Board
What is the Board?
Eighteen board members (also known as zonal representatives) across five world regions act as mediators between the association’s member societies and governing bodies of WPA. These are elected roles, voted on every three years at the General Assembly during the WPA World Congress of Psychiatry.
Board members play a key coordinating role within their WPA zones. They encourage collaboration among WPA Member Societies in their zone and stimulate their participation in WPA activities; support the dissemination of WPA-related information and educational materials; and assist the executive committee in ascertaining the needs of member societies and the ways in which these needs can be met.
Board Members
Karandeep Sonu Gaind
Zone 1--Canada
;
Edmond Hsin-tung Pi
Zone 2--United States of America
Virginia Rosabal
Zone 3--Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Silvia Gaviria
Zone 4--Northern South America
;
Alfredo Cia
Zone 5--Southern South America
Gisèle Apter
Zone 6--Western Europe
Jyrki Korkeila
Zone 7--Northern Europe
Zvi Zemishlany
Zone 8--Southern Europe
Stojan Bajraktarov
Zone 9--Central Europe
Oleg Skugarevsky
Zone 10--Eastern Europe
Owoidoho Udofia
Zone 13--Central and Western Africa
;
Nahla Nagy
Zone 11--Northern Africa
David M. Ndetei
Zone 14--Eastern & Southern Africa
;
Suhaila Ghuloum
Zone 12--Middle East
Khalid Attaullah Mufti
Zone 15--Central and Western Asia
M S V K Raju
Zone 16--Southern Asia
Winston Shen
Zone 17--Eastern Asia
Allister Bush
Zone 18--Australasia and the South Pacific