The The Wheelchair Foundation, a division of Global Health and Education Foundation,
a 501(c)3 charitable foundation, has a goal to provide a free wheelchair to every child,
teen and adult worldwide who needs one but has no means to acquire one.
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 |
| Whitey Ford | Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Martha Sahagun Fox | Former First Lady of Mexico |
| Imants Freibergs | Former First Gentleman of Latvia |
| Valery Giscard d'Estaing | Former President of France |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Former President of the USSR |
| Ximena Bohorquez de Gutierrez , M.D. | Former First Lady of Ecuador |
| Doug Heir | Past President of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association |
| Kenneth Hofmann | Philanthropist |
| 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 |
| Nelson Mandela | Former President of South Africa |
| 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 |
| Jack Palladino | Palladino & Sutherland, San Francisco |
| Arnold Palmer | Professional Golfer/Business Executive |
| 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. |
| Fidel Ramos | Former President of the Philippines |
| Catherine B. Reynolds | American Academy of Achievement/CEO of Educap Inc. |
| Stefano Ricci | Clothing Designer |
| Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | Co-Chair - Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, New York |
| Ana Paula dos Santos | First Lady of Angola |
| Don Shula | Entreprenuer/Former NFL Coach |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Somare | Former Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea |
| 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 |
| Max Cleland | Former U. S. Senator, D-Georgia |
| Anna G. Eshoo | U.S. Representative, D-California |
| Dianne Feinstein | U.S. Senator, D-California |
| William H. Frist | Former U.S. Senator, R-Tennessee |
| Benjamin A. Gilman | Former U.S. Representative, R-New York |
| Daniel Inouye | U. S. Senator, D-Hawaii |
| 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 |
| Ellen Tauscher | Under Secretary of State for Arms Control |
| Tom Torlakson | State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California |