Mr. Santosh Kumar Rungta
President
India
Mrs. Cristina Chamorro Muñoz
First Vice-President
Spain
Mr. Yaw Ofori-Debra
Second Vice-President, Ghana Blind Union
Ghana
Mr. Alejandro Paz
Treasurer
Guatemala
Mr. Moises Bauer
General Secretary
Brazil
Mrs. Martine Abel-Williamson
Past-President
New Zealand
Cristina Chamorro Muñoz is a professional with a diverse and committed career, combining expertise in law, public administration, communication, and social action.
She holds a Law degree from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), with additional language training from the Official School of Languages and international stays in France and the United Kingdom.
She has worked in media outlets such as Diario Cinco Días and Canal+, and since 2008 has held public positions, notably serving as a disability advisor in the Spanish Congress and as a city councillor in Madrid from 2011 to 2015. Currently, she is the Executive Director of General Resources and Sustainability at ONCE, where she leads strategic areas and has consolidated her profile as an expert in change management and institutional leadership.
Yaw Ofori-Debra, a Ghanaian national who has been blind since childhood, trained at the University of Cape Coast.
He worked with the Ghana Education Service, helping teachers support students’ psycho-emotional health. A leading disability activist, he has led major organizations in Ghana and Africa, advocated for the 2006 Disability Act, and promoted disability rights. Awarded the Martin Luther King Award for Peace and Social Justice in 2018, he is fluent in English and French and has organized impactful advocacy groups.
Moisés Bauer Luiz holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and has more than 25 years of experience in the public sector and in civil society organizations.
Moisés has served as President of the National Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Brazil (CONADE), the National Organization of the Blind of Brazil (ONCB), and the Brazilian Committee of Organizations Representing Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
He built his legal career within Brazil’s justice system, focusing on the defense of Human Rights, and also held leadership roles in government agencies, managing public policies for persons with disabilities.
With a consolidated international trajectory, he has taken part in negotiations at the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization, where he made an effective contribution to the drafting of the Marrakesh Treaty.
Mrs. Martine Abel-Williamson of New Zealand, serves on the boards of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Accessible Books Consortium, Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind and Blind Citizens NZ.
She also holds pan-disability roles as a board member of Disability Connect, a pan-disability service provider in NZ. Martine is totally blind and is usually accompanied by her guide dog. She lives in Auckland, NZ.