# 2024-2025 Board

## Officers

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Since</th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Grace Lau</td><td>Co-president</td><td>Sept 2019</td><td><a href="/files/RJm40CvxuI6kPfbdgjjI">/files/RJm40CvxuI6kPfbdgjjI</a></td></tr><tr><td>Xander Roozen</td><td>Co-president</td><td>July 2024</td><td><a href="/files/FYxE72STeaogTUoiN6My">/files/FYxE72STeaogTUoiN6My</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ghada Kandil</td><td>Co-president elect</td><td>July 2024</td><td><a href="/files/yHUG2i9HsggWhcq0GWqn">/files/yHUG2i9HsggWhcq0GWqn</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Regional Directors

| Name              | Role          | Since     |
| ----------------- | ------------- | --------- |
| Andrea Rosenbusch | Europe        | June 2024 |
| Paolo Montevecchi | Europe        | Aug 2020  |
| Xander Roozen     | Europe        | Dec 2022  |
| Ahmad M Alhuwwari | Arabic        | June 2021 |
| Ghada Kandil      | Arabic        | Sept 2020 |
| Joe Elmendorf     | North America | June 2024 |
| Pankaj Shivpuje   | North America | June 2024 |
| Open              | Africa        |           |

## Education

| Name          | Role                           | Since    |
| ------------- | ------------------------------ | -------- |
| Rupa Misra    | Director                       | 2019     |
| Shari Thurow  | Director                       | 2023     |
| Bev Corwin    | Member                         | Aug 2024 |
| Nehar Sultana | World IA Café, Product Manager | 2023     |

## World IA Day Global

| Name        | Role                      | Since     |
| ----------- | ------------------------- | --------- |
| Nada Ashour | Global Executive Producer | May 2024  |
| Jenny Ear   | Global Executive Producer | July 2023 |
| Grace Lau   | Adviser                   |           |
| Andrew Jung | Adviser                   |           |

## Website Steering Committee

| Name              |
| ----------------- |
| Andrea Rosenbusch |
| Paolo Montevecchi |
| Ghada Kandil      |
| Xander Roozen     |
| Grace Lau         |


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