Leadership Elections

Thank you for visiting the 2023 ISN Leadership Elections page. The elections are now closed. Results will be announced at the General Assembly meeting during WCN’23.

Welcome to the 2023 ISN Leadership Elections

ISN Leadership elections will take place from January 23 to February 17, 2023.

During this time, ISN voting members can vote to elect the next ISN:

President-elect, and
Regional board deputy chair/council member in their ISN region

Prepare to vote for the best candidates to lead the ISN:

Review the ISN’s vision, mission, and value statements
Read the candidates’ short biographies/CVs and statements
Ensure your 2023 ISN membership is up to date – join/renew here

The election results will be announced at the ISN general assembly meeting during the World Congress of Nephrology 2023 (WCN’23) in Bangkok, Thailand.

There, the ISN president, regional board chairs and deputy chairs will start their term as the voting members of the 2023-25 ISN council – the governing body and legal trustee of the ISN, until WCN’25. Learn more about ISN leadership groups here.

Thank you for considering each candidate on merit and for the vision and values they embody, and for exercising your right to vote.

Best wishes,

Jürgen Floege
Chair, ISN Nominating Committee

A guide to casting your vote

ISN voting members are eligible and invited to participate in the 2023 ISN leadership elections.

Voting is open from 12 p.m. January 23 to 12 p.m. CET February 17, 2023.

To vote:

Log in to your MYISN account (located on the top right blue bar) at www.theisn.org (preferred browser: Google Chrome)
Click on the “Vote now” tab in the MYISN dashboard to access the voting platform managed by our election partner, YesElections (Election-America)
Read the candidates’ short biographies/CVs and statements
Cast one vote for president-elect and one vote for your ISN region’s regional board deputy chair/councilor

To meet the candidates and read about the leadership elections before logging in to the voting platform, click here.

Make sure your membership is up to date so you can vote. Renew online here.

Contact info@theisn.org if you have any questions or need technical assistance.

Meet the Candidates

President-Elect candidates *

David Johnson
Australia
Read short biography/CV and statement

Valerie Luyckx
Switzerland
Read short biography/CV and statement

Marcello Tonelli
Canada
Read short biography/CV and statement

* all ISN voting members can vote for the ISN President-Elect

Regional Board Deputy Chair/Councillor candidates **

Africa

Abdou Niang
Senegal
Read short biography/CV and statement

Mohamed Salah
Egypt
Read short biography/CV and statement

Eastern and Central Europe

Jolanta Malyszko
Poland
Read short biography/CV and statement

Halima Resic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Read short biography/CV and statement

Latin America and the Caribbean

Ana Maria Cusumano
Argentina
Read short biography/CV and statement

Alejandro Ferreiro Fuentes
Uruguay
Read short biography/CV and statement

Gregorio Obrador
Mexico
Read short biography/CV and statement

Middle East

Ahmed Mitwalli
Saudi Arabia
Read short biography/CV and statement

Bassam Saeed
Syria
Read short biography/CV and statement

Newly Independent States and Russia

Kirill Komissarov
Belarus
Read short biography/CV and statement

Ashot Sarkissian
Armenia
Read short biography/CV and statement

Olimkhon Sharapov
Uzbekistan
Read short biography/CV and statement

North America and the Caribbean

Melvin Bonilla-Félix
Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory of the US)
Read short biography/CV and statement

Lori-Ann Fisher
Jamaica
Read short biography/CV and statement

** ISN voting members can vote only for their ISN region’s Regional Board Deputy Chair/Councillor

ISN Leadership – A Short Guide

ISN leadership is made up of several core groups. See below for a brief explanation of these groups, as described in the ISN bylaws.

Executive committee

The ISN executive committee works alongside the ISN council to define and lead the organization’s vision, mission, and values, focusing on long-term strategies to ensure successful and sustainable outcomes.

Our current executive committee consists of ten members, including the ISN executive director who sits on the committee as an ex officio member.

Meet the current members of the executive committee (2021-23) here.

Council

The ISN council is composed of regional board chairs and deputy chairs from each of the ten ISN regions. It works alongside the ISN executive committee to determine effective policies, strategies, and governance to carry out ISN’s mission.

Our current council consists of 21 members – the president, chair and deputy chair of each of the ISN regional boards (ten regional boards in total).

Meet the current members of the council (2021-23) here.

Regional Boards

The ISN established ten regional boards to monitor and report on ISN activities across the globe and build relationships with affiliated societies. The regional boards representing the ten ISN regions are:

ISN members are allocated to an ISN region according to their country of residence.