The GEF Steering Committee is responsible for the overall planning and monitoring of the group’s activities as well as for leading the development of the programme for the GEF. Steering Committee members represent a broad selection of donors active in the GEF region, and its membership is open to both international and indigenous grantmakers active in the CEE and NIS. Steering Committee members provide financial support to the Forum and assist in fundraising efforts for the event. A usual term is 3 years.

Chair

Rockefeller Brothers Fund - Haki Abazi, Program Director, Western Balkans

Vice Chairs

Dmitry Zimin Dynasty Foundation - Anna Piotrovskaya, Executive Director

ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius - Sascha Suhrke, Project Director

Treasurer

Microsoft, Central & Eastern Europe - Melissa Pailthorp, Senior Manager Community Affairs - Central & Eastern Europe

Members

Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation - Mark Cunningham, Senior Program Officer

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation - Ross Maclaren, Program Officer

ERSTE Stiftung - Robin Gosejohann, Project Manager Europe

Eurasia Partnership Foundation - Georgia - Ketevan Vashakidze, Country Director

MOZAIK - Community Development Foundation - Vesna Bajsanski, Executive Director

Robert Bosch Stiftung - Markus Lux, Program Director,International Understanding,Central and Southeastern Europe, CIS, China

Stefan Batory Foundation - Sylwia Sobiepan, East-East Programme Coordinator

If you are interested in joining the GEF Steering Committee please contact the GEF Secretariat