ICPCN is managed by an International Board of Trustees representing diverse regions of the world.
The ICPCN is also represented on the steering group of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the Global Network of National Associations.
Our Trustees
Lynda Gould MBE (Acting Chair)
CEO /Director of Operations
Butterfly Children’s Hospices
China
Mike Palfreman (Treasurer)
Chief Executive
Haven House Children’s Hospice
United Kingdom
Professor Julia Downing
Ex Officio member
ICPCN Chief Executive
United Kingdom / Uganda
Sabine Kraft 
Director
Bundesverband Kinderhospiz
Germany
Dr Zipporah Ali 
Chief Executive Officer
Kenyan Hospice and Palliative Care Association
Kenya
Dr Stephen Connor
Executive Director,
Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
USA
Dr Regina Okhuysen-Cawley
(Representing Latin-America)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
USA
Dr Marianne Phillips 
Consultant Paediatric and Adolescent Oncologist
and Palliative Care Specialist
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth,
Australia
Zodwa Sithole 
Director Hospice Support
Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA)
South Africa
Dr Christine Vadeboncoeur 
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Paediatrics
University of Ottawa
Lead Physician, Paediatric Palliative Care Programme
CHEO, Ottawa
Canada
