International School Health Network Steering Committee

International School Health Network: List of Steering Committee Members

This list of ISHN Board members seeks a balance between regions of the world as well as among national school health associations, government officials and researchers. This list also includes regional WHO networks, issue-based international networks, associations representing key professions, various official international organizations and academic/resource centres focused on school health promotion.


Representatives from Countries (Rotating roster of seats on ISHN Board)

Danielle Maloney, Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
Fabio Gomes, Cancer Institute, Brazil
Oddrun Samdal, University of Bergen, Norway
Ian Young, Health Promotion Consultant, Scotland
Albert Lee, Chinese university of Hong Kong
Carolyn Fisher, Centres for Disease Control, United States
Kanako Okada, Board Member, Japan Association of School Health
Douglas McCall, Executive Director, Canadian Association for School Health


Issue-Based Networks (Regional Networks and Regional Offices of UN Agencies)

Louise Rowling, International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools
Gooff Buijs, Schools for Health Europe
David Nyamwaya, WHO Regional Office Africa
Sheldon Shaeffer, UNESCO Regional Office, Bangkok
Antonio Saez, Ibero-American Network on Health Promoting Schools
Penni Cushman, Aboriginal School Health Network
Lloyd Kolbe, School Health Literacy


Research and Resource Centres

Leslie Drake, Partnership for Child Development, UK
Cheryl Vince Whitman, Education Development Center, USA
Chengye Ji, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Beijing
Bjarne Bruun Jensen, School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Peter Paulus, Institut fur Psychologie, Universitat Luneburg, Germany


Professional Associations

Lawrence St. Leger, International Union for Health Promotion and Education
Theresa Lewallen, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, US


UN and other International Agencies

Gauden Galea, World Health Organization
Donald Bundy, World Bank
Janet Looney, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Anna Marie Hoffman, UNICEF
Giovanna Campello, UN Office on Drugs and Crime



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