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