Governing Council

The Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO) is governed by the Governing Council that consists of Full Members who have been elected to represent all CoMO members and co-opted members who have joined the Council to add strength to the group.

Governing Council members are elected by CoMO's membership at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). For those who have been co-opted to the Governing Coucil, their appointment is ratified by CoMO members at the AGM.

As at March 2011 there are 10 members sitting on the Council. Council members are elected to serve for two years, after which they can be re-nominated to serve up to a maximum of eight years. The officers can only serve for a maximum of two terms in the same office.

The current members of the Governing Council are as follows:

President & 
Regional Leader - Asia Pacific  		 Bruce Langoulant
The Meningitis Centre
Perth, Australia
Vice-President

Daphne Holt
France
(Co-opted Council member)
Secretary &
Americas Regional Representative		 Murray Coffey
Chicago, United States of America
(Co-opted Council member)
Treasurer &
Regional Leader - Europe/Africa		 Chris Head
The Meningitis Research Foundation
Thornbury, United Kingdom
Regional Leader - Americas Region  Patsy Schanbaum
J.A.I.M.E. Group
Texas, United States of America
 Americas Regional Representative Bob Werner
Becky Werner Meningitis Foundation
Wisconsin, United States of America
 Asia Pacific Regional Representative Lulu Bravo (M.D.)
Phillipine Foundation for Vaccination
Manila, Philippines
 Asia Pacific Regional Representative Kow-Tong Chen
Pneumo-Mening Centre
Tainan, Taiwan
Europe/Africa Regional Representative  Elena Moya
Fundacion Irene Megias Contra la Meningitis
Madrid, Spain
Europe/Africa Regional Representative  Maria Rita Munizzi
Movimento Italiano Genitori (MoIGe)
Rome, Italy

 The Medical Advisor for CoMO is Dr Ronald Gold, Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada.