Liuska worked for over 16 years in rights-based international and European networks mainly in the health sector and in organisations focusing on children's and women’s rights. She initially worked in the field of sexual reproductive health and rights with International Planned Parenthood Federation – European Network (IPPF EN) and subsequently as Programme Manager at the European Patients’ Forum. She worked prominently on patient involvement and empowerment, health inequalities, research and medicines’ development, eHealth and Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Recently Liuska has been the Director of the End Female Genital Mutilation European Network and holds experience in association management. Additionally, she has expertise in strategic planning, programme development and management, policy and advocacy work, membership development and capacity building.

Jackie Mellese has wide-ranging experience in B2B marketing communication in both the corporate and non-profit sectors. She initially worked in market research, where she gained valuable insights from both agency and client-side roles across various industries. Over the past decade, Jackie has worked in communication/marketing in European adult and paediatric medical associations. She contributed to the success of numerous projects, developed and executed communication plans, created multi-channel content, managed media relations, and coordinated the dissemination of EU-funded projects. Jackie is passionate about healthcare, the role of the mind-body connection in health and wellbeing, mindfulness, as well as the need for better awareness about mental health. Jackie holds a BA in Business Management from Vesalius College (VUB) and an MBA from The Open University (UK).

Francesca holds a master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies with further specialisation in International Protection of Human Rights. She has been working for EU membership-based networks since 2011. In her last job, Francesca was Coordinator of the activities with and for young carers at the European association Eurocarers. She advocated for changes in policies and practices across Europe to enable children with caring responsibilities to thrive. She ensured that every activity about young carers was co-designed with them (experts by experience), by facilitating a working group made up of 30 young carers from different countries. In her position as coordinator of a Horizon2020 project aimed at strengthening the resilience of adolescent young carers, Francesca gained in-depth knowledge about mental health. Eager to advocate for a right to health which includes mental health, she joined MHE in January 2022. An Italian mother tongue, she also speaks English and French.