Board of Directors
Harm Reduction International is the trading name of the International Harm Reduction Association. It is governed by a 12 person Board of Directors, elected for three-year terms of office by our membership at our Annual General Meetings.
Tasnim Azim (Bangladesh) - Vice Chair
Tasnim Azim heads the HIV/AIDS Programme at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Read more
Jamie Bridge (UK)
Jamie Bridge is a Technical Officer for Scientific Communications at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Read more
Dr Marcus Day (St Lucia) - Vice Chair
Marcus Day is the Director of the Caribbean Drug Abuse Research Institute, and the founder and co-ordinator of the Caribbean Harm Reduction Coalition based in Castries, Saint Lucia. Read more
Stéphane Ibanez-de-Benito (Spain)
Stéphane Ibanez-de-Benito works as an Expert in Drug Dependency, Treatment and Rehabilitation for the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime Regional Office for Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more
John-Peter Kools (Netherlands) - Chair
John-Peter Kools of the Netherlands has been working in the field of drug use, harm reduction and HIV prevention since 1983. Read more
Dr Lisa Norman (Puerto Rico)
Lisa Norman is a behavioral scientist with the AIDS Research Program at the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. Read more
Dr Emran Razaghi (Iran)
Dr Emran Razaghi is the Director of the Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Read more
Anya Sarang (Russia)
Anya Sarang is President of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice in Moscow, Russia. Read more
Dr Mukta Sharma (India)
Dr Mukta Sharma is a harm reduction researcher and programmer from India. Read more
Bill Stronach (Australia) - Treasurer and Secretary
Bill Stronach is the retired Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Drug Foundation. Read more
Suksma Ratri (Indonesia)
Suksma Ratri is Executive Director of the HDI Foundation in Indonesia. Read more
