Governance

The leadership and direction of WINGS is the responsibility of the multinational WINGS Coordinating Committee, made up of senior executives from network participants.

The chair is Fernando Rossetti, secretary-general of GIFE - Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises. The vice chair is Rory Francisco Tolentino, Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium. The Coordinating Committee meets twice annually. View a list of members and their contact information.

Read minutes of Coordinating Committee meetings (only for network participants).

Working groups

There are a number of working groups that guide WINGS programmes and activities. The current working groups and their members are:

• WINGS Resource Mobilization Advisory Committee
  Barry Gaberman, Chairperson (Retired Senior Vice-president, Ford Foundation), Rien van Gendt (Van Leer Group Foundation), Monica Patten (Community Foundations of Canada), Barry Smith (Synergos Institute)
  Task: advise and assist WINGS secretariat on WINGS funding needs
• WINGS-CF Advisory Committee
  view a list of members here
  Task: provides advice and guidance to the WINGS Secretariat in the planning, implementation and maintenance of WINGS-CF's policies and activities, and links with the WINGS Coordinating Committee
• WINGS-CI Working Group
  view a list of members here
  Task: provides advice and guidance to the WINGS Secretariat in the planning, implementation and maintenance of WINGS-CI's activities, and links with the WINGS Coordinating Committee
• Knowledge Management Working Group
  Noshir Dadrawala (Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy), Kenneth Strmiska (Council on Foundations, USA), Clare Brooks (Community Foundation Network, UK)
  Task: TBA
• 2007 Peer Learning Event Working Group
  Natalya Kaminarskaya, Chairperson (Russia Donors Forum), Pavlina Kalousova (Czech Donors Forum), Lucille DiDomenico (Conference of Southwest Foundations, Inc., USA), Imani Burnett (Southeastern Council of Foundations, USA)
  Task: planning and overseeing the peer learning event program
• WINGS One-2-One Working Group
  Winsome Hawkins (Association of Caribbean Community Foundations), Lourdes Sanz (Centro Mexicano para la Filantropia), Katarina Minarova (Prešov Community Foundation, Association of Slovak Community Foundations)
  Task: overseeing the programme, including review of applications and assistance to staff in structuring and evaluating individual exchanges
• 2007 Global Status Report on Community Foundations Working Group
  Jane Humphries, Chairperson (Community Foundations of Canada), Bernardino Casadei (Associazione Italiana Fondazioni e Enti di Erogazione, Italy), Donnell Mersereau (Council of Michigan Foundations, USA), Boris Strecansky (Center for Philanthropy, Slovak Republic)
  Task: guiding and supporting the research and preparation of the 2007 Global Status Report

Additional working groups relevant to the constituent groups can be found at WINGS-CF and WINGS-CI.