The Board of SMA Europe is an active governing body, responsible for setting the organisational direction, procurement and use of resources, providing oversight and evaluation.
Our current Board (2021 &ndash; 2024) consists of five elected representatives of member organisations, currently SMA Schweiz, SMA Belgium, DGM, AFM-T&eacute;l&eacute;thon and SMA Family Foundation Russia, who serve for a period of three years.&nbsp; It is composed of a President, vice-President and Treasurer. In addition, two additional candidates were nominated and elected onto the Board.

Our staff manage our strategic pillars: Research; Therapy &amp; Care; Healthcare Systems, Policy &amp; Access; Capacity Building; Communications and Outreach.
SMA Europe also has a small secretariat, responsible for the day-to-day management of the organisation. It is managed by our Operations Manager, who is supported by our Admin and IT Support employee.

Our People

Senior Operations Manager

Raquel Castro

Administration and Governance Manager

Theo Soultanos

Research Programme Manager

Vanessa Christie-Brown

Research Officer

Evgeniya Vedernikova

OdySMA Project Manager

Laura Gumbert

MS Teams and Admin Support

Carolina Pachecoy