Board 2025-2028
President
Marianne Farkas (USA)
President Elect
Pedro Gabriel Godinho Delgado, Brazil
Vice President
Mathew Varghese, India
Vice President
Solomon Rataemane, South Africa
General Secretary
VK Radhakrishnan, Kerala India
Deputy General Secretary
David M. Ndetei, Kenya
Treasurer
Paula Fries, USA
Immediate Past President
Gabriele Rocca (Italy)
Editor WAPR Bulletin
Michalis Lavdas, Greece-Norway
Europe
Regional Vice Presidents
Germana Agnetti, Italy
Clara Gesteira Santos , Spain
Deputy Reg. VPs
Alexandra Palli, Greece
Paola Carozza, Italy
Trude Klevan, Norway
Africa
Regional Vice Presidents
David M. Ndetei, Kenya
Deputy Reg. VP
Noeline Nakasujja, Uganda
America
Regional Vice Presidents
Rafael Sepúlveda, Chile
Deputy Reg. VPs
Claudia Braga, Brazil
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Regional Vice Presidents
Medhat Elsabbahy, Egypt /UAE
Deputy Regional Vice Presidents
Abdelbacet TOUATI, (Tunisia)
South East Asia
Regional Vice Presidents
C. Ramasubramanian, India
Deputy Regional Vice Presidents
JAYAN Mendis , Sri Lanka
Mohammod Golam Rabbani, Bangladesh
Western Pacific
Regional Vice President
Andrew Mohanraj Chandrasekaran, Malaysia.
Deputy Regional Vice President
Dorothy Belperio, Australia
Representatives of voluntary organizations
Alberto Fergusson, Columbia
Ida Kosza, Hungary
Representatives of families
Errico Landi, Italy
Audun Pedersen, Norway
Liaison to UN and its Agencies
Shahid Kureishi (UK)
Rita Roncone (Italy)
Medhat Elsabbahy (UAE)
Board position: Representative, People with lived experience/users
Guadalupe Morales Cano, USA
Board at large
Marit Borg, Norway
Max Lachman, Israel
Antonio Maone, Italy
Eleni Misganaw Belachew, Ethiopia
Mitra Khalafbeigi (Sweden)
Patrizia Lorenzetti , Italy
Shahid Hasan Quraishi, United Kingdom
Jesús Rienda, Spain
Rita Roncone, Italy
Michael Sadre Chirazi Stark, Germany
Peter Badimak YARO , Ghana
Past Presidents
Oliver Wilson (1986-1989)
Gaston Harnois (1989-1991)
Martin Gittelman (1991-1993)
Benedetto Saraceno (1993-1996)
M. Parameshvara Deva (1996-1998)
Jaques Dubuis (1998-2000)
Zebulon Taintor (2000-2003)
Angelo Barbato (2003-2006)
Michael Madianos (2006-2009)
Lourdes Ladrido Ignacio (2009-2012)
Afzal Javed (2012-2015)
Ricardo Guinea (2015- 2018)
Murali Thyloth (2018-2022)
Gabriele Rocca, Italy (2022-2025)