Board of Directors

2024-2025

GlobalSkin and its activities are governed by a Board of Directors from around the world.
This diverse team has the skills needed to lead a strong, sustainable, effective international organization.

All of our Board Directors are skin patient leaders in their own organizations who, in many cases, are skin patients themselves. In their local role they work directly with skin patients, parents and/or caregivers. The GlobalSkin Board of Directors is very active and meets regularly — both in person and via videoconference.

Executive Committee

Marc Yale – President

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Ritu Jain – Vice President

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David McMahon – Chair

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Michelle Capon - Secretary

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Board Directors

Guillermo Gutierrez - Board Director

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Tina Mesarič - Board Director

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Toni Roberts - Board Director

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Tran Hong Truong - Board Director

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Maya Tulpule - Board Director

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Murray Turner - Board Director

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Board Committees

Finance & Risk Committee

Marc Yale, Chair
International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation
United States

David McMahon, Ex-officio
Irish Skin Foundation
Ireland

Tina Mesarič
Institute Atopika
Slovenia

Toni Roberts
DEBRA South Africa
South Africa

Rachel Ogola
Eczema Society of Kenya
Kenya

Susan Thornton
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
United States

Membership Committee

Murray Turner, Chair
Psoriasis Australia
Australia

Guillermo Gutierrez
Fundapso
Colombia

Maya Tulpule
Shweta Association
India

Gaylord Inena Wa Inena
Corbetta RDC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Špela Novak
Društvo Atopijski Dermatitis
Slovenia

Jorge Perez
Vitiligo Support and Research Group/VITAMIGOS
Cuba

Vlasta Zmazek
DEBRA Croatia
Croatia

Conference Committee

Guillermo Gutierrez, Chair
Fundapso
Colombia

Michelle Capon
Canadian Association for Porphyria/Association Canadienne de Porphyrie
Canada

Josef Pohunek
Psoriatic and Atopic Eczema Association
Czech Republic

Holly Priebe
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
United States

Christina Raj
Center for Ichthyosis Related Members Foundation
India

Nominating Committee

Toni Roberts, Chair
DEBRA South Africa
South Africa

Murray Turner
Psoriasis Australia
Australia

Ogo Maduewesi
Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation
Nigeria

Advisory Committees

Atopic Eczema Advisory Committee

Michele Guadalupe
National Eczema Association
United States

Korey Capozza
Parents for Eczema Research
United States

Melanie Funk
Eczema Support Australia
Australia

Tina Mesarič
Institut Atopika
Slovenia

Kelly Barta
Coalition for Skin Diseases
United States

Špela Novak
Društvo Atopijski Dermatitis
Slovenia

Rachel Ogola
Eczema Society of Kenya
Kenya

Vanessa Jenkins
Eczema Association of Australasia
Australia 

 

RareDERM Advisory Committee

Laurence Gallu
PEM Friends
France

Lex van der Heijden
CMTC
Netherlands

Marjolein van Kessel
Naevus Global
Netherlands

Rachael Manion
Canadian Skin Patient Alliance
Canada 

Tricha Shivas
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
United States

Annemarie Sluijmers
Lupus Europe
Netherlands

Susan Thornton
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
United States

GlobalSkin-Europe Patient Leader Advisory Committee

Isobel Davies
PEM Friends
United Kingdom

Antoine Gliksohn
Genespoir (Albinism)
France

Africa Luca de Tena
Asociación de Afectados por la Dermatitis Atópica (AADA)
Spain

Yalchin Mammadov
GlobalSkin
Belgium

Jaime Melancia
PSOPortugal
Portugal

Tina Mesarič
Institut Atopika
Slovenia

Špela Novak
Društvo Atopijski Dermatitis
Slovenia

Annemarie Sluijmers
Lupus Europe
Netherlands

Gunter Van Dyck
Allergienet
Belgium

Karin Veldman
Vereniging voor Ichthyosis Netwerken
Netherlands

GRIDD Patient Organization Advisory Committee

Love Gifty Afezuke
Vitiligo Support Bahrain
Bahrain

Myriam Ben Lamine Jarrar
Association Tunisienne du Vitiligo
Tunisia

Laurence Gallu
PEM Friends
France

Gary Hing-kwan Lai
Hong Kong Psoriasis Patients Association
Hong Kong

Ritu Jain
DEBRA Singapore
Singapore

Ogo Maduewesi
Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation
Nigeria

Rachael Manion
Canadian Skin Patient Alliance
Canada

Bill McCue
PRP Alliance
United States

Toni Roberts
DEBRA South Africa
South Africa

Christine Roxburgh
Eczema Outreach Support
United Kingdom

Truong Tran
PSORVIET
Vietnam 

Marc Yale
International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation
United States