International Board of Advisors

Members of the International Board of Advisors of the Wheelchair Foundation are individuals committed to providing wheelchairs to children, teens, and adults around the world who cannot afford one for themselves. The Advisors bring their expertise and experience to bear in providing valuable counsel on the direction of the Foundation and support in accomplishing its goals and fulfilling its mission.

Members

King Juan Carlos & Queen Sofia of Spain Co-Chairmen
Prince Alexander & Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia  
Wendy Widmann de Berger Former First Lady of Guatemala 
Lorena Clare Facio de Rodriguez Echeverria Former First Lady of Costa Rica 
Joel Ehrenkranz Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz, New York 
Lourdes Rodriguez de Flores Former First Lady of El Salvador 
Mary Flake de Flores Former First Lady of Honduras 
Martha Sahagun Fox Former First Lady of Mexico 
Imants Freibergs Former First Gentleman of Latvia 
Ximena Bohorquez de Gutierrez, M.D. Former First Lady of Ecuador 
Doug Heir Past President of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association 
Michael A. Jacobs Entrepreneur 
Mrs. Andree Lahoud Former First Lady of Lebanon 
Susana Galli de Gonzalez Macchi Former First Lady of Paraguay 
Graca Machel Former First Lady of Mozambique/Mrs. Nelson Mandela 
Patrick Madden Former Executive Director, Sister Cities International 
Anna Mkapa Former First Lady of Tanzania 
Wayne Newton Entertainer, Las Vegas, NV 
Samuel Nujoma Former President of Namibia 
Dean Ornish, M.D. President & Director, Preventive Medicine Research Institute. UCSF 
Deng Pufang Chairman, China Disabled Persons' Federation 
Virginia Gillum de Quiroga Former First Lady of Bolivia 
Prince Raad & Princess Majda Raad of Jordan  
General Joseph W. Ralston United States Air Force-Ret. 
Stefano Ricci Clothing Designer 
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Co-Chair - Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, New York 
Ana Paula dos Santos First Lady of Angola 
Vivian de Torrijos Former First Lady of Panama 
Viviane Wade First Lady of Senegal 
Abbas I. Yousef ASI Agricultural Services & Investments 

Honorary Members

Joe Baca Former U.S. Representative, D-California 
Anna G. Eshoo U.S. Representative, D-California 
William H. Frist Former U.S. Senator, R-Tennessee 
Ken Lancaster Former State Representative, R-Alaska 
James R. Langevin U.S. Representative, D-Rhode Island 
Steve Largent Former U.S. Representative, R-Oklahoma 
Nancy Pelosi House Minority Leader, D-California 
Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California