People
The GFC Board

Chair
Anna Kirilienko
BIOM, Kyrgyzstan
annakir7@gmail.com

Vice-chairperson
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
IPACC/AFPAT, Chad
hindououmar@gmail.com

Treasurer
Wolfgang Kuhlmann
ARA, Germany
wolfgang.kuhlmann@araonline.de

Secretary
Dil Raj Khanal
FECOFUN, Nepal
dilcommon@gmail.com

Member
Aydah Vahia Akao
The Network of Indigenous Peoples in the Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
aydah.g.vahia@gmail.com

Member
Johanna Molina
Colectivo VientoSur, Chile
jobymolina@gmail.com
The GFC Team

Executive Director
Simone Lovera, Paraguay
simone@globalforestcoalition.org

Vice-director and gender program coordinator
Jeanette Sequeira, The Netherlands
jeanette.sequeira@globalforestcoalition.org

Livestock campaign coordinator
Isis Karinna Alvarez Ortiz, Colombia
isis.alvarez@globalforestcoalition.org

Climate campaign coordinator and social media
Coraina de la Plaza, Greece
coraina.delaplaza@globalforestcoalition.org
Regional Focal Points

Central Asia and Eastern Europe, ETI campaign coordinator, and membership coordinator
Andrey Laletin, Russia
laletin3@gmail.com

Africa
Kwami Kpondzo
kwadodzi@yahoo.fr
Africa Subregional Focal Points
North Africa: Youssef Sfairi (Morocco)
Southern Africa: Robert Owen (South Africa)
West Africa: Salome Gougloe Gofan (Liberia)
Eastern Africa: Edna Kaptoyo (Kenya)
Central Africa: Nicolas Mukumo Mushumba (DRC)

Europe and North America
Almuth Ernsting
almuth.ernsting@globalforestcoalition.org

Latin America
Ines Franceschelli
ineselisafranceschelli@gmail.com

Asia
Hemantha Withanage
hemantha@ejustice.lk
Policy advisors and communications

Interim Media Coordinator and Spanish translator
Megan Morrissey
megan@globalforestcoalition.org

Gender Expert and Women2030 Program Assistant
Dr. Juana Vera Delgado, The Netherlands
juanaveradelgado@globalforestcoalition.org

Climate Campaigner and Advisor
Souparna Lahiri, India
souparna.lahiri@gmail.com

Publications Coordinator, and Plantations Campaigner
Oliver Munnion, Portugal
oli@globalforestcoalition.org

Unsustainable livestock production campaign assistant
Astrid Milena Bernal Rubio, Colombia

Website designer and IT advisor
Jake McMurchie, United Kingdom
jake@globalforestcoalition.org

French translator
Danae Serinet Barrera
danae.serinet.barrera@gmail.com
Contact
Southern office
simone@globalforestcoalition.org
Simone Lovera
C.C. 13241, CP1749 Asuncion, Paraguay
Tél: + 595-21-663654 fax: + 595-21-621080
Northern office
gfc@globalforestcoalition.org
Global Forest Coalition
Minahassastraat 1 K104
1094 RS Amsterdam
The Netherlands