Nigel Timmins (Chair) Nigel Timmins has over 25 years' experienceof working in a range of humanitarian situations from natural emergencies toconflict and refugee contexts. This has primarily been within the INGO sector,latterly as Humanitarian Director of Oxfam International from 2016 to 2021,during which time he served on the IASC Emergency Directors Group for 3 years.As Chair of CaLP (2015-19) he oversaw the shift from an interagency project toa network of over 90 organisations. Nigel was a founding Trustee of the StartNetwork (2014-17) and the Global Network for Disaster Reduction (2008–18). Hewas a co-author of the Core Humanitarian Standard, and DRR focal point for the2011 version of SPHERE. He served on the ALNAP Steering Committee (2007-12). Since leaving Oxfam in December 2021, Nigelhas worked as an independent consultant. In addition to this work on innovationand research for ELRHA, assignments have included working with HumanitarianOutcomes conducting research on the humanitarian response in Ukraine, to the2022 floods in Pakistan and a soon to be released paper on Cholera. 
Dr. Marian Abouzeid Dr Marian Abouzeid is a Senior ResearchFellow focused on Humanitarian Issues in Armed Conflict based at the AlfredDeakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University andResearch Affiliate with the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (A DeakinUniversity - Save the Children Australia partnership). Recent engagementsinclude serving as the inaugural Associate Project Lead of the Lancet - AUBCommission on Syria (2018-2020) and subsequently as Research Affiliate with theCommission (2021). She was the founding Executive Director of the recentlylaunched Global Alliance on War, Conflict and Health during its foundationalphase (2019-2021). She is currently Project Director of the multi-institutionalGlobal Prioritisation Exercise (GPE) Regional and National Consultations onHumanitarian Research and Innovation. 
Rita Rhayem Holding a PharmD, an MBA in Health Management and a Master in Gender Studies, Rita Rhayem is a passionate humanitarian professional with more than 15 years of experience in the humanitarian and health sectors. She is currently the Health and HIV Advisor for Caritas Internationalis, having served as the Director General of Caritas Lebanon, and is the President of the Sphere Board. 
Maggie Forster Schmitz Maggie Forster Schmitz is the Private SectorEngagement, Diaspora and Civic Engagement, and Innovation (PSEDI) DivisionChief for USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). She joined BHA in2021 and has since served as acting Innovation Team Lead. As Vice President ofPhilanthropy at Anera, she directed all private fund development efforts,including managing the NGO’s partnerships with multinational firms based in theUS and the Middle East and overseeing engagement with the Palestinian and Lebanesediaspora. At Plan International USA, Maggie focused on developing new corporatepartnerships with US companies based on shared value principles and aided inthe development of the federation-wide corporate engagement policy as GlobalPartnership Manager. While serving as president of UN Women USA, where sherepresented the organization at national and international fora, she headed thedevelopment and implementation of the organization’s private sector engagementstrategy and spoke across the US about the work of UN Women, including withnumerous diaspora groups. 
Anton Shevchenko Anton Shevchenko has gained over fifteenyears of managerial, advisory and research experience across the humanitarian,sustainable development and peace & security domains. He worked in theinternational NGO sector with Center for Civilians in Conflict, Geneva Call,and Estonian Refugee Council; with multilateral agencies such as UNDP, UNMAS,and the OSCE; in the private sector with PwC and Black & Veatch. Anton earneda Master of Advanced Studies degree in international relations from theUniversity of Geneva, an LLM in international law from Varna Free University,and an executive certificate of advanced study from the Maxwell School ofCitizenship and Public Affairs. |
