OUR GOVERNANCE
The ACOS Alliance is led by Executive Director, Elisabet Cantenys, and governed by a board of representatives from news organizations, press freedom NGOs and the freelance journalism community.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Maria Salazar Ferro
Director, Newsroom Safety
& Resilience
The New York Times
PRESIDENT
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Elisa Lees Muñoz
Executive Director
International Womens'
Media Foundation
TREASURER
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Andréa Schmidt
Freelance Journalist & Filmmaker
What Escapes Production
SECRETARY
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Marc Perkins
Head of Investigations, World Service
BBC
BOARD MEMBER
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Salima Belhadj
Editor-in-Chief, AFPTV
North America
Agence France Presse
BOARD MEMBER
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Vanessa Charlot
Visual Journalist
& Assistant Professor
University of Mississippi
BOARD MEMBER
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Victoria Lavenue
Head of Assistance
Reporters Without Borders
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BOARD MEMBER
Finbarr O'Reilly
Freelance
Photographer & Writer
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BOARD MEMBER​
David Rohde
Senior Executive Editor, National Security
NBC News
BOARD MEMBER
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Lucy Westcott
Emergencies Director
Committee to Protect Journalists
BOARD MEMBER
Elisabet Cantenys
Executive Director
Elisabet has been Executive Director at the ACOS Alliance since 2016, leading the organisation's growth and strategy, overseeing its global partnerships and managing its program of activities. She has more than fifteen years experience working on journalist safety issues with a focus on collaboraion, previously as Head of Programmes at the Rory Peck Trust where she managed and implemented more than a dozen journalist safety projects worldwide and co-founded the Journalists In Distress network (JID).
