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Finn Church Aid Board of Directors 2020
The Foundation’s Board convened remotely
FINN CHURCH AID IS GOVERNED by a Board of Directors, appointed by the Plenary Session of the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Board has a Chair, a Vice Chair, and 13 members, and it elects a Work and Audit Committee from among its members.
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The Board convened six times in 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, almost all the meetings were held online.
On 9 June 2020, the Church Council Plenary Session appointed a new Board for the Finn Church Aid Foundation for the 2020–2023 term. The new Board took office at the general meeting held on 18 August 2020.
FCA’S board 2020–2023
Chair Tarja Kantola, Accountant, with Vice-Chairs Vicar Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth until 18 August 2020 and then Bishop Kaisamari Hintikka. Members: Tuomas Aho, Attorney Sixten Ekstrand, Director Atte Harjanne, Member of Parliament (from August) Riikka Hietanen, Pastor (until August) Kaisamari Hintikka, Bishop Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Member of Parliament Marjaana Jauhola, Docent in Development Studies (until August) Juhani Lavanko, Vicar Reetta Meriläinen, Journalist Ritva Ohmeroluoma, Master of Science (Econ.) Aila Paloniemi, Journalist Ritva Reinikka, Professor of Practice (from August) Mark Saba, Pastor, International Ministry & Mission Hanna Ylikangas, Bachelor of Theology (from August)
Expert members invited to attend by the Board are Secretary-General Mari-Anna Auvinen, Director Kalle Kuusimäki, Executive Director Riina Nguyen, Docent Jaakko Rusama until April 2020 and Doctor of Theology Elina Hellqvist from May 2020.
Until August, the Work Committee was chaired by Tarja Kantola, with Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth and Marjaana Jauhola serving as committee members. Since August 2020, the Work Committee has been chaired by Tarja Kantola, with Tuomas Aho and Kaisamari Hintikka as members.
The Audit Committee was chaired by Ritva Ohmeroluoma until August and its members were Tuomas Aho and Sixten Ekstrand. From August 2020, the Audit Committee has been chaired by Sixten Ekstrand with Aila Paloniemi and Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth serving as members. STOP
Our work is funded by:
EDUCATION CANNOT
WAIT a fund for education in emergencies
Government of the United States
Finn Church Aid
Eteläranta 8, FI-00130 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 20 787 1201 fca@kua.fi finnchurchaid.fi
