Better Mental Health for Older People

The People of IPA
Officers and Directors

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

IPA Officers
(Executive Committee)

Masatoshi Takeda

President

Japan
Jacobo Mintzer President-Elect United States
Daniel O'Connor Secretary Australia
Jill Rasmussen Treasurer United Kingdom
Horácio Firmino Treasurer-Elect Portugal

Helen Fung-kum Chiu

Immediate Past President

Hong Kong, SAR PR China

IPA Board of Directors

Ricardo F. Allegri Argentina
Heii Arai Japan
Sabine Bährer-Kohler Switzerland

Olusegun Baiyewu

Nigeria
Susan Benbow United Kingdom
Ramón Cacabelos Spain
Cássio Machado de Campos Bottino Brazil
David Conn Canada
Peter Paul De Deyn Belgium
Brian Draper Australia

Serge Gauthier

Canada
Ken Laidlaw United Kingdom
Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima Portugal
Jay Luxenberg United States

Kiyoshi Maeda

Japan

Raimundo Mateos

Spain

Pamela Melding

New Zealand

John T. O’Brien

United Kingdom
Nancy Pachana Australia

Leonardo Pantoni

Italy
Anne Margriet Pot Netherlands

John A. Snowdon

Australia

Guk-Hee Suh

South Korea

Gregory Swanwick

Ireland

F. R. J. (Frans) Verhey

Netherlands

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)
Joel Sadavoy, Canada (2005-2007)

 

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