Selection Committee

The International Advisory Council is made up of child advocates from around the globe. Using their vast knowledge, experience and world view, they perform the critical function of reviewing the finalist candidates for the World of Children Awards and casting ballots for the Nominees they believe should become the annual class of Honorees.

Dr. Hend M Al-Khuthaila
Dean, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Merle Allsopp
Director
National Association of Child Care Workers
Glosderry, South Africa

Theresa Andrews
Double Olympic
Gold Medalist, 1984
Delaware USA

Marta Arango, Ph.D.
General Director,
International Center for Education
and Human Development
Colombia, South America

Jane Aronson, M.D.
Founder & CEO,
Worldwide Orphans Foundation
2006 World of Children Honoree
New York, USA

Anthonio Belloni
CEO, LVMH Moet Hennesy
Paris, France

Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D.
Director of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Medical Hospital
Maryland, USA

Hui-jung Chi
CEO, Garden of Hope Foundation
2005 World of Children Honoree
Taipei, Taiwan

Ian Froman, D.D.S.
President, Israel Tennis Centers
Herzlia, Israel

Matthew Goldstein, Ph.D
Chancellor,
The City University of New York
New York, USA

Nancy S. Harris, M.D.
Founder & President
The Terma Foundation
2006 World of Children Honoree
California, USA

Gopa Kothari, M.D.
Founder, Child Eye Care Charitable Trust
2004 World of Children Honoree
Mumbai, India

Mark J. Manary, M.D.
Pediatrician, St Louis Children's Hospital
Founder, Project Peanut Butter
2007 World of Children Honoree
Missouri, USA

Carmen Masias, Ph.D.
Founder, CEDRO
2007 World of Children Honoree
Lima, Peru

Mehendra G. Mehta
Trustee, Ratna Nidhi
Charitable Trust
2003 World of Children Honoree
Mumbai, India

Roula Mouhanna
Founder - Career Counseling and Coaching
Beruit, Lebanon

Philista Prudence Minjal Onyango, Ph.D.
Founder, African Network for the Prevention
and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect
2004 World of Children Honoree
Nairobi, Kenya

Ernest H. Smith, M.D.
Associate Professor Pediatrics
Martin Luther King General Hospital
California, USA

Michael Sumner
Editor/Writer
London, United Kingdom

C. Suan Tan, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Advanced Strategies
Consultancy Limited
Hong Kong, China

Irving C. Williams, M.D.
Founder, Adventures in Health Education and
Agricultural Development
2006 World of Children Honoree
Maryland, USA