president of the World Council for Religions for Peace based in New York and a member of the Steering Committee of the UN Decade of interreligious and intercultural dialogue During his twenty-six years at the Islamic Development Bank (IDB1981-2007) Serigne Sy helped coordinate meetings with international organizations including UNDP UNESCO FAO ECOWAS and UNIDO He also served as the Deputy Director of the Technical Cooperation Office at IDB manjamil47yahoofr

Elias SzcZJntnicki Director ofthe Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office and General Secretary ofthe Latin American and Caribbean Council ofReligious Leaders ofthe World Conference ofReligionsfor Peace

Elias Szczytnicki has been the Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office and General Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Council ofReligious Leaders (LACCRL) of the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) since 2004 He serves as Secretary of the Interfaith Committee of Peru a national inter-religious council that includes representatives of the Christian Jewish and Muslim religious communities established in Peru for inter-religious understanding dialogue and cooperation Mr Szczytnicki was a member of the Human Relations

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Committee ofthe Jewish Association of Peru (AJP) and a lecturer in Judaism at the Center of Oriental Studies ofthe Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) He holds a bachelors degree in Latin American history from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru He is also a Nahum Goldmann Fellow eliassreligionesporlapazorg

Dr Kodjo Tsogbe APROMESTO (Association ofProtestant Churches ofTogo in the Area ofHealth) Dr Kodjo Tsogbe has been the General Secretary ofAPROMESTO since Feb 2007 Prior to that Dr Tsogbe was the Deputy General Secretary of APROMESTO Prior to APROMESTO Dr Tsogbe was the former Director ofPIDC an integrated development project run by the Episcopal Church of Togo that combines health agriculture and womens rights He is a former physician at Bethiesda Hospital which belongs to the Episcopal Church of Togo and is located in a rural area Dr Tsogbe is a former board member ofthe Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) and holds a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Oklahoma He also has a a post-graduate diploma in tropical medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp and a certificate in primary healthcare

Ruth Turner ChiefExecutive ofthe Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Ruth Turner was appointed the ChiefExecutive of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in 2008 She served as an aide to then-Prime Minister Blair during his tenure She became a National Executive Committee member for the Labour Party in 2000 and served as Head of Government Relations starting in 2005 Ms Turner has BA in English and history from the University of Salford Ruth Turnertonyblairfaithfoundationorg

Brady Walkinshow Gates Foundation

Brady Walkinshaw is a policy analyst working on agriculture at the Gates Foundation in Seattle He worked for the World Bank as a Junior Professional Associate in the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics office in the Human Development Network of the World Bank Group before transitioning to his current position A 2006 graduate ofPrinceton University Brady Walkinshaw is on the US Board of Directors ofProyecto Villa Nueva which is based in Honduras He is a Young Alumni Trustee at Princeton University Brady Walkinshawgatesfoundationorg

Laura Webster Head ofPolicy Tearfund International

Laura Webster is the Head of Policy at Tearfund International and previously served as Senior Public Policy Advisor for Water and Sanitation at the organization Laura Webstertearfundorg

Quentin Wodon Adviser and Program Manager Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics World Bank

After completing engineering and business studies Quentin Wodon worked first as Laureate ofBelgian Secretary of Trade Prize in Thailand and then as an Assistant Brand Manager with Procter and Gamble In 1988 he decided to shift careers and for five years joined the International Movement A TD Fourth World a non-confessional grassroots and advocacy NGO working with the extreme poor He then completed his PhD in Economics at American University and taught at the University ofNamur He joined the World Bank in 1998 first as an Economist and Senior Economist in Latin America and more recently as the Lead Poverty Specialist for West and Central Africa Since November 2008 he had headed the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics the unit at the World Bank in charge of work on faith ethics and development qwodonworldbankorg

Operational team

Amie Batson World Bank Assistant to Graeme Wheeler

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Amie Batson joined the Bank in 1998 as a Senior Health Specialist in the Human Development Network having previously worked for 8 years at WHO and UNICEF She has extensive experience working in the health sector particularly immunization and vaccines throughout her career at WHO UNICEF and the Bank She led HNPs work on innovative financing for health designing IDA buy-downs co-leading on Advance Market Commitments for vaccines and most recently leading the work on results-based financing for health abatsonworldbankorg

Thomas Bohnett Program Coordinator World Faiths Development Dialogue

Thomas Bohnett is the Program Coordinator for the World Faiths Development Dialogue He graduated from the Princeton University in 2007 and was a 2007-2008 Princeton-in-Africa Fellow with the International Rescue Committee in Uganda Thomasbohnettgmailcom

Christopher Lumry WFDD Intern

Chris Lumry is a research intern for the World Faiths Development Dialogue He is in the process of completing his BA in public policy at Princeton University and previously interned with Agros International a small faith-based organization that seeks to bring sustainable and transformational development through land loans in Central America clumryprincetonedu

Ashkan Niknia World Bank Information Technology Web Producer

Ashkan Niknia has worked at the World Bank for over 11 years in a wide variety of roles involved in developing new approaches to use of technology and E-Iearning Born in Tehran he did his studies at George Mason University in Virginia anikniaworldbankorg

Sukanya Venkataraman World Bank

Sukanya Venkataraman works with the Development Dialogue on Value and Ethics Unit of the World Bank She hopes to help further the agenda ofthe unit under the leadership of Mr Quentin Wodon and guidance ofMs Katherine Marshall of the World Faiths Development Dialogue svenkataramanworldbankorg

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