
PARTICIPANTS GPM ANNUAL SUMMIT 2019
Mayors

Ahmedabad, India
Mayor Bijal Patel

Asbury Park, USA
Former Mayor Ed Johnson

Banjul, the Gambia
Mayor Roheyatou Lowe

Basse, the Gambia
Mayor Foday Danjo

Beira, Mozambique
Mayor Daviz Simango

Bern, Switzerland
Mayor Alec von Graffenried

Braga, Portugal
Mayor Ricardo Rio

Brikama, the Gambia
Mayor Sheriffo Sonko

Bristol, United Kingdom
Mayor Marvin Rees

Bugiri, Uganda
Mayor Luba Bumaali

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Mayor Solomon Mguni

Burnsville MN, USA
Mayor Elizabeth Kautz

Patricia de Lille
Minister of the Republic of South Africa
Fomer Mayor Cape Town, Former GPM Chair
GPM Honorary Member

Cape Town, South Africa
Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson

Columbia, USA
Mayor Stephen Benjamin

Dakar, Senegal
Mayor Soham el Wardini

Dayton, USA
Mayor Nan Whaley

Dura, Palestine
Deputy Mayor Fawzy Abuhlayel

Durban, South Africa
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda

Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Mayor John Jorritsma

Ekurhuleni, South Africa
Mayor Mzwandile Masina

Foya, Liberia
Mayor Cecelia Hallie

Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Gagra, Pakistan
Mayor Syed Salar Jehan

Gdańsk, Poland
Deputy Mayor Piotr Grzelak

Ghent, Belgium
Former Mayor Daniel Termont

Guangzhou, China
Secretary General, Chen Xiaoqing

Hebron, Palestine
Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh

Hoima, Uganda
Mayor Grace Mary Mugasa

Iganga, Uganda
Mayor David Balaba

Kandahar, Afghanistan
Mayor Rafi Hayat

Kandahar, Afghanistan
Minister Urban Development Afghanistan
Former Mayor Kandahar

Kampala (Kabale), Uganda
Mayor Byamugisha Sentaro

Kampala, Uganda
Mayor Emmanuel Serunjoji

Kanifing, the Gambia
Mayor Talib Bensouda

Kingston, Jamaica
Deputy Mayor Winston Ennis

Kira, Uganda
Mayor Julius Richard Mutebi

Koboko Municipal, Uganda
Mayor Sanya Wilson

Kumasi, Ghana
Mayor Osei Assibey Antwi

Kuntaur, Gambia
Mayor Jawara Saihou

Le port, Reunion Island
Mayor Olivier Hoarau

Likasi, DRC (Congo)
Mayor Idesbald Petwe Kapande

Lubumbashi, DRC (Congo)
Mayor Ghislain Lubaba Buluma

Lubumbashi, DRC (Congo)
Deputy Mayor Brigitte Muteba Byamungu

Luweero, Uganda
Mayor Paul Mukungu

Mafra, Portugal
Mayor Hélder Sousa Silva

Mangaung, South Africa
Mayor Sarah Matawana Mlamleli

Mannheim, Germany
Mayor Peter Kurz

Mbale, Uganda
Mayor Mutwalibi Zandya Mafabi

Mogadishu, Somalia
Mayor Omar Muhamoud Filish

Monrovia, Liberia
Mayor Jefferson T. Koijee

Nansana, Uganda
Mayor Regina Nakazzi

Nebbi, Uganda
Mayor Geoffrey Ngiriker

Njikwa, Cameroon
Mayor Itambi Tagyen Andrew

Nkongsamba, Cameroon
Mayor Elise Henriette Mboula épse Essame

Palermo, Italy
Mayor Leoluca Orlando

Partesh, Kosovo
Mayor Dragan Petković

Polokwane, South Africa
Mayor Thembi Nkadimeng
President of SALGA

Puli Alam, Afghanistan
Mayor Naseer Ahmad Lilizai

Quelimane, Mozambique
Mayor Manuel A. Alculete Lopes de Araujo

Rochester Hills, USA
Mayor Brian Barnett

Soma Town, The Gambia
Landing B. Sanneh

Tirana, Albania
Mayor Erion Veliaj

Utrecht, the Netherlands
Mayor Jan van Zanen

Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Mayor José Maria da Cunha Costa

Vyas, Nepal
Mayor Baikuntha Neupane

West Sacramento, USA
Mayor Christopher Cabaldon

Western Rural Area District, Sierra Leone
Mayor Kasho Holland-Cole

Zwedru, Liberia
Mayor Cecelia Jolo
Experts

Sharmila Nebhrajani
Moderator of the GPM Summit
Chief Executive Wilton Park

Emilia Saiz
UCLG Secretary General

Kobie Brand
Executive Director ICLEI Africa
Director ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center

Octavi de la Varga
Secretary General of Metropolis

Salim Abdool Karim
Director and Co-Funder CAPRISA
Nelson Mandela School of Medicine

Charles Kwenin
IOM Regional Director South Africa
International Organization for Migration

Sheila Foster
Professor of Law and Public Policy
Georgetown University
Chair GPM Advisory Committee

David Lubell
Founder of Welcoming America
Founding Director Welcoming International Initiative

Robert Muggah
GPM AdCo Co-Chair
Co-founder of the Igarapé Institute & The SecDev Foundation

Nanjira Sambuli
Senior Policy Manager World Wide Web Foundation

Rebecca Katz
Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security
Georgetown University

Anna Piccinni
OECD
Policy Analyst, Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
Public Governance Directorate

Lily Sanya
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Chief of Mission

Eric Corijn
Professor Urban Studies
Free University of Brussels
GPM Advisory Committee member

Juma Assiago
Head of Global Safer Cities Programme
UN Habitat

Juliana Kerr
the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Director Global Cities

Bongumusa Zondo
Coordinator African Forum for Urban Safety (AFUS)

Tom Cochran
Executive Director & CEO
U.S. Conference of Mayors

Claudia Baranzelli
Expert European Commission

Robin Hart
Senior Programme Director for Peace and Prosperity
Wilton Park

Lord Wei of Shoreditch
Member of House of Lords, United Kingdom, GPM Advisory Committee Member