WHO WE ARE

meet our team

Leadership team

  • Catherine Cook

    Acting Executive Director
  • Anne Taiwo

    Finance Manager
  • Conference team

    The conference team organises the Harm Reduction International Conference, as well as Constellations: An Online Festival on Drugs and Harm Reduction.

  • Lucy O’Hare

    Conference Director
  • Maddie O’Hare

    Conference Director
  • Martina Moreira

    Conference Assistant
  • Public Health and Social Policy Team

    The Public Health and Social Policy team conducts original research and analysis to track developments in harm reduction and ensure people who use drugs have the health and social services they need.

  • Paulina Cortez Licona

    Project Coordinator
  • Human Rights and Justice Team

    The Human Rights and Justice team monitors rights abuses committed globally in the name of drug control, and advocates to promote the human rights of people who use drugs and their communities.

  • Ajeng Larasati

    Human Rights Lead
  • Giada Girelli

    Senior Analyst
  • Cinzia Brentari

    Senior Advisor
  • Marcela Jofre

    Human Rights Analyst
  • Sustainable Financing Team

    The Sustainable Financing team provides tools, strategic analysis and evidence to support advocacy for the adequate funding of harm reduction.

  • Catherine Cook

    Acting Executive Director
  • Gaj Gurung

    Senior Analyst, Sustainable Financing
  • Comms Team

    The communications team works to make the case for harm reduction and drug policy reform by amplifying our advocacy and research materials.

  • Suchitra Rajagopalan

    Communications Lead
  • Paola Rodríguez

    Communications Assistant
  • Finance Team

  • Anne Taiwo

    Finance Manager
  • Ugochi Egwu

    Finance Assistant
  • Board of Trustees

    We are governed by a Board of Trustees who are elected for a three-year term.

  • Mina Barling

    Chair
  • Billy Pick

    Vice-Chair
  • Fany Pineda Miranda

    Trustee
  • John Porter

    Treasurer
  • Kirsten Horsburgh

    Trustee
  • Oluseyi Kehinde

    Trustee
  • Palani Narayanan

    Trustee
  • Raminta Stuikyte

    Trustee
  • Tatyana Sleiman

    Trustee
  • Tony Duffin

    Trustee
  • founder

  • Pat O’Hare

    Founder and Ex-Officio Trustee
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