The International Tibet Network’s Steering Committee is responsible for setting policy, ensuring the Network meets its financial and legal commitments and hiring the Executive Director. Steering Committee members are elected from all the regions of the world where there are Tibet Groups (six continents).
Lhadon Tethong,
Co-Chair

Günther Cologna,
Co-Chair

Composition of the Steering Committee
The Steering Committee consists of representatives elected by the International Tibet Network’s member organisations on a regional basis. The Tibetan Government in Exile appoints a two-person liaison for purposes of assuring dialogue, consultation and co-ordination. The International Tibet Network operates independently of the Tibetan Government in Exile, and its two-person liaison representatives have no voting rights on the Steering Committee. The number of seats on the Steering Committee for each region is set out below. This structure takes into consideration the number of groups, the number of countries with groups and the number of United Nations member states in each region.
Region |
Seats |
United States | 4 |
Western Europe (two seats reserved for French-speaking areas) | 4 |
South Asia | 3 |
Central & South America | 2 |
Rest of Asia | 1 |
Central & Eastern Europe,Russia & CIS | 2 |
Northern Europe | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Australasia | 1 |
Africa & Middle East | 1 |
Sub-total: | 20 |
+ Observers from Tibetan Government in Exile | 2 |
Total (Maximun) | 22 |
Current Steering Committee Members are as follows:
Western Europe

Eleanor Byrne-Rosengren
Scotland

Günther Cologna
Italy | Tibet Network Co-Chair

Migmar Wangdu Raith
Switzerland

Tony Dunne
Ireland
Central & Eastern Europe and Russia

Katerina Bursikova Jacques
Czech Republic

Janis Martins Skuja
Latvia
Northern Europe

Namgyal Tsomo Svenningsen
Norway
North America

Chemi Lhamo
Canada

Tenzin Jigme
USA | Chief Financial Officer

Lhadon Tethong
USA | Tibet Network Co-Chair

Ngawang Tashi
USA

Tenzing Dhamcho
USA
Central & South America

Karen Villar
Costa Rica

Raymundo Zaldívar
Mexico
South Asia

Amruth Joshi |
National Co-Convener, Core Group for Tibetan Cause

Rinzin Choedon
Students for a Free TIbet, India

Tenzin Dolma |
President, Tibetan Women’s Association
East & South East Asia

Tsering Dorjee
Japan
Middle East and Africa

Susan Dayan
Israel
Observer

Karma Choeying
Representing the Tibetan Government in Exile

Tenzin Palmo, TSG Liaison Officer
Representing the Tibetan Government in Exile
Steering Committee members of the International Tibet Network with staff and alternates at the Annual General Meeting in Brussels, September 2016.
To contact any of the International Tibet Network Steering Committee, please email: mail@tibetnetwork.org or go to Contact Us.