Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
Jacqueline A Moturi Ogega
Senior Director Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, World Vision
Cofounder and President, Mpanzi, Empowering Women and Girls
Dr. Jackie Ogega is an inspiring leader dedicated to promoting gender equality, social inclusion, and the empowerment of women and girls. She has directed numerous multi-million-dollar programs to advance gender equality and social inclusion in many countries across the world. Jackie taught high sch...
Jean Frances Duff, M.A, M.P.H
President, The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
Ms Duff serves as chief executive of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) an international, interfaith, multi-sector collaboration for excellent  evidence for faith groups’ activity and contribution to development and humanitarian challenges. JLI’s goal is to e...
RABBI AMY EILBERG
Coordinator of Jewish Community Engagement, Faith in Action Bay Area
Member of Steering Committee, Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
Rabbi Amy Eilberg is the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.She serves as the Coordinator of Jewish Engagement for Faith in Action Bay Area, a multi-faith, multi-racial social justice organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. She previouslyÂ...
BISHOP DR. MUNIB A. YOUNAN
Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Former President, the Lutheran World Federation
Honorary President, Middle East Council of Churches
Founder and member, core group of Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land
Judge, World Interfaith Harmony Week
Bishop Dr. Munib Younan was is the former President (2010-2017) of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), a global communion of Christian churches with 145 member churches in 79 countries representing more than 70 million Christians. In his capacity of president of the LWF the bishop signed with his H...
DR. MAJEDA OMAR
Director, Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS)
Majeda Omar is the director of the Royal Institute for Inter-faith Studies in Jordan. She previously served as a Senior Researcher at Majlis El Hassan, (His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal Offices), Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan. She also chaired the philosophy department at the University...
IMAM ABDOULAYE OUASSELEGUE
Vice President, Islamic Council Central African Republic
Coordinator, Islamic Relief Central African Republic
Secretary General, Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulemas, Morocco
Abdoulaye Ouasselegue, currently Imam of the Petevo mosque in Bangui and coordinator of Islamic Relief in Central African Republic, is the vice president and spokesperson of the Islamic Council in Central African Republic. Secretary General of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulemas, Abdoulaye ...
HONOURABLE ELA GANDHI
Trustee, Gandhi Development Trust
Ela Gandhi is the granddaughter of Mohandas Gandhi, also known as 'Mahatma' (great soul) Gandhi, the man who famously led Indians to independence from their British colonizers in 1946. She was born in 1940 and grew up in the Phoenix Settlement, the first Ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi,...
DR. MARK OWEN
Secretary General, ECRL European Council of Religious Leaders
Director, Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester
Dr Mark Owen holds a BA in Theology and Religious Studies, MA in World Religions, and PhD in Tibetan Buddhism. Mark has extensive experience of working with interfaith and multi-faith organisations, and an academic and practical background in religious peacebuilding. Dr Owen has been Secretary Gener...
Imam Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini
President, CO.RE.IS. (Comunità Religiosa Islamica) Italiana
ISESCO Ambassador, Dialogue among Civilizations
Co-Coordinator, the European MJLC Muslim and Jewish Leadership Council
Council Member, ECRL European Council of Religious Leaders
Yahya Pallavicini is president of COREIS, the Islamic Religious Community of Italy, one of the principal organisations of institutional representation of Islam in Italy with a vocation for theological training, ecumenism and intercultural education in the West (www.coreis.it). Yahya has been a me...
NYAMBURA GICHUKI
End Child Poverty Programs Officer, Arigatou International
I am committed to sharing hope and developing the leadership capabilities of the young women and men that I serve. I believe in investing in people and enabling them to live a meaningful life, because every person matters. It’s with this purpose that I engage in interfaith cooperation and promo...