The Governing Board
We are delighted to announce the new Board, following the recent election by the CHS Alliance General Assembly – please see below. We also thank all the candidates who stood for election.
Lola Gostelow (Chair)
Michael Moriarty (Treasurer)
Head of Business Partnering & Strategic Finance at Plan International
Palwashay Arbab
Head of Communications, Community World Service Asia
Michael Barnett (independent)
University Professor, George Washington University
Brian Beckett
Director of Performance andAccountability, British Red Cross
Anani Ghida
Founder and Director, ABAAD -Resource Centre for Gender Equality
Yegana Guliyeva (independent)
IDP / Humanitarian / Freelance Consultant
Coleen Heemskerk
International Director of Strategic Planning, Act Church of Sweden
Rehema Kajungu
Deputy Country Director, TPO Uganda
Anna Karoliina Muinonen
Senior Quality and Accountability Advisor, Finn Church Aid
Susan Otieno
Executive Director, ActionAid International Kenya
Carly Sheehan
Accountability Advisor, Oxfam
Catherine Skehan
Head of Evaluation, Learning and Accountability, Action Against Hunger
Gloria Soma (independent)
Find below the minutes of previous Board Meetings.
Board Subcommittee (until December 2024)
Each individual Board member’s term of office will last three years, renewable once. The Board is supported by four committees: i) Membership and Nominations Committee; ii) Finance, Risk and Audit Committee; iii) People and Culture Committee, and iv) Complaints Committee.
| Finance, Risk and Audit Committee (FRAC) |
| Michael Wickham Moriarty (Committee Chair and Board member) |
| Lola Gostelow (Board member) |
| Coleen Heemskerk (Board member) |
| Susan Otieno (Board member) |
| Nancy Ette (Non-board member) – ACT Alliance |
| Membership and Nominations Committee (MNC) |
| Susan Otieno (Committee Chair and Board member) |
| Yegana Guliyeva (Board member) |
| Rehema Kajungu (Board member) |
| Carly Sheehan (Board member) |
| Annerose Buche (Non-Board member) – Islamic Relief Deutschland |
| Shama Mall (Non-Board member) – Community World |
| People and Culture Committee |
| Lola Gostelow (Board member) |
| Michael Wickham Moriarty (Board member) |
| John Beverely (Non-Board member) Retired financial accountant |
| Complaints Committee |
| Carly Sheehan (Committee Chair and Board member) |
| Michael Barnett (Board member) |
Secretariat
The CHS Alliance Secretariat facilitates and promotes cooperation and coordination between the members. The Secretariat is managed by the Executive Director who is appointed by the Governing Board.
The General Assembly
The General Assembly (GA) of members is the Alliance’s supreme authority. The quorum for the General Assembly is 40 percent of the voting membership of the CHS Alliance. In between assemblies, the Governing Board is authorised to carry out all acts that further the purposes of the Alliance. Find below the minutes of previous General Assemblies.