AAI’s ratings are developed through a thorough consultation process involving the AIDS Accountability Expert Panel - a large interdisciplinary group of experts from global agencies, and regional and national bodies, as well as experts and representatives from civil society and the Group of Nine- a smaller advisory committee.

The Group of Nine
The Group of Nine is asked to advise the AAI Secretariat on the finalization and launch of ranking methodologies based on proposals generated by AAI and Development Teams, and on the feedback provided by the AIDS Accountability Expert Panel. ToR_AAI_Group_of_9 (pdf)

Current members are:

Marianne Flink, Independent Consultant, Sweden
Jacques du Guerny, Independent Consultant, France
Michael Hammer, CEO, One World Trust, UK
Khadija Moalla, Regional HIV/AIDS Practice Leader & Programme Coordinator for Arab States, UNDP HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States, Egypt
Gcebile Ndlovu, Regional Coordinator Southern Africa, International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS, Swaziland
Carol O’Brien, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa, South Africa
Warren Parker, Executive Director Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa
Per Strand, Scientific Director, AIDS Accountability International, South Africa

The AIDS Accountability Expert Panel
The Expert Panel is asked to feedback on the proposals for ratings and other research products generated by AAI and the Development Teams. ToR_AIDS_Accountability_Expert_Panel (pdf)

Current Panel members:

Adebola Adedimeji, Lecturer/Co-Ordinator Global Health, Public Health & Primary Care, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Munir Ahmed, Team Leader-UNICEF-HAPP HIV Program, Bangladesh
Claudia Ahumada, Acting Constituencies Programme Manager & Women’s Campaign Coordinator, World AIDS Campaign, Canada
Asif Syed Altaf, Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), United Kingdom
Dennis Altman, Professor of Politics, La Trobe University, Australia
Rebecca Amollo, Doctoral Researcher,  Community Law Center, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Joe Amon, Director HIV/AIDS Program, Human Rights Watch, United States
Vardan Babayan, Programme Director Armenian National AIDS Foundation, Armenia
Syed M. Baqar, Consultant in community work, workplace responses, training of PLWA, India
Aram Barra, Project Director, Espolea, Mexico
Mabel Bianco, President and Coordinator, Fundacion para Estudio e Investigacion de la Mujer, Argentina
Zlatko Cardaklija, Federal HIV/AIDS co-ordinator, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Henry Chang, President Actavis Consulting Group, United States
Nada Chaya, Metrics Manager, Research & Metrics Population Services Int., United States
Susan Chong, APCASO, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Regional Network on HIV/AIDS (the Seven Sisters), Malaysia
Chris Collins, Vice President and Director, Public Policy, amfAR, United States
Josef Decosas, Senior Advisor, HERA, Belguim
Sónia Dias, Professor in Public Health Department, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Portugal
Evelyne S. Ehua, Directeur de la Coordination et des Appuis Techniques au Ministère chargeè de la Lutte contre le SIDA, Cote d’Ivoire
Walid El Ansari, Professor of Public Health, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Mziwethu Faku, District Organizer, Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa
Lindiwe Farlane, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, EngenderHealth, South Africa
Claudio Fernandes, Project Manager, AIDS activist, designer and filmmaker, GESTOS, Brazil
Pieter Fourie, Senior Researcher, Department of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
Tim France, Technical and Policy Advisor, Health and Development Network, Thailand
Raoul Fransen, Policy officer at International Civil Society Support, Holland
Susana Fried, Senior Gender Advisor, United Nations Development Programme HIV/AIDS Practice, Bureau for Development Policy, United States
Kurt Frieder, Executive Director, Fundacion Huesped, Argentina
Adam Garner, Youth Officer, Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), The Netherlands
Esther Gathiri, Napafrica, network of African people living with HIV and AIDS, Kenya
Carrie Gheen, Program Development Advisor, AIDS Foundation East West (AFEW), The Netherlands
Sonia Gonzalez, Dirigente, Concepto VIH-SIDA e ITS A.C., Mexico
Nikhil Gurung,Member, Youth R.I.S.E  International Working Group, Nepal
Jill Hanass-Hancock, Post-Doc fellowship at HEARD, University of Kwa-ZuluNatal, South Africa
Finn Heinrich, Senior Programme Coordinator, National Integrity System, Germany
Lee-Nah Hsu, Adjunct Professor
Beri Hull, Global Advocacy Officer, The International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (ICW), United States
Julian Hussey, Independant Consultant, United Kingdom
Kaboure Innoussa, Director of Strategic Information division, Family Health International, United States
Mark Ishaug, President and Chief Executive Officer, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, United States
Bobby John, Principal Partner and President, Global Health Advocates, India
Elena Kabakchieva, Chair of Health and Social Development Foundation, Bulgaria
Ruta Kaupe, Director, NGO DIA+LOGS, Latvia
Andreas Kyriacou, Associate Profesor of Economics, Departament d’Economia, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Innocent Laison, Senior Program Manager, African Council of AIDS Service Organizations (AfriCASO), Senegal
Brian J. Lariche, Corporate Community Consultant & Director, Lariche Community, Malaysia
Ulrich Laukamm-Josten, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis Plus Team, Communicable Diseases Unit (CDS), WHO Regional Office for Europé, Denmark
Chewe Luo, Senior Programme Adviser, UNICEF, New York, United States
Daniel Low- Beer, Unit Director, Performance, Evaluation and Policy, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva
Ron MacInnis, Director of Policy & Programmes, Internatinal AIDS Society, Geneva
Rodelyn Marte, Programme Manager, Community Advocacy Initiative (CAI), Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations (APCASO), Malaysia
Elizabeth Mataka, UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa, United Nations, Zambia
Elaine McKay, Independant Consultant South Africa
Sam McPherson, Associate Director of Planning, Analysis & Learning, Int. HIV/AIDS Alliance, United Kingdom
Brad Mears, CEO South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, South Africa
Mimi Melles, Manager, International Youth Speak Out (iYSO) Project, United States
Elizabeth Mills, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom
Patricia Mugambi-Ndegewa, Vice President & Regional Director, East and Central Africa, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Kenya
Neelanjana Mukhia, International Women’s Rights Policy and Campaign Coordinator ActionAid International, South Africa
Nathea Nicolay, Head of Health Unit, Metropolitan Foundation, South Africa
Teymur Noori, Scientific Officer, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden
Rafael Ohanyan, Head of Prevention Department of National Center for AIDS Prevention, Armenia
Arshak Papoyan, Head of Epidemiological Surveillance  Department of the National AIDS Center, Armenia
Alena Peryshkina, Director, AIDS Infoshare, Russia
Philipos Petros, Lecturer and Head of HIV/AIDS Management Unit , Ethiopian Civil Service College, Ethiopia
John Rock, National Portfolio Convener NAPWA and member of APN+, Australia
Thomas Scalway, Independant Consultant, International Health communication consulting, South Africa
Lisa Schechtman, Senior Policy Officer, Global AIDS Alliance, United States
Otilia Scutelniciuc, Monitoring and Evaluation of National Health Programmes, Moldova
James Stevenson, Global Adviser: Programme Effectiveness, Oxfam GB, United Kingdom
Lakshmi Sundaram, Advocacy Officer, FIND, Geneva
Vicci Tallis, Programme Manager HIV and AIDS , Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, South Africa
Hristo Taskov, Deputy Director of National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Bulgaria
John Tomaro, Director, Health Programme, Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan Development Network, Geneva
Göran Tomson, Professor of International Health System Research, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Mary Ann Torres, Senior Policy Advisor, International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), Canada
Leah Utyasheva, Dr in International Human Rights, Ukraine
Stefaan van der Borght, Director Health Affairs, Heineken International, The Netherlands
Olga Varetska, Head of Team: M&E International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine, Ukraine
Julie Veroff, Executive Director, FACE AIDS, United States
Kirsi Viisainen, Manager, Performance, Impact and Effectiveness Unit, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland
Regina Wenzel, Manager CSR Asia, Corporate Service Group GmbH KarstadtQuelle Konzern Einkauf, Hong Kong
Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Senior Advisor on Health Economics, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Zonibel Woods, Program Manager, HIV/AIDS Initiative, United States
Paul Zeitz, Executive Director, Global AIDS Alliance, United Kingdom