MEET THE TEAM
Meet the national DEBRA group representatives who make up the members of the Executive Committee that governs DEBRA International, and the staff members who head up the organisation's programmes.
RITU JAIN
President
Ritu is wife and mum to brave EB warriors and is the founder of DEBRA Singapore.
ZLATKO KOPECKI
Treasurer
Zlatko is a Senior Research Fellow based at University of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia.
IGNACIA FUENTES
Vice Treasurer
Ignacia is based in Santiago, Chile and joined DEBRA International in September 2018.
RAINER RIEDL
Secretary
Rainer is founder of DEBRA Austria and has been Executive Director for nearly 25 years.
JIMMY FEARON
Vice Secretary
Jimmy is a passionate leader in the not-for-profit sector joining DEBRA Ireland as CEO in 2008.
CLAIRE MATHER
Committee member
Claire has been working closely with patients and families with EB for over 15 years at DEBRA UK.
HANAA EL SADAT
Committee member
Hanaa lives in Cairo-Egypt. In 2014, she established the charitable “Yasmin El Samra foundation"
MENGZHU YANG
Committee member
Mengzhu is Executive Director of DEBRA China founded in 2014 and based in Shanghai.
RYAN HULTMAN
Committee member
Ryan is Vice President of DEBRA Canada and has a 13-year-old with RDEB.
SETSUKO SHIRAISHI
Committee member
Setsuko is from Mexico City in Mexico and is the Executive Director of DEBRA Mexico.
VLASTA ZMAZEK
Committee member
Vlasta is mother of two sons, Marko and Matija. Matija was born with RDEB.
OLIVIA MULLINS
Business Manager
Liv is based in the UK and joined DEBRA International in 2016 as the Business Manager.
KATTYA MAYRE-CHILTON
CPG Coordinator
Kattya joined DEBRA International in 2016 as the Clinical Practice Guidelines Coordinator.