Governance
Participants at the ACT Alliance Assembly in Arusha elected the first ACT Alliance Governing Board:
Moderator and Vice-Moderator
The Moderator is Rev. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, of Germany, and the Vice-Moderator is Bishop Francisco de Assis da Silva, of Brazil.
Global Bodies
Hielke Wolters (World Council of Churches, Switzerland)
Eberhard Hitzler (Lutheran World Federation, Switzerland)
Africa
Rose Kumwenda-Ng’oma (Christian Health Association of Malawi)
Susie Ibutu (National Council of Churches of Kenya)
Masimango Katanda (Ecumenical Office for Support to Development (BOAD),
Democratic Republic of Congo)
Asia
Arshinta (YAKKUM, Indonesia)
Monijinjir Byapari (Church of North India - Synodical Board of Social Services, North India)
Qiu Zhonghui (Amity Foundation, China)
Western Europe
Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel (Bread for the World, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe Germany)
Henrik Stubkjaer (DanChurchAid, Denmark)
Paul Valentin (Christian Aid, UK and Ireland)
Middle East
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Meso America, South America and the Caribbean
Francisco De Assis da Silva (Koinonia, Brazil)
Lorenzo Mota King (Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas, Dominican Republic)
Victoria Cortez (Iglesia Luterana de Nicaragua)
North America
Elsa Tesfay (Primates World Relief and Development Fund, Canada)
Donna Derr (Church World Service USA)
Eastern and Central Europe
Dragan Makojevic (Philanthropy Charitable Fund of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbia)
Pacific Nations, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
Peter Schirmer (Australian Lutheran World Service, Australia)
Four others for balance and professional expertise
Sushant Agrawal (CASA, India)
Liv Hukset Wang (Norwegian Church Aid)
Suzanne Matale (Christian Council of Zambia)
Dean Triantafilou (International Orthodox Christian Charities, USA)
The new Membership and Nominations Committee elected by the assembly is:
Shailendra Awale (CNI/SBSS, India)
Cibele Kuss (CESE, Brazil)
Lita Johnson (ELCA, USA)
Eliud Njeru (ACK, Kenya
Atle Sommerfeldt (NCA, Norway)
The new Executive Committee, elected in April 2011, consists of:
Sibongile Baker (Lutheran Development Service, Zimbabwe)
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria (Lutheran World Federation, Switzerland)
Monijinjir Byapari (Church of North India - Synodical Board of Social Services, North India)
Francisco De Assis da Silva (Koinonia, Brazil)
Donna Derr (Church World Service USA)
Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel (Bread for the World, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe Germany)
Susie Ibutu (National Council of Churches of Kenya)
Humberto Shikiya (Central Regional Ecumenical Service, Argentina)
Paul Valentin (Christian Aid, UK and Ireland)
Hielke Wolters (World Council of Churches, Switzerland)
An Orthodox seat and two other seats (total number of seats is 13) still need to be filled.
