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# 2026-2027 Board

July 2026 - June 2027, covering WIAD27

### 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></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       |
| --------------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| Aditya Varadkar | Team member | July 2026   |
| Julie Huynh     | Team member | August 2026 |
| Mitali Nemade   | Team member | July 2026   |
| Mrunmayee Kedar | Team member | July 2026   |
| Vanya Hsu       | Team member | August 2026 |
| Grace Lau       | Adviser     |             |
| Andrew Jung     | Adviser     |             |

### Website Steering Committee

| Name          |
| ------------- |
| Xander Roozen |
| Grace Lau     |