DbI has a wide range of members, both corporate and individual, from all over the world. Membership fees are set to reflect the size of the organisation and many individual members contribute what they can afford.
Participation is vital to DbI’s success and its management structure has an active Board which guides its direction, and a Management Committee to provide the engine for action. Everyone involved does so in a voluntary capacity.
The Secretariat performs a key role in managing membership and can answer your enquiries.
DbI has a complete document outlining the organisational structure.
The board is responsible for advising and managing the organization and meets once a year. It comprises representatives from large and small corporate members and networks. It considers and discusses all matters related to the strategic direction and operation of DbI in pursuing its objectives.
DbI Management Committee (ManCom) and the following Large & Small Corporate Members and Network Leaders make up DbI Board:
Voting Board Members
Raquel Alba Martin
ONCE – Spanish National Organisation of the Blind
Coordinator of the Deafblind Department
RAAM@once.es
Katherine Holland, delegated to Gloria Rodriguez Gil
Perkins School for the Blind
gloria.rodriguez@perkins.org
Henriette Hermann Olesen
Center For Deafblindness and Hearing Loss
ManCom – DbI Vice President
henriette.olesen@rn.dk
Gøran Andreas Gregor Caspian Forsgren
Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues
goran.forsgren@nordicwelfare.org
Mirko Baur
Tanne, Swiss Foundation for Persons with Deafblindness
ManCom – DbI Vice President
mirko.baur@tanne.ch
Ricard Lopez
DbI European Deafblind Network
FESOCE – Federación Española de Sordoceguera (Spanish Federation of Deafblind)
rlopez@sordoceguera.com
Non-Voting Board Observers
Lord Colin Low
International Board for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
colin.low@rnib.org.uk
Yulia Mayorova
Deafblind Support Resource Center, Moscow
ManCom – DbI Information Officer
j.mayorova@so-edinenie.org
A Management Committee (ManCom) is appointed by Board to undertake executive action.
The current ManCom comprises the President, two Vice Presidents, a Development Officer, an Information Officer, a Network Coordinator, a Secretary, a Treasurer and the Immediate Past President.
ComCom is responsible for DbI’s outreaching communication and its development.
Passionately active are:
- Graciela Ferioli (i.a. DbI Social Media Pioneer)
- Mirko Baur (i.a. Chair ComCom)
- Roxanna Spruyt-Rocks (i.a. DbI Communication Ambassadors Coordinator)
- Trees van Nunen-Schrauwen (i.a. DbI Network Coordinator)
- Vikram Choudhary (i.a. Link to Fundraising Committee FundCom)
- Yulia Mayorova (i.a. DbI Information Officer)