The EDA Board

The EDA board

View the full presentation of the board members

Title	Name		Time period
President:	Rosie Bisset (Ireland)		2020-2024
Vice-President:	Pernilla Söderberg (Sweden)		2021-2025
Vice-President:	Giannis Karagiannakis (Greece)		2019-2023
Secretary:	Mercedes Mayoral (Spain)		2019-2023
Treasurer:	Ruth Falzon (Malta)		2022-2026
Administrator:	Christine Sczygiel (Germany)		2019-2023
Administrator:	Sue Flohr (United Kingdom)		2021-2025
Administrator:	Bengt-Erik Johansson (Sweden)		2021-2025
Administrator:	Luisa Lopez (Italy)		2022-2026
Administrator:	Concepcion El Chami (France)		2022-2026
Other members
Web master	Peter Häggstrand (Sweden)		Appointed April 2013
Volunteering Assistant:	Dr Anne-Marie Montarnal (France)		Appointed September 2014

 If you want to get in touch with the board members, use the e-mail surname.lastname + email symbol and eda-info.eu. Lower case letters and remove any accents.

Criteria for nomination to the board and job description

Criteria: board members

1. MUST have a good working knowledge of English as all meetings are conducted in this language.
2. Should be either dyslexic or the parent of a dyslexic person under 18 years of age (at least 50% of the Board must meet this qualification) or have a professional interest in dyslexia.
3. Must be prepared to make a voluntary commitment to the Association.

What is expected of board members?

When elected, it is the primary job of Board Members to act on the behalf of the European Dyslexia Association and in its best interests, NOT on behalf of their individual countries and organizations. Although nominated by a member organization, a board member does NOT represent that organization or any other organization.

Board members responsibilities include:

• collectively reaching decisions on matters brought before them
• reporting collectively to the EDA’s Members via the General Assembly
• the proper and honest conduct of the EDA’s business in accordance with the Statutes and Bye-Laws
• agreeing a program of activity
• seeking funding for administration and projects
• preparing budgets and expenditure • appointing a Secretary
• appointing sub-committees and sub-committee chairpersons
• collectively dealing with matters of dispute within the Board or between EDA member associations
• bringing before the EDA’s association members those matters which it is believed only members can resolve
• convening a General Assembly or board meeting in the absence of either the Chairperson or a Vice-Chairperson

It is also expected that a Board Member shall attend all board meetings (normally 2 or 3 each year) and sub-committee Meetings to which she/he has been appointed. Board Members will also be expected to undertake sub-committee work outside of meetings.

What is expected of an EDA effective member association nominating a board member?

A member association of the EDA nominating a Board Member is expected to support their nominee, if elected to the Board, and to pay the reasonable travel and accommodation costs for attending board or sub-committee meetings.

Past and present board members of the EDA

The purpose in producing this list of Past (and Present) Board Members is to remind everyone just how representative across Europe the European Dyslexia Association has been since 1987, and to provide a record for the future.

(Years in Brackets indicate the whole term as Board Director)

Name		Country	Period
Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of EDA
Michael Kalmár		Austria	2019 –
Anne-Marie Montarnal		France	2016 –
Chair persons/Presidents
Marcel Seynave		Belgium	1987 – 1993, (1987 – 1997)
Robin Salter		United Kingdom	1993 – 1999 (1987 – 2002)
Gyda Skat Nielsen		Denmark	1999 – 2000 (1987 – 2000)
Alan Sayles		Ireland	2000 – 2006 (1987 – 2006)
Michael Kalmár		Austria	2006 – 2019 (1998 – 2019)
Rosie Bissett		Ireland	2019 –
Vice chairs/Vice presidents
Turid Gammelsrød		Norway	1987 – 1991
Alan Sayles		Ireland	1987 – 1997
Marta Bogdanowicz		Poland	1991 – 2007 (1989 – 2007)
Karin Brünger		Germany	2005 – 2011 (2001-2011)
Raymond Claes		Luxembourg	2011 – 2015 (2006 – 2019)
Lars Sander		Denmark	2011 – 2019 (2007-2019)
Michael Kalmár		Austria	2000 – 2006
Pernilla Söderberg-Juhlander		Sweden	2014 –  (2012 – )
Vincent Lochmann		France	2019 –2023
Treasurers
Robin Salter		United Kingdom	1987 – 1993, 2000-2002
Koos Henneman		The Netherlands	1993 – 1998
André Poncelet		Belgium	1998 – 2000
Maria Potamitis		Cyprus	2003 – 2004 (2003 – 2005)
Steve Alexander		United Kingdom	2004 – 2009 (2003 – 2009)
Rudy Vandevoorde		Belgium	2010 – 2017
Ruth Falzon		Malta	2018 –   (2015 –   )
Secretaries
Anne-Marie Montarnal		France	1987 – 1993, 2008 – 2014
Berit Bogetvedt		Norway	1993 – 1997 (1992 – 1997)
Eleni Grammaticos		Belgium	1997 – 2000
Susanne Bertschinger		Switzerland	2000 – 2002 (1999-2002)
Teresia Hegedüs		Hungary	2002 – 2004 (2001 – 2004)
Maria Potamitis		Cyprus	2005 – 2007
Christine  Sczygiel		Germany	2014 –  2019    (2011 –   )
Florentine Paudel		Austria	2019 –
Mercedes Mayoral		Spain	2019 –
Minuting secretary
Jennifer Salter		United Kingdom	1993-1999
Board directors
Lisa Dummer-Smoch		Germany	1987 – 1993
Aaldert van der Horst		The Netherlands	1987 – 1993
Andras Mate		Hungary	1991 – 1993
Katrin Sellin		Germany	1992 – 1997
Peter Havas		Hungary	1993 – 1997
Nada Lovric		Croatia	1993 – 1997
Herbert Gunther		Germany	1997 – 1999
Gavin Reid		United Kingdom	2001 – 2002
Carina Carlsson		Sweden	2003 – 2007
Marija Kavkler		Slovenia	2003 – 2007
Giacomo Stella		Italy	2008 – 2014
Kate Saunders		United Kingdom	2011 – 2015
Raymond Claes		Luxembourg	2015 – 2019
Giannis Karagiannakis		Greece	2011 –
Bengt-Erik Johansson		Sweden	2013 –
Cristiano Termine		Italy	2014 – 2022
Vincent Lochmann		France	2015 –
Rosie Bisset		Ireland	2016 –
Sue Flohr		United Kingdom	2017 –
Web masters/Information officer
Raimonds Erts		Luxembourg	? – 2013
Peter Häggstrand		Sweden	2013 –
Volunteers
Brigitte Kalmár		Austria	2011 – 2018
Anne-Marie Montarnal		France	2014 – 2018
Editors of “EDA News”
Marcel Seynave		Belgium	1988 – 1993 (1993 – 1995)
Anne-Marie Montarnal		France	1993 – 1995
Elaine Miles		Wales	1995 – 1999
Robin/Jennifer Salter		United Kingdom	1999 –?