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# 2025-2026 Board

July 2025 - June 2026, covering WIAD26

## 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="https://3101616623-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LrGl7tiiD194wJD7Z4K%2Fuploads%2F1m4h7x9sCnqVvyXoKke3%2FGrace-Lau_500.png?alt=media&amp;token=05a7ba29-00d8-4de1-9de9-b87b580c174b">Grace-Lau_500.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Xander Roozen</td><td>Co-president</td><td>July 2024</td><td><a href="https://3101616623-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LrGl7tiiD194wJD7Z4K%2Fuploads%2Fuh9QjK8biVN9n3h6Q6oT%2FXander-Roozen.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=fc14a8d1-915b-48a4-a446-6dec4cbf28ad">Xander-Roozen.jpeg</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ghada Kandil</td><td>Co-president elect</td><td>July 2024</td><td><a href="https://3101616623-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LrGl7tiiD194wJD7Z4K%2Fuploads%2FE0VQcIECDDnKvUFq37YU%2FGhadaKandil.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=9aedd732-a144-4272-bb26-3fa2e5d4532e">GhadaKandil.jpeg</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 |

## 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       |
| -------------- | ------------------------- | ----------- |
| Jennifer Sassi | Global Executive Producer | August 2025 |
| 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         |