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Richard Welsh

President, 2025-2026

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Renard Jenkins

Past President, 2025-2026

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Eric Gsell

Executive Vice President, 2025 -2026

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Rosemarie Lockwood

Membership Vice President, 2024-2025

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Raymond Yenug

Standards Vice President, 2025

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Polly Hickling

Education Vice President, 2025-2026

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Lisa Hobbs

Secretary/Treasurer, 2025-2026

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Paul Stechly

Finance Vice President, 2024-2025

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Regional Governors

Tony Ngai

Asia-Pacific Region, 2025-2026

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Michael Day

Asia Pacific Region, 2024-2025

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Dagmar Driesnack

EMEA, Central & South America Region Governor, 2024 - 2025

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Fernando Bittencourt

EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor, 2025 - 2026

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Tony Meerakker

Canada Region Governor, 2024-2025

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Jonathan Jobin

Canada Region Governor, 2025-2026

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Chris Johns

United Kingdom Region, 2025-2026

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William T. Hayes

USA - Central Region, 2025-2026

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Sara Seidel

USA - Eastern Region, 2024-2025

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Dover Mundt

USA - Eastern Region, 2025-2026

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Kylee Pena

USA - Hollywood Region, 2024-2025

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Allan Schollnick

USA - Hollywood Region, 2025-2026

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Brian Gaffney

USA - Hollywood Region, 2025-2026

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Jeff Cohen

USA - New York Region, 2025-2026

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Frank Torbert

USA - Southern Region 2024-2025

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Cassidy Lee Phillips

USA - Western Region, 2024 - 2025

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Jeff Way

USA - Western Region, 2025-2026

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Governors at Large

Jim Helman

Governor at Large 2025

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Bhavik Vyas

Governor at Large 2025

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