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)
- Tetsuo Ashizawa (Houston, USA)
- Bernard Brais (Montreal, Canada)
- Rosalind Chuang (Seattle, USA)
- Alexandra Durr (Paris, France)
- Brent Fogel (Los Angeles, USA)
- Julie Greenfield (Ataxia UK, UK)
- Lauren Moore (NAF, USA)
- Laura Jardim (Porte Alegre, Brazil)
- Hong Jiang (Changsha, China)
- Osamu Onodera (Niigata, Japan)
- José Luiz Pedroso (São Paulo, Brazil)
- David Szmulewicz (Melbourne, Australia)
Head of the AGI office: Holm Graessner (Tübingen, Germany)
Tetsuo Ashizawa
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Tetsuo-Ashizawa-portrait-1024x1024.jpg)
Bernard Brais
![Alexandra Durr](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Brent-portrait-picture-e1562573944874.jpg)
Rosalind Chuang
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Chuang_photo-e1644470851619-300x300.jpg)
Alexandra Durr
![Alexandra Durr](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Alexandra-Durr-portrait-picture-e1562074476196.png)
Brent Fogel
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bernard-portrait-picture-1024x982-1.jpg)
Julie Greenfield
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Julie-Greenfield-portrait.jpg)
Lauren Moore
![Sue Hagen](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Lauren-Moore-scaled-e1671011948854.jpg)
Laura Jardim
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Laura-Jardim-portrait.jpg)
Hong Jiang
![Hong Jiang](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hong-Jiang-e1645552563496.jpg)
Thomas Klockgether (Vice-Chair)
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Thomas-Klockgether-portrait-1024x1024.jpg)
Osamu Onodera
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Osamu_Onodera_3-e1693435297755.jpg)
José Luiz Pedroso
![](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/José-Luiz-Pedroso-e1570531400592.jpg)
Matthis Synofzik (Chair)
![Matthis Synofzik](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Matthis-Synofzik-portrait-picture-e1562657787422-1024x1024.jpg)
David Szmulewicz
![David Szmulewicz](https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/David-Szumelwicz_portrait-picture-e1562327310824-1024x1024.jpg)