Leadership
Executive Committee of the Council
Executives
President: Matthew Gray (2026/1/1-2027/12/31)
Vice President & President-Elect: Jay Sandoval (2026/1/1-2027/12/31, 2028/1/1-2029/12/31)
Past President: Linda Luz B. Guerrero (2026/1/1-2027/12/31)
Secretary-Treasurer: Chanhoong Leong (2025/1/1-2026/12/31)
Conference Chair: Tatiana Karabchuk (2026/1/1-2027/12/31)
Liaison Chair: Yasuyuki Saito (2026/1/1-2027/12/31)
Membership Chair: Shalinder Mahajan (2026/1/1-2027/12/31)
Advisory Board
Mahar Mangahas (Philippines)
Ijaz Gilani (Pakistan)
Syed Arabi Idid (Malaysia)
Robert Chung (Hong Kong)
Yashwant Deshmukh (India)
Colin Irwin (United Kingdom)
Other Members of the Council
National Representatives (2024-2025)
- Australia: Markus Hahn
- Bangladesh: Haq M Saidul
- China: Weidong Wang
- Cyprus: Panayiotis Panayiotou
- Hong Kong: Kenneth Chan
- India: Shalinder Mahajan
- Indonesia: Hasanuddin Ali
- Iran: Amir Farmanesh
- Iraq: Munqith Dagher
- Israel: Yariv Tsfati
- Japan: Tadahiko Maeda
- Korea: Yun-Suk Lee
- Malaysia: Syed Arabi Idid
- Myanmar: Htun Htun Oo
- Nepal: Jui Shrestha
- Pakistan: Ijaz Gilani
- Philippines: Gerardo (Jay) Sandoval
- Qatar: Noora Ahmed Lari
- Russia: Yulia Baskakova
- Singapore: Chan-Hoong Leong
- Sri Lanka: Pradeep Peiris
- Taiwan: Eric Yu
- Thailand: Thawilwadee Bureekul
- Turkey: Bulent Kilincarslan
- United Arab Emirates: Tatiana Karabchuk
- United Kingdom: Colin Irwin
- United States Of America: Holli Semetko
Appointments Made by the President According to the Constitution
Electoral Committee (2026)
Chair: Linda Luz Guerrero (ex officio, APOR Asia Pacific Past President)
Members: Matthew Gray, Jay Sandoval
Conference Committee (2026)
Chair: Tatiana Karabchuk
Members: Pending
Membership Committee (2026)
Chair: Shalinder Majahan
Members: Pending
WAPOR Asia Pacific Annual Conference Local Organizing Committee (2026)
Local Conference Chair: Philips Vermonte
WAPOR Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee (2026)
Chair: Matthew Gray (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific President)
Members: Jay Sandoval (WAPOR Asia Pacific Vice President), Linda Luz Guerrero (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Past President), Chan-Hoong Leong
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