Better Mental Health for Older People

The People of IPA
Officers and Directors

The IPA Board consists of six officers and 25 directors representing wide world interests and concerns.

IPA Officers
(Executive Committee)

Helen Fung-kum Chiu

President

Hong Kong, SAR PR China

Masatoshi Takeda President-Elect Japan
João Carlos Barbosa Machado Secretary Brazil
Jacobo Mintzer Treasurer United States
Jill Rasmussen Treasurer-Elect United Kingdom

Joel Sadavoy

Immediate Past President

Canada

IPA Board of Directors

Ricardo F. Allegri Argentina
Heii Arai Japan

Olusegun Baiyewu

Nigeria

Susan Benbow United Kingdom

Michael Davidson

Israel

Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima

Brazil

Horácio Firmino Portugal

Serge Gauthier

Canada

Ilkin Icelli

Turkey

Kiyoshi Maeda Japan

Jay Luxenberg

United States

Raimundo Mateos

Spain

Pamela Melding

New Zealand

John T. O’Brien

England, UK

Daniel O'Connor Australia

Byoung Hoon Oh

South Korea

Leonardo Pantoni

Italy

Anne Margriet Pot Netherlands

Kenneth Shulman

Canada

John A. Snowdon

Australia

Guk-Hee Suh

South Korea

Gregory Swanwick

Ireland

Nicoleta Tataru

Romania

F. R. J. (Frans) Verhey

Netherlands

Bengt Winblad

Sweden

Past Presidents

Manfred Bergener, Germany, Founding President (1982-1987)
Gosta Bucht, Sweden (1987-1989)
Kazuo Hasegawa, Japan (1989-1991)
Sanford I. Finkel, United States (1991-1993 and 1994-1995)
Bertil Steen, Sweden (1993-1994)
Raymond Levy, England, United Kingdom (1995-1997)
Barry Reisberg, United States (1997-1999)
Edmond Chiu, Australia (1999-2001)
Alistair Burns, England, United Kingdom (2001-2003)
George Grossberg, United States (2003-2005)

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