This year (2023) the EDSA Annual General Assembly (AGA) could be hold as a face-to-face meeting again, after three years of online meetings due to the pandemic. 37 delegates representing 25 different DS Associations from 21 European countries met from 27–29 October in Madrid.
The last EDSA Board was elected 2020 and was in office until this year 2023. During the AGA in Madrid the election for the new Board was held. EDSA members could nominate candidates beforehand. The current elected Board will stay in office until 2026.
EDSA’s Board members are currently:
President
Dinka Vukovic, Zagreb, Croatia
Croatian Down Syndrome Association (CDSA)
Family
Vice President
José Guitiérrez Caballero, Madrid, Spain
Down España
Professional
Vice President
Fulya Ekmen, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish Down Sendromu Dernegi (TDSD)
Family
Treasurer
Isidro Moyano Barea, Prague, Czech Republic
DownSyndrom CZ
Family
General Secretary
Monika Mazegger, Austria
Down Syndrom Österreich (DSÖ)
Family
Board Member
Maida Agic, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Zivot sa Down Sy
Family
Board Member
Carol Boys, London, United Kingdom
Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA)
Family
Board Member
Michaela Hilgner, Nürnberg, Germany
Deutsches Down Syndrom InfoCenter
Professional
Board Member
Nathanaël Raballand, Vendée, France
Fédération Trisomie 21 France
Family
Board Member
Jillian Reichenbach Ott, Antenne Vaud, Switzerland
Association Romande Trisomie 21 (ART21)
Family
Board Member
Joeanna Xerri, Malta,
Down Syndrome Association, Malta
Family
Senior Board Observers
Frank Buckley, Cumbria, UK
Down Syndrome Education International (DSE International)
Family
Pat Clarke, Drogheda, Ireland
Down Syndrome Ireland
Family
Cora Halder, Nürnberg, Germany
Deutsches Down-Syndrom InfoCenter
Family
Jacquelin London, Paris, France
Association Française pour la Recherche sur la Trisomie 21 (AFRT)
Tania Mykhailenko, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Charitable Organization Down Syndrome
Family
Junior Board Observers
Valerija Buzan, Ljubijana Slovenia
Down Syndrome Slovenia
Professional
Veronique Garrett
Founding Trustee Downside Up, Moscow, Russia
Family
Carlotta Leonori, Rom, Italy
Associazione Italiana Persone Down (AIPD)
Professional