NCD Alliance announces candidates for 2023-2025 President-Elect and Board of Directors ahead of General Assembly
24th April 2023
The NCD Alliance (NCDA) has announced the shortlisted candidates for the upcoming election of the President-Elect and Board of Directors for the term 2023-2025. The announcement was made ahead of NCDA’s virtual General Assembly meeting, which is scheduled for 17 May 2023.
NCD Alliance’s General Assembly (GA) convenes every two years and is the supreme governing body of the NCDA, providing members with a unique opportunity to shape NCDA’s leadership and strategic direction for the coming years.
The meeting is attended by Full and Founding members who have voting rights, and Associate members who attend as observers.
In 2023, the General Assembly meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday 17May 2023 (the week prior to the 76th session of the World Health Assembly), where the NCDA President-Elect and Board of Directors for the term 2023-2025 will be elected by our membership.
Members will also receive updates and provide input into NCDA’s work. The meeting agenda will include a business performance overview, a review of the past two years since the last General Assembly, and insight into the future strategy and ambitions of NCDA for 2021-2026.
Explore the candidates for the 2023-2025 President-Elect and Board of Directors
Biographies of all candidates and a statement of their motivation and relevance of their candidacy to help inform NCDA members’ decisions in the election process are included in the Candidate Profile Book and on the General Assembly section of NCDA’s website.
Each candidate has also produced a short video explaining their motivations to be on the NCD Alliance Board of Directors, which can be viewed on each candidates profile page.
View the 2023-2025 candidates!
Candidates for NCDA President-Elect (alphabetical order by surname):
- Leslie Rae Ferat, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Tobacco Control (GATC), Canada.
- Kaushik Ramaiya, Honorable Secretary and CEO, Tanzania NCD Alliance (TANCDA), Tanzania.
Candidates for NCDA Board (alphabetical order by surname):
- Sawsan A.S. Al Madhi, Advocacy Advisor, Eastern Mediterranean NCD Alliance, United Arab Emirates.
- Batool Ahmad Al-Wahdani, Board Member, The International Youth Health Organization, Jordan.
- Jennifer Bae, Executive Director of Global Innovation, American College of Cardiology, USA.
- Beatriz Champagne, Executive Director, Coalición Latinoamérica Saludable (CLAS), Argentina.
- Marie Hauerslev, Past-Chair, NCD Child, Denmark.
- Ishu Kataria, Senior Public Health Researcher, Center for Global NCDs, RTI International, India.
- Pamela Naidoo, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, South Africa.
- Eva Njenga, Founder Director, NCD Alliance Kenya (NCDAK), Kenya.
- Bo Norrving, Senior Professor in Neurology, Lund University and Past President, World Stroke Organization, Sweden.
- Leslie Rae Ferat, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Tobacco Control (GATC), Canada.
- Kaushik Ramaiya, Honorable Secretary and CEO, Tanzania NCD Alliance (TANCDA), Tanzania.
- Pubudu Sumanasekerara, Executive Director and President, NCD Alliance Lanka, Sri Lanka.
- Laura Tucker Longsworth, Founder and President, Belize Cancer Society, Belize.
An FAQ provides more background and details on NCDA’s General Assembly and overall nominations and shortlisting process. The provisional agenda for the General Assembly meeting is available here.
