InterAction Announces the Appointment of Eight New Board Members

May 2, 2007

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InterAction, the largest coalition of U.S.-based nongovernmental organizations engaged in international relief and development, added eight new members to its board of directors during the board’s April 18 meeting. The 29-member board consists of leadership within the relief and development community. The following individuals were approved for membership on the InterAction board of directors:

Anne Goddard
President, Christian Children’s Fund

Khalil Jassemm
CEO, Life for Relief and Development

Elizabeth Latham
Executive Director, U.S. Committee for UNDP

Robert Radtke
President, Episcopal Relief and Development

Zainab Salbi
CEO, Women for Women International

Ron Sconyers
CEO, Physicians for Peace

Kathy Spahn
President and CEO, Helen Keller International

Tsehaye Teferra
President, Ethiopian Community Development Council

The new members replace outgoing board members Geeta Rao Gupta of the International Center for Research on Women; Lavinia Limon of the U.S.Committee for Refugees and Immigrants; Ruth Messinger of American Jewish World Service; Sarah Newhall of PACT; Ray Offenheiser of Oxfam America; Bill Reese of the International Youth Foundation; Leonard Rubenstein of Physicians for Human Rights; and the late John Schultz of Christian Children’s Fund, who sadly passed away after a long illness.

View a complete list of board members

InterAction Welcomes New Member Organizations