The Steering Committee is responsible for providing overall policy and strategic direction to the AGI, oversees activities and progress, and delegates responsibility for day-to-day operations to the AGI office and chairs of the various Working Groups.
The current Steering Committee of the Ataxia Global Initiative consists of the following members:
Chair: Matthis Synofzik (Tübingen, Germany)
Vice-chair: Thomas Klockgether (Bonn, Germany)
- Bernard Brais (Montreal, Canada), academia
- Cheick Abdel Kader CISSE (Bamako, Mali), academia
- Giulia Coarelli (Paris, France), academia
- Kevin D’Ostilio (Braine l’Alleud, Belgium, UCB Pharma), industry
- Jennifer Faber (Bonn, Germany), academia
- Tomohiko Ishihara (Niigata, Japan), academia
- Laura Jardim (Porto Alegre, Brazil), academia
- Hong Jiang (Changsha, China), academia
- Thomas Klockgether (Bonn, Germany), academia
- Gilbert L’Italien (New Haven, USA, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals), industry
- Gülin Öz (Minneapolis, USA), academia
- Silvia Prades (London, UK, Ataxia UK), PAO
- Vikram Shakkottai (Dallas, USA), academia
- Celeste Suart (USA, NAF), PAO
- Matthis Synofzik (Tuebingen, Germany), academia
- David Szmulewicz (Melbourne, Australia), academia
