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W.A.D. OFFICERS
2024-2025 W.A.D. OFFICERS

CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT 1 VICE PRESIDENT 2 VICE PRESIDENT 3 VICE PRESIDENT
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OF THE BOARD R.P. Chauhan Wes Bearden Philip Ryffel Juan Giraldo
Jean Schmitt India USA Switzerland Colombia
France
AREA GOVERNORS 2023-2024 W.A.D. AMBASSADORS
Area Governors shall act in an advisory capacity and assist the Ambassadors shall act in an advisory capacity and assist the Board
Board of Directors in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the of Directors in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the Association,
Association, the attainment of its objectives, the solicitation of the attainment of its objectives, the solicitation of memberships and
memberships and such other duties as are fixed by the Board and such other duties as are fixed by the Board and may not serve in the
may not serve in the same or like capacity for any other International same or like capacity for any other International Association.
Association. Area Governors represent multiple countries including
the country in which they reside. AREAS / COUNTRIES AMBASSADORS
AREAS / COUNTRIES GOVERNORS
AUSTRIA Andreas Nehyba
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST Laila Saleh, Egypt CANADA Remi Kalacyan
Janet Helm
AMERICAS Gary McDaniels USA / Kevin Bousquet
Juan Giraldo Colombia CHINA Frank Zheng
ASIA Dr. Rajkumar Tyagi, India CZECH REPUBLIC Ladislav Pavek
DENMARK Uffe Bodeholt
AUSTRALASIA Craig R Douglas, Australia ENGLAND Mike Wright
EUROPE (INCLUDING ISRAEL) Philip Ryffel, Switzerland Roger Bescoby
FINLAND Ala-Varvi Jari
FRANCE Anne Perrin
Germany Lothar Mueller
STANDING Svenja Meismann
GREECE Leonidas Gkikas
HUNGARY
Committee Chairs and Appointments INDIA Sameer Trivedi
Vinay Chauhan
New Membership Development Wes Bearden Reddy
Legislative Rockne Cooke ISRAEL Jacob Ofir
Seminar Juan Giraldo ITALY Marco Gallo
Ethics Chuck McLaughlin JAPAN Miharu Takahama
Aad Schalke
NETHERLANDS
Public Relations Mike LaCorte and NEW ZEALAND Daniel Toresen
Wes Bearden NIGERIA Johnson Okebukola
New Business Jason Cohen NORWAY Gard Westbye
Audit, Budget, and Finance Michel Hamel PUERTO RICO Fernando Fernandez
POLAND
Stan Bochenski
Conference and Midterm Management Bob Heales PORTUGAL Fernando Oliveira
ROMANIA Mihai Marcusanu
AD HOC RUSSIA Alexey Shcherbenev
Oleg Zimin
SERBIA Dragan Trivan
Awards Mike LaCorte SINGAPORE Ponnosamy Kalastree
Newsletter Siti Subaidah Naidu SLOVENIA Helena Dvorsak
Welcome Candice Tal SOUTH AFRICA Andrey Grudko
Association Relationship Vladimir Solomanidin SPAIN David Sanmartin
Social Media Juan Giraldo SWITZERLAND
Technology Chuck McLaughlin THAILAND David Milne
Sergeant at Arms Remi Kalacyan TURKEY
Historian Bob Heales UKRAINE Igor Tymofeyev
Parliamentarian Christine Vinson USA Gary McDaniel
Wes Bearden

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE DESIGNATED ENDING 2026
TERM ENDING 2024 TERM ENDING 2025 TERM ENDING 2026 Gary McDaniel
Stan Bochenski Alex Auslander Kevin Bousquet
Michel Hamel Roger Bescoby Jason Cohen
Alexey Shcherbenev John Jones
Igor Tymofeyev Thomas Mathieson
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