Our Leadership

RI works in collaboration on all of its projects striving to combine international expertise, best practices and lessons learned with local knowledge and experience.

Teuta Rexhepi

RI Secretary General

RI Executive Committee

Zhang Haidi

RI President

Regarded as China’s Helen Keller for her outspokenness on disability rights, Zhang Haidi is the chairperson of the China Disabled Persons Federation and the President of Rehabilitation International. Born in Jinan, Shandong Province, Zhang became a paraplegic at age five due to complications from polio. Unable to attend school, she educated herself to university level, learning several foreign languages including English, Japanese, German and Esperanto. Zhang started writing and translating in the 1980s, authoring her life story Beautiful English in both Chinese and English. as well as the novel, A Dream in Wheelchair. Zhang holds a Master in Philosophy from Jilin University.

Jan A. Monsbakken

past president

Susan Parker

Treasurer

Mark Weber

Vice-President, Africa

Demelash Bekele

Deputy Vice-President, Africa

Hashem Taqi 

Vice-President, Middle East/North Africa

H.E. Abdulla Abdulalee Al Humaidan

Deputy Vice-President, Middle East/North Africa

Joseph Kwan

Vice-President, Asia & Pacific

Maria Ferreira

Deputy Vice-President, Asia & Pacific

Chul Jae Lee 

Deputy Vice-President, Asia & Pacific

Dr.Gregor Kemper

Vice-President, Europe

 

Deputy Vice-President, Europe

Michael Brogioli

Vice-President, North America & Canada

Mathieu Simard

Deputy Vice-President,  North America & Canada

Tone Mørk

Chair – RI Education Commission

Asha Hans

Vice Chair – RI Education Commission

Yueqin Huang

Chair – RI Health & Function Commission 

Silke Bruggemann

Vice Chair – RI Health & Function Commission 

Hiroshi Kawamura

Chair – RI International Commission on Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)

Mathieu Simard

Vice Chair – RI International Commission on Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)

Pauliina Lampinen

Chair – RI Policy & Services Commission 

Roy O’Shaughnessy

Vice Chair – RI Policy & Services Commission 

Zhanxin Tang 

Chair – RI Leisure, Recreation & Physical Activities Commission

Jan Johansen

Vice Chair – RI Leisure, Recreation & Physical Activities Commission
Kahled Al Mohter
Chair- RI Social Commission

Joseph Kwok

Vice Chair – RI Social Commission
Dr.Friedrich Mehrhoff
Chair – RI Work and Employment Commission

Dr. Madan Mohan Kundu

Vice Chair – RI Work and Employment Commission

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