{"id":19574,"date":"2025-10-16T14:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/?page_id=19574"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:36:17","slug":"board-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/index.php\/en\/board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Board members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19574\" class=\"elementor elementor-19574\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ddca1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c3ddca1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e32a5b at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e32a5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"membre-maxime\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maxime D. Charles, President<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f7f04 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5f7f04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258e7ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"258e7ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e176b at-image-animation at-animation-image-none at-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2e176b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"229\" src=\"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maxime.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14803\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-740af4d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"740af4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff596c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ff596c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Former CEO of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Haiti. His legal and financial career includes teaching international law from 1985 to 1991 at the State University of Haiti and carrying out international assignments in Canada and the Caribbean for the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1992 to 1996.<br data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"391\" \/>Mr. Charles is active in several professional and civil society fields, serving as a board member of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce and as president of both the Anti\u2013Money Laundering Committee and the Association of Professional Bankers. He used his position within the Anti\u2013Money Laundering Committee and the Bankers\u2019 Association to bring these groups together and advance legal reform.<br data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"810\" \/>Mr. Charles holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree from the State University of Haiti and a Master\u2019s degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Provence in France.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-384159f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"384159f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8cf13c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f8cf13c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff20de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aff20de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279cb54 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279cb54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"membre-daniele\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daniele Magloire, Vice President<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-743f840 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"743f840\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41e23f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f41e23f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b075652 at-image-animation at-animation-image-none at-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b075652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"232\" src=\"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/daniele.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14802\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6565ae2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6565ae2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc258a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bc258a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sociologist, management consultant, human rights activist, and founding member of the feminist organization Kay Fanm, which runs a shelter in Port-au-Prince for survivors of sexual violence and works to promote women\u2019s rights and economic development. She has contributed to the development of national policies and responses against gender-based violence and serves as the coordinator of the Collective Against Impunity, a leading group in the effort to bring former President Jean-Claude Duvalier and his associates to justice in Haiti.<br data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"650\" \/>Mrs. Magloire was a distinguished member of the government\u2019s advisory council during the post-Aristide transitional government from 2004 to 2006. Following her government service, Magloire became the Executive Director of the Haitian office of the Canadian NGO Rights and Democracy, where she led human rights and advocacy training until 2012, when the Harper government shut down Rights and Democracy in Canada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4c8c10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4c8c10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c89b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8c89b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f360e6f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f360e6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7637a2a at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7637a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"membre-norma\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Norma Powell, Secretary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ea07a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22ea07a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a4795 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9a4795\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef9c442 at-image-animation at-animation-image-none at-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef9c442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/norma.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14801\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536709c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"536709c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94f993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e94f993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Former Executive Director of the Center for the Facilitation of Investments<em data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"186\"> (CFI)<\/em>, Haiti\u2019s national investment promotion agency. Founding member of the Haitian Liberal Party and the Haitian Association for the Fight Against Poverty.<br data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"344\" \/>Powell\u2019s commitment to philanthropy includes the creation of the Association for Risk Management and Business Continuity, a private-sector initiative that works with local authorities to help prevent and respond to disasters. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Haven, an Ireland-based housing and community development NGO that works with Haitians to build or repair thousands of homes and to restore public hygiene and sanitation following the 2010 earthquake.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf2f4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"acf2f4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c22d5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3c22d5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2956c9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2956c9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbb1e4 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fbb1e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"membre-jean\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jean-Joseph Exum\u00e9, Member<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3faf2da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3faf2da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b639f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9b639f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0330487 at-image-animation at-animation-image-none at-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0330487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"231\" src=\"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/exume.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14800\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb79d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb79d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7321c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7321c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">A lawyer specializing in civil and commercial law, he has served twice as Minister of Justice and Public Security, notably in the government of Mich\u00e8le D. Pierre-Louis (2008\u20132009). He is a volunteer attorney of the group of victims of the Duvalier regime, the Collective Against Impunity, and member of the Board of Directors of the Ecumenical Center for Human Rights.<\/p><p>He also served as a member of the presidential commission established in January 2012 to revise Haiti\u2019s 180-year-old Penal Code (a draft revision of the Penal Code was submitted in March 2015).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4ee80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a4ee80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-539e0aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"539e0aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc15aa1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc15aa1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220aa1d at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220aa1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"membre-elisabeth\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elisabeth Colimon Woolley, Member<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1fa52e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1fa52e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-558ca4f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"558ca4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-452808a at-image-animation at-animation-image-none at-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"452808a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"229\" src=\"http:\/\/betatest.fokal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/elisabeth.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14799\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b9c65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01b9c65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f6ca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64f6ca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">She is an activist lawyer with Dantes P. Colimon and has been a member of the Port-au-Prince Bar since 1978. She earned her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Legal Studies from the Faculty of Law and Economics in 1980.<\/p><p>She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bar of the Port Authority of the Ark of Haiti and the Haiti Fund for Women&#8217;s Aid; Member of the Ethics Committee of the GHESKIO Centers and the Soroptimist International Club of Port-au-Prince. She is also interested in microcredit, ethics and personal development (motivation and self-awareness).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxime D. 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