Board of Directors
Contact: ohrm_globe@un.org
President
Jennifer Rumbach
pronouns: she/they
Jenn has worked with the UN for 16 years, supporting refugees and migrants in field and headquarters duty stations in West Africa, South Asia, MENA, Europe and the Americas. As President, Jenn is committed to raising awareness about the critical issues facing LGBTIQ+ personnel and broadening engagement with UN-GLOBE across the UN system and its peacekeeping operations.
Vice-Presidents
Anna Giudice
pronouns: she/they
Anna is a passionate human rights activist and lawyer. As Vice-President, she will continue advancing equity, inclusion, and non-discrimination for all members of the LGBTIQ+ community within the UN system while focusing on creating space for intersectional identities.
Aleksander Steinvoll
Secretary
Gabriel (Gabe) Schirvar
pronouns: they/them
Gabe has worked on international LGBTIQ+ considerations for the past 8.5 years, primarily focusing on the specific needs and challenges of transgender and intersex people. They are excited to work with the Board, Coordinators and Members to create positive change for LGBTIQ+ people across the UN System.
Treasurer
Gabe Galaxy
Gabe is deeply aware of the importance of our intersectional identities and wants to ensure that the diversity of the LGBTQI community is represented in the work that we do.
Officers-at-Large
Sophie Browne
Sophie has long worked to advance gender justice causes, most recently in UN Women’s Policy and Programme Divisions for the past 5.5 years. As a board member, she aims to extend these efforts especially by enhancing the visibility of the most underrepresented members of our community in the UN system.
Brendan Paul Carchidi
Brendan is a peacebuilding practitioner and gender researcher. As a Board Member, he aims to ensure the inclusion and equity of LGBTIQ+ communities is institutionalized within the UN system.
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Duty Station Coordinators
Austria
Gerhard Tripp [Vienna]
gerhard.tripp@un.org
Sarty Nghixulifwa (Mona) [Vienna]
s.n.nghixulifwa@iaea.org
Central African Republic
Bibi Eng [Bangui]
eng@un.org
Francisco B. González Centeno [Bangui]
francisco.berardo@icc-cpi.int
Costa Rica
Farlen Blanco [San José]
fablanco@iom.int
Rafaella Sánchez-Mora [San José]
Rafaella.sanchez@undp.org
DRC
Alexi Zervos
zervos@un.org
Fiji and the South Pacific
Sean Casey [Suva]
scasey@who.int
France
(contact us for details)
Greece
Dimitrios Stathis [Athens]
distathis@iom.int
Yannis Baveas [Athens]
ibaveas@iom.int
Hungary
Alex Bonilla [Budapest]
bonilla@unhcr.org
Stefanie Dannemann Purnat [Budapest]
danneman@unhcr.org
Italy
Anthony Priolo [Rome, Italy] - interim
anthony.priolo@wfp.org
Kenya
Kilian Christ [Nairobi]
kilian.christ@un.org
Switzerland
Matthew Cecchetto [Geneva]
mcecchetto@iom.int
Thailand
Punnathon Chaiprasert [Bangkok]
pchaiprasert@iom.int
Nirut Bannob [Bangkok]
nbannob@iom.int
Camila Santander Sanjines [Bangkok]
camila.santandersanj@unwomen.org
Fanny Arendt [Bangkok]
fanny.arendt@unwomen.org
Türkiye
Kemal Ordek [Ankara]
ordek@unfpa.org
Sezen Yalçın [Gaziantep]
syalcin@unicef.org
Kerem Renda [Istanbul]
renda@unfpa.org
United States — New York
Brendan Carchidi
brendan.carchici@un.org
Gabe Galaxy
galaxy@un.org
United States — Washington, DC
Zaak Garrett
zgarrett@iom.int
John Goodrick
jgoodrick@iom.int
Victoria Powell
vpowell@iom.int
Frank Zavala
fzavala@iom.int
Zambia
(contact us for details)
Entity Coordinators
DPPA-DPO
Kieran Iris Ayvin [New York City, USA]
kieran.ayvin@un.org
Ana Marcela Cerdas Jimenez [New York City, USA]
ana.cerdasjimenez@un.org
FAO
Charles Plummer [Rome, Italy]
charles.plummer@fao.org
IAEA
Sarty Nghixulifwa (Mona) [Vienna, Austria]
s.n.nghixulifwa@iaea.org
IFAD
Steven Jonckheere [Rome, Italy]
s.jonckheere@ifad.org
ILO
Adam Adrien-Kirby [Geneva, Switzerland]
unglobe@ilo.org
Amélie Duval [Geneva, Switzerland]
unglobe@ilo.org
IOM
Matthew Cecchetto [Geneva, Switzerland]
mcecchetto@iom.int
IRMCT
Crispian Smith [The Hague, Netherlands]
smith48@un.org
OHCHR
Samiha Sahel [Geneva, Switzerland]
samiha.muma@un.org
Octavio Rodriguez Lara [Geneva, Switzerland]
octavio.lara@un.org
UNAIDS
Charlotte Sector [Geneva, Switzerland]
sectorc@unaids.org
UNCTAD
Arnau Izaguerri Vila [Geneva, Switzerland]
arnau.izaguerri@unctad.org
Graham Mott [Geneva, Switzerland]
graham.mott@unctad.org
UNDP
Vladi Dominguez [New York City, USA]
vladimir.dominguez@undp.org
UNEP
Vivek Shah [Nairobi, Kenya]
vivek.shah@un.org
Ludgarde Coppens [Nairobi, Kenya]
ludgarde.coppens@un.org
UNESCO
Bruno Zanobia [Interim - Paris, France]
b.zanobia@unesco.org
Donatella Ilario [Interim - Paris, France]
d.ilario@unesco.org
UNFPA
Sakarias Eriksson [Dakar, Senegal]
sakariaseriksson@unfpa.org
UNHCR
Alex Bonilla [Budapest, Hungary]
bonilla@unhcr.org
Stefanie Dannemann Purnat [Budapest, Hungary]
danneman@unhcr.org
UNICC
Boris Gomez Rodriguez [Madrid, Spain]
rodriguez@unicc.org
UNICEF
un-globe@unicef.org
UNIDO
Daniele Serra [Vienna,Austria]
d.serra@unido.org
UNOCHA
Balqis Abdullah Qudeimat [Amman, Jordan]
qudeimat@un.org
Joseph Rizkallah [Beirut, Lebanon]
joseph.rizkallah@un.org
Miguel Angel Hernandez Rivera [The Hague, Netherlands]
hernandezrivera@un.org
UNODC
Anna Giudice [Vienna, Austria]
anna.giudice@un.org
Gerhard Tripp [Vienna, Austria]
gerhard.tripp@un.org
UNOG
Luis Sarabia Utrilla [Geneva, Switzerland]
luis.sarabia-utrilla@un.org
UNOOSA
Andrew Peebles [Vienna, Austria]
andrew.peebles@un.org
UN-Habitat
Jesus Salcedo Villanueva [Nairobi, Kenya]
jesus.salcedo@un.org
Mariana Lessa Voita [Nairobi, Kenya]
mariana.voita@un.org
UN Women
Loui Williams [New York City, USA]
loui.williams@unwomen.org
WFP
Anthony Priolo [Rome, Italy]
anthony.priolo@wfp.org
WHO
Evelyn Boy-Mena [Geneva, Switzerland]
boymenae@who.int
Sean Casey [Suva, Fiji]
scasey@who.int
Roy Vinci Wadia [Copenhagen, Denmark]
rwadia@who.int
WHO - PAHO
Rodolfo Calderon [Washington D.C., USA]
calderonr@paho.org
WIPO
Colm Caffrey [Geneva, Switzerland]
colm.caffrey@wipo.int
WMO
Jochen Luther [Geneva, Switzerland]
jluther@wmo.int