The profile of the Board of Salud y Familia reflects the multi-disciplinary and pluralist character of the organisation.
Chairwomen of the association since its foundation:
• Mª Aurèlia Campmany. Writer.
Councillor for Culture at Barcelona City Council.
• Rosa Virós i Galtier. Jurer and Political Scientist.
Rector of Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona.
• Mª Eugènia Andreu Vendrell. Economist and Public Administration Expert.
Former Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Equality for Women.
• Sra. Pilar Plaza Arnaiz. Lawyer, Lawyers’ Service, Catalan Regional Government (Generalitat).
PROFILE OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Chairman: Sra. Judith Ibáñez i Vives. Equal Opportunities Commissioner at Cornellà City Council. Former Public Health, Consumer Affairs, Social Services and Women’s Affairs Commissioner at Cornellà City Council. Former Deputy Chairman of the Costa de Ponent Regional Health Authority. Institutional Coordinator of the Fontsanta Health Centre (CAS).
Deputy-Chairman: Dr. Nolasc Acarín Tussell. Doctor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. Head of Neurology at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. Professor of Neuroscience at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. Chairman of the Occupational Health Centre of Catalonia and the Balearics (Mutual Médica de Cataluña y Baleares).
Executive Secretary: Sr. Vicente Ortún Rubio . Professor of Business and Economics and Director of the Economics and Health Research Centre (CRES) at Pompeu Fabra University.
Treasurer: Sra. Àngels Martínez de Castilla. Psychologist. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Service, Drassanes Primary Health Centre. Ciutat Vella District, Municipal Healthcare Institute, Barcelona.
Members:
Sra. Mª Eugènia Andreu Vendrell. Economist and Public Administration Expert. Former Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Equality for Women.
Sra. Assumpta Baig i Torras. Primary school teacher with 18 years’ experience in education and gender issues at local authority level. Member of the Catalan Parliament and Senator representing the Catalonia.
Sr. Miguel Inglés Pedrero. Industrial expert (electrical) for the Strategy for Industrial Productive Transformation (ETPI) at the Technical University of Catalonia (1966). Expert in: professional training and qualifications, lifelong learning, employment integration, knowledge management, training for trainers, international technical cooperation, project evaluation (project cycle management), research management.
Dra. Mercè Gascó Cano. Doctor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. Expert on Reproductive Health and Development Co-operation. Deputy Chairman of the Spanish Federation of Family Planning, 1987-1992. Director of the Romanian Family Health Initiative Programme, JSI Research and Training, funded by USAID.
Sra. Rosa Regás Pagès. Writer. General Director of the National Library of Spain.
Sr. Eduard Sagarra Trias . Lawyer. Professor of International Public Law at the University of Barcelona and ESADE. Specialist in international law, EU nationality for non-EU nationals, asylum and commercial law. Former board member of the College of Lawyers of Barcelona. Founding partner of the law firm Roca & Junyent Abogados. Board member of the United Nations Association in Spain. Chairman of the editorial board of Mon Juridic (magazine of the College of Lawyers of Barcelona). Former chairman of the European Movement Council of Catalonia.
Sra. Dolors Folch Fornesa. Lecturer in Chinese History at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. Former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Director of the School of East Asian Studies.
General Director: Dra. Elvira Méndez Méndez. Medical Specialist in Public Health and Lecturer in Political Science at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. Technical Collaborator at the Catalan Institute of Oncology, Cancer Prevention and Control Unit.