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

Adriana Allen
President 2019- 2023

Lorena Zárate
2011 - 2019

Davinder Lamba
2007 – 2011

Enrique Ortiz
2003 – 2007

Kirtee Shah
1999 – 2003

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
HIC Wisdom Keepers

Enrique Ortiz
Mexico

Davinder Lamba
Kenya

Diana Lee
Kenya

Barry Pinsky
Canada

Tabitha Siwale
Tanzania

Eike Schütz
Germany

Ana Sugranyes
Chile
HIC Board Members

Adriana Allen
Habitat International Coalition
(Global)
President

Alexandre Frediani
The International Institute for
Environment and Development
(United Kingdom)
HIC Board
Representative of Europe

Ana Pastor
Civil Association
Madre Tierra (Argentine)
HIC Board
Representative
of Latin America

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

Ana Falú
HIC Board
Representative of Women’s
and/or Feminist Movements

Rana Ghanem
Social Democratic Forum, Yemen
HIC Board Representative
Middle East/North Africa
HIC Board Alternates

Ramiro García
Centro de Estudios y Promoción
del Desarrollo – DESCO (Peru)
Latin America

Maartje van Eerd

Khalid Khawaldeh
Dana and Qadisiyah
Local Community Cooperative,
Jordan
Middle East/North Africa
HIC Reference Centers Staff

Davinder Lamba
HIC – Africa Focal Point Nairobi

Yves Joël Zoffoun
Africa Focal Point Cotonou

Ahmed Mansour
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Joseph Schechla
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Ahmed Mansour
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Yasser Abdel Qader
HIC-HLRN Cairo

Heather EL Aydi
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

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

Yolande Hendler
HIC Secretary General
Cape Town

Marie Pompei
Membership Coordinator
Santiago de Chile

Irene Fuertes
Communications Coordinator
Barcelona

Desmond Chieshe
Africa Regional Coordinator
Abuja

Diana Angela Wambui Wachira
Learning Officer
Nairobi

Nazla Davids
Finance Consultant (RTFS)
Cape Town

Isabel Pascual
