Select Page

Dr. Cynthia Stuen

Board of Directors, Officers

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICA Cynthia Stuen is a board member and Regional Vice President for North America of the International Federation on Ageing and its Main Representative to the United Nations. Dr. Stuen is Vice President of VISIONS Services for Blind...

Ms. Siobhan Casey

Officers

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, EUROPE Siobhan Casey was appointed as the Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland in April 2025. Her role is to safeguard and protect the interests of older people and hold government to account on all areas relating to ageing and...

Dr. Jaco Retief Hoffman

Board of Directors, Officers

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, AFRICA Jaco Hoffman (DPhil, Oxon) is a Professor of Socio-Gerontology in the Optentia Research Unit, North-West University (Vanderbijlpark Campus), South Africa where he leads the Ageing and Generational Dynamics in Africa (AGenDA) programme....

Ms. Grace Chan

Board of Directors, Officers

Grace Chan Man Yee is a seasoned social welfare leader with over three decades of experience, currently serving as the Chief Executive-designate of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), a role she will commence on April 1, 2025. Her appointment follows an...

Berenice Anaya

Secretariat

Berenice  joined the IFA team in 2020. Berenice has a BA in Communications and Digital Media from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico and an MSc in Business and Management from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow,...