The CML Advocates Network is run by the elected CML Steering Committee composed of six CML patient advocates representing the major regions of the world plus the three co-founders of the network. The management is supported by the Executive Director with our Programme Managers.
The CML Steering Committee
Jelena Cugurovic
Chair of the CML Advocates Network
CML Association of Serbia, Serbia
Region Central and Eastern Europe & West Asia representative
Catherine Moura
CEO of Associação Brasileira de Linfoma e Leucemia, “ABRALE”, Brazil
Region Latin America representative
Giora Sharf
Co-founder of the CML Advocates Network
Director of Flute of Light, Israel
Rod Padua
Vice Chair of the CML Advocates Network
President of Touched by Max, Philippines Region Asia-Pacific representative
Eunice Orekha
President of Max Care Foundation, Nigeria Region Middle East & Africa representative
Jana Pelouchová
Co-founder of the CML Advocates Network
President of Diagnoza Leukemie, Czech Republic
Nigel Deekes
Treasurer of CML Advocates Network
CML UK Facebook Group, United Kingdom Region Western Europe Representative
Gerald Raymond Clements
CML Buster Foundation, USA
Region North America
Jan Geissler
Co-founder of the CML Advocates Network
Chair of LeukaNET, Germany
Bahija Gouimi
Special Advisor of the Steering Committee of CML Advocates Network, President of AMAL – Association des Malades Atteints de Leucémies, Morocco
Pat Garcia-Gonzalez
Special Advisor of the Steering Committee of CML Advocates Network, CEO of The Max Foundation, USA
