Women for Water Partnership Steering Committee
President
Mariet Verhoef-Cohen President Women for Water Partnership ( WfWP), April 2014 – April 2020 President Soroptimist International (SI), August 2017 – December 2019 Co-Chair WASAG, Water Scarcity in Agriculture platform, April 2017 - present Representative World Water Council for WfWP; Founder and owner of Bacolet Translations BV (translation company) Supervisory Board member CATENT, 2014-present; Board Member Soroptimist International Europe ( SIE) , 2009-2015; President Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE), 2007-2009; Liaison officer to form a Future African Soroptimist Federation on the African Continent 2012-2015; Officer in the Royal Order of Oranje Nassau Knight in the National Order of the Republic of Madagascar |
Vice-President
Margarida Yassuda Member of International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPWI); Director-Secretary of BPW Brasil; Vice-President of BPW São Paulo and member of BPWI BusinessNet TaskForce; Delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) since 2014; Executive-Director in the Hospitality Industry; Winner "Engaging Guests in Environmental Actions" by UNEP and WWF; Co-owner and founder of Yassuda&Yasuda Eventos |
Honorary Secretary & Treasurer
Marjon Verkleij Member Vrouwen van Nu Member of Advisory Board Dutch Development Organization Agriterra, 2014 City counselor (since 2011), party leader of local political party CDA Alphen a/d Rijn Core ambassador of ActionAid NL, 2012-2014 Member of the Rotarian commission ‘Walk for Water’ Advisor of the Board of LTO-Noord Alphen-Nieuwkoop, since 2007 Co-owner of an agricultural enterprise since 1994 (dairy and farmer cheese factory) |
Communication
Salamatu J Garba Founder and Executive Director of Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) Executive Council Member National Agric Business Group-W/Africa Member Regional Groundnut upscale steering committee for Mali, Ghana and Nigeria Presidential committee member for the Zero Hunger platform for Nigeria (2016) Coordinator Competitive African Rice Initiative(CARI/GIZ ) project (since 2015) Lead Consultant for USAID-Nigeria Water project in Sokoto, Kano and Bauchi states (2009-2014) Ashoka International Fellow; Chevening Scholar of the British Council/DFID; Winner "Rare GEM AWARD on MDGs" of United Nations Information services and of distinguished award in grassroots mobilization from the Commonwealth Business Council 
Business Development
Asha Abdulrahman Soroptimist International of Europe Federation – Member SI Kenya Union Past President of SI Kenya Union, Past Vice President SIE Federation Board, Extension Committee Member of SIE Federation Member of AMCOW Technical Advisory Committee Gender Equity Advocate, representing WfWP at Africa forums i.e. AMCOW, AfricaSan, African Union and Africa Water Association; Monitoring and Evaluating of projects funded through WfWP especially in Africa Certified Trainer – Cleaner Production and Climate Change |
Advocacy
Lesha Witmer Member of BPWI and VAM foundation (Women and Labour Market); Alternate delegate WfWP to the World Water Council; Alternate Member EUWI Coordinating Committee and Delegate to HLPF SD (women major group); co-thematic coordinator Governance theme for the 8thWWForum; co-facilitator European Pact for Water (2016-); Chair VAM foundation; steering committee member of the Butterfly Effect NGO coalition; UN representative of Business & Professional Women International; Chair (2017-2019) of the Social Impacts, etc. chamber of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council and member PCG; Steering Committee ClimateIsWater Campaign. Independent senior consultant on water governance and gender- issues related to water. Founding- and former SC member (treasurer) of WfWP; past Chair of standing committee on Environment, Sustainable Development & Water of IFBPW; former Vice-president of International Secretariat for Water / Solidarity Water Europe; (former) member of the International Standard Development Committee for Water Stewardship. |
