Officers and Members of the Executive Committee
2023-2025
Chairperson: Mr. William Smith, President/CEO, Aging in America and UN Representative, IAHSA.
Vice-Chairperson: Ms. Robin Fenley, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA)..
Treasurer: Katharine Weiss, UN representative of the Global Ageing Network.
Corresponding Secretary: Ms. Ariana Elezaj, Deputy Director of Older Adult Services at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.
Recording Secretary: Ms. Martha Bial, Faculty Research Scholar, Ravazzin Center on Aging at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in New York.
Past Chair: Cynthia Stuen, International Federation on Ageing.
Members-at-Large: Ramsey Alwin, National Council on Aging, Robin Fenley, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse; Christopher Hanway, Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement; Magda Kaczmarska, Generations United; William Smith, Global Ageing Network
UNIDOP Co-Chairs for 2023: Christophert Hanway, Executive Director Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, Ariana Elezai, Deputy Director of Older Adult Services at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.
By-Laws
The NGO Committee on Ageing is constituted as a Committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations, New York, in April 1979.
The purpose of the NGO Committee on Ageing is to encourage, facilitate, and support the United Nations’ actions related to ageing so as to fulfill its mission.
Read the NGOCOA-NY By-Laws.
Chairperson: Mr. William Smith, President/CEO, Aging in America and UN Representative, IAHSA.
Vice-Chairperson: Ms. Robin Fenley, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA)..
Treasurer: Katharine Weiss, UN representative of the Global Ageing Network.
Corresponding Secretary: Ms. Ariana Elezaj, Deputy Director of Older Adult Services at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.
Recording Secretary: Ms. Martha Bial, Faculty Research Scholar, Ravazzin Center on Aging at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in New York.
Past Chair: Cynthia Stuen, International Federation on Ageing.
Members-at-Large: Ramsey Alwin, National Council on Aging, Robin Fenley, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse; Christopher Hanway, Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement; Magda Kaczmarska, Generations United; William Smith, Global Ageing Network
UNIDOP Co-Chairs for 2023: Christophert Hanway, Executive Director Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, Ariana Elezai, Deputy Director of Older Adult Services at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.
By-Laws
The NGO Committee on Ageing is constituted as a Committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations, New York, in April 1979.
The purpose of the NGO Committee on Ageing is to encourage, facilitate, and support the United Nations’ actions related to ageing so as to fulfill its mission.
Read the NGOCOA-NY By-Laws.
Mission
The NGO Committee on Ageing, NY works to raise world awareness of the opportunities and challenges of global ageing. The Committee advocates within the United Nations community to further integrate ageing in UN policies and programs.