Secretariat Director

Sophie van Haasen, Secretariat Director, ensures the strategic and practical implementation of Coalition activities.  She is the principal liaison with the GFMD Governance Structures, the UN Network on Migration Secretariat and UNHCR.

Contact: svanhaasen@localcoalition.org

Secretariat Knowledge Manager

Prachi Metawala, the Secretariat Knowledge Manager, supports the Director and partners with the practical roll-out of the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees, and is the go-to point for questions related to communications and capacity-building activities.

Contact: pmetawala@localcoalition.org

Coalition Focal Points

• Albert Lladó Romero, United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) a.llado@uclg.org

• Maggie Powers, Mayors Migration Council (MMC) mpowers@mayorsmigrationcouncil.org

• Johanna Dorenburg, International Organization for Migration (IOM) jdorenburg@iom.int

• Claire Roberts Lamont, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) lamont@unhcr.org