Board of Directors

The current officers of DSI are:

• Penny Robertson, Indonesia (President)
• Patrick Clark, Down Syndrome Ireland, Ireland (Vice President)
• Vanessa Dos Santos, The Down Syndrome Association South Africa (Secretary)
• Dawn McKenna, Down Syndrome Research Foundation, Canada (Treasurer)
• Balbir Singh, The Down Syndrome Association Singapore (Past President)

DSI policies and activities are determined by the DSI board, who are comprised of:

• Saud Al-Malaq,Saudi Arabia
• Kitt Boel, Denmark
• Roy Brown, Canada (liaison with IASSID)
• Susan Buckley, England
• Pat Clark, Ireland
• Jacob Burack, Canada (DSQ journal editor)
• Monica Cuskelly, Australia
• Vanessa Dos Santos, South Africa
• Sylvia Escamilla, Mexico
• Marja Hodes, The Netherlands
• David Patterson, USA
• Mohamad Zuhair Mahmander, Dubai
• Dawn McKenna, Canada
• Eiichi Momatani, Japan
• Juan Perera, Spain
• Penny Robertson, Indonesia
• Balbir Singh, Singapore
• Bridget Snedden, New Zealand
• Daniel Weeks, Canada
• Paul Zanon, England

Membership meetings are held at each World Congress where board members and officers were elected to govern DSI.

Interim meetings are held when the board are able to meet at other conferences and through Internet meetings periodically during the year. Minutes of these meetings are available to anybody interested.