{"id":510,"date":"2020-02-24T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=510"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:55:58","slug":"regional-officers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=510","title":{"rendered":"Executive Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>President<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Martine Abel-Williamson<\/strong><br \/>\n68 Meadway, Sunnyhills<br \/>\nAuckland 2010, New Zealand<br \/>\nPhone: +6421 411 042<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:martine.the1@xtra.co.nz\">martine.the1@xtra.co.nz<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:Martine.Abel-Williamson@wbu.ngo\">Martine.Abel-Williamson@wbu.ngo<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>First Vice-President<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr. Fernando Ria\u00f1o<\/strong><br \/>\nCSR Director, Communications and Institutional Relations<br \/>\nILUNION &amp; ONCE Foundation<br \/>\nC\/ Pechu\u00e1n, 1 \u2013 28002 Madrid, Spain<br \/>\nPhone: +34-91-590-8407 \u200b<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:FERIR@once.es\">FERIR@once.es<\/a>\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<h2>Second Vice-President<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr. Yaw Ofori Debra<\/strong><br \/>\nGhana Blind Union<br \/>\nPhone: +233 24 324 2913<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:yawdebra2015@gmail.com\">yawdebra2015@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>General Secretary<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Diana Stentoft<\/strong><br \/>\nDanish Association of the Blind (DAB)<br \/>\nPhone: +45 40 11 11 67<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:diana.stentoft@blind.dk\">diana.stentoft@blind.dk<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Treasurer<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Diane Bergeron<\/strong><br \/>\nCNIB 101, 1355 Bank street Ottawa, ON K1H 8K7<br \/>\nPhone: +1-613-852-1416\u200b\u200b<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:Diane.Bergeron@cnib.ca\">Diane.Bergeron@cnib.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>Chief Executive Officer (ex-officio)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em><b>Mr. Marc Workman<\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:marc.workman@wbu.ngo\">Marc.Workman@wbu.ngo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Africa &#8211; African Union of the Blind (AFUB)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr. Mohammed Ez-zaoui \u2013 Regional President<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganisation Alaouite pour la Protection des Aveugles au Maroc (OAPAM)<br \/>\n8, rue Hussein 1er, BP 369<br \/>\nRabat, Morocco<br \/>\nPhone: +212-661-4008405<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:md.ezzaoui@gmail.com\">md.ezzaoui@gmail.com<\/a><strong>\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Calister Chinyere Ugwuaneke<\/strong><br \/>\nAFUB Vice President &amp; Chairperson, AFUB Women&#8217;s Committee<br \/>\nNigeria Association of the Blind<br \/>\n55 Akintan Street, Off Clegg Street, Via Western Avenue<br \/>\nOjuelegba, Surulere<br \/>\nLagos, Nigeria<br \/>\nPhone: +234 806 529 2212<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:calisterchinyere@gmail.com\">calisterchinyere@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Lewis Nzimande<\/strong><br \/>\nNational Executive Director<br \/>\nSouth African National Council of the Blind<br \/>\n514 White Street, Bailey&#8217;s Muckleneuk<br \/>\nPretoria, 0181 &#8211; South Africa<br \/>\nPhone: +27 12 452 3811<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ned@sancb.org.za\">ned@sancb.org.za<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:genadmin@sancb.org.za\">genadmin@sancb.org.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<strong>\u200bMrs. Nina Efedi Okoroafor<\/strong><br \/>\nYouth Representative for AFUB<br \/>\nGhana Blind Union<br \/>\nP.O. Box AC496, Barnes Road, Opposite National Museum<br \/>\nAccra, Ghana<br \/>\nPhone: +233 26 470 1424<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ninaokoroafor@gmail.com\">ninaokoroafor@gmail.com<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<h2>Asia &#8211; Asian Blind Union (ABU)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr. Santosh Kumar Rungta &#8211; Regional President<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident, National Federation of the Blind<br \/>\nPlot No. P-21, Sector-6, Press Enclave Road,<br \/>\nPushp Vihar, New Delhi, India<br \/>\nPhone: +91 93126 07540<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:nfbsec.g@gmail.com\">nfbsec.g@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u200b\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\n<strong>Mr. Mansour Alaenizi<\/strong><br \/>\n\u200bSecretary General, ABU<br \/>\nKuwait Blind Association \u200b<br \/>\nMaidan Hawally, Block 11<br \/>\nHammoud Nasser Street, Home 5510, Kuwait<br \/>\nPhone: +965 9999 6859<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mansoor_q8@hotmail.com\">mansoor_q8@hotmail.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>\u200b<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mr. Ergash Narpulatov\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSecond Vice President, ABU<br \/>\nChairman, Society of the Blind of Uzbekistan<br \/>\n22 Bobour Street, Yakkasaray District<br \/>\n700100 Tashkent, Uzbekistan<br \/>\nPhone: +961-(1)-36-82-21\u200b<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:cpuzos@yandex.ru\">cpuzos@yandex.ru<\/a> ; <a href=\"mailto:cpuzos@yandex.com\">cpuzos@yandex.com<\/a> \u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200bMr. Qari Saad Noor<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst Vice President, ABU<br \/>\nPresident, Pakistan Association of the Blind<br \/>\nPAB House, Haider Shah Town,<br \/>\nStreet #3, Delazak Road,<br \/>\nPeshawar City, Pakistan<br \/>\nPhone: +92 301 115 3053<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:pab_peshawar@yahoo.com\">pab_peshawar@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0 \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>Asia Pacific\u00a0(WBU-AP)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr. Li Qing Zhong (Peter) &#8211; Regional President<\/strong><br \/>\nChina Association of the Blind<br \/>\nNo.186, Xizhimen Nanxiaojie, Xicheng District,<br \/>\nBeijing 100034, China<br \/>\nPhone: +86 106-658-0043<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:li.qingzhong@163.com\">li.qingzhong@163.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Helen Freris<\/strong><br \/>\nc\/- Blind Citizens Australia\u200b<br \/>\nPhone: +61-409-701-076\u200b<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:hfbcadirector@gmail.com\">hfbcadirector@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Nantanoot Suwannawut (Apple)<\/strong><br \/>\nAcademic officer<br \/>\nBureau of Special Education, Ministry of Education<br \/>\nChandakasem Palace, Ratchadamnoen Rd., Dusit<br \/>\nDistrict, Bangkok, 10300, THAILAND<br \/>\nPhone: +66-2-288-5545<br \/>\nFax: +66-2-628-5083<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:nantanoot_s@hotmail.com\">nantanoot_s@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Tetsu Takei (Tony)<\/strong><br \/>\nJapan Federation of the Visually Impaired (JFVI)<br \/>\n18-2 Nishi-Waseda 2-chome, Shinjuku Ku<br \/>\nTokyo 169-0051, Japan<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:tetsu.takei@gmail.com\">tetsu.takei@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: +81-3-5291-7885<\/p>\n<h2>\u200bEurope &#8211; European Blind Union (EBU)<\/h2>\n<p>\u200b<strong>Ms. Tytti Matsinen &#8211; Regional President<\/strong><br \/>\nFinnish Federation of the Visually Impaired<br \/>\nP.O. Box 61, FI-00030 Iiris<br \/>\nMarjaniementie 74, 00930, Helsinki, Finland<br \/>\nPhone: +358 9 3960 4632<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:tyttimatsinen@gmail.com\">tyttimatsinen@gmail.com<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:ebupresident@euroblind.org\">ebupresident@euroblind.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Maria Thorstensson<\/strong><br \/>\nSwedish Association of the Visually Impaired\/ Synkadades Riksforbund (SRF)<br \/>\nSandsborgsvagen 52, S-122 88 Enskede, Sweden<br \/>\nPhone: +46 8 39 91 11<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:maria.sune@telia.com\">maria.sune@telia.com<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:ebusg@euroblind.org\">ebusg@euroblind.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Roland Studer<\/strong><br \/>\nSwiss National Association of and for the Blind\/<br \/>\nSwiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired\/ Swiss Union of the Blind<br \/>\nSch\u00fctzengasse 4, CH-9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:roland.sutder@faust.ch\">roland.sutder@faust.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200bMr. Rodrigo Nuna Godinho Santos<\/strong><br \/>\nAssocia\u00e7ao dos Cegos e Ambl\u00edopes de Portugal (ACAPO)<br \/>\nAv D Carlos 1, 126, 9\u00ba<br \/>\n1200-651 Lisboa, Portugal<br \/>\nPhone: +351 21 324 45 00<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:rodrigosantos@acapo.pt\">rodrigosantos@acapo.pt<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Latin America &#8211; Union Latinoamericana De Ciegos (ULAC)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ms. Gladys Diaz &#8211; Regional President<\/strong><br \/>\nUni\u00f3n Nacional De Ciegos De Honduras -UNCIH<br \/>\nCol. Residencia Alem\u00e1n, Casa 1827,<br \/>\nTegucigalpa 2510, Honduras<br \/>\nPhone: +504 246-2468<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:presidencia@ulacdigital.org\">presidencia@ulacdigital.org<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:gladis20_2@hotmail.com\">gladis20_2@hotmail.com<\/a>\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200bMs. Marissa Mart\u00ednez<\/strong><br \/>\nUni\u00f3n Nacional de Ciegos d Panam\u00e1<br \/>\nV\u00eda Esteban Ysern Cervera<br \/>\nLas Cumbres. Panam\u00e1<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:srf@ulacdigital.org\">srf@ulacdigital.org<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:marissamalena@gmail.com\">marissamalena@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Germ\u00e1n Bautista<\/strong><br \/>\nRed Nacional para la Inclusi\u00f3n de Personas Ciegas y con Baja Visi\u00f3n<br \/>\nCalle Manuela S\u00e1enz 45, Calzada de la Virgen, Tlaloc,<br \/>\nCulhuac\u00e1n CTM Secci\u00f3n Piloto, Coyoac\u00e1n, 04490<br \/>\nCiudad de M\u00e9xico, Mexico<br \/>\nTel: +52 444 183 8851<br \/>\nE-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:vp2@ulacdigital.org\">vp2@ulacdigital.org<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:presidenciarednacionaldeciegos@gmail.com\">presidenciarednacionaldeciegos@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<strong>Ms. Elizabeth Campos<\/strong><br \/>\nComisi\u00f3n de Damas Invidentes del Per\u00fa<br \/>\n<em>For, <\/em>Uni\u00f3n de Ciegos de la Regi\u00f3n Inca (UCRI)<br \/>\nS\/n Teneria 01, Av. Las Flores, a 300 metros de ENACO<br \/>\nCusco, Peru<br \/>\nTel: +51-84 275257<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:sgeneral@ulacdigital.org\">sgeneral@ulacdigital.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>North America\/Caribbean (NA\/C)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Kim Charlson &#8211; Regional President<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Council of the Blind (ACB)<br \/>\n225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 660<br \/>\nAlexandria VA 22314 USA<br \/>\nPhone: 202-467-5081<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:kim.charlson@perkins.org\">kim.charlson@perkins.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Charles Mossop<\/strong><br \/>\nCNIB<br \/>\n1929 Bayview Ave<br \/>\nToronto, ON M5G 3W7, Canada<br \/>\nPhone: 1-250-722-0082<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:charles.mossop@cnib.ca\">charles.mossop@cnib.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Kenneth Suratt<\/strong><br \/>\nTrinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association<br \/>\n116-118 Duke Street<br \/>\nPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago<br \/>\nPhone: 1-868-624-4675<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mrsuratt@gmail.com\">mrsuratt@gmail.com<\/a>\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Mark A. Riccobono, Vice President<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone: 410-659-9314<br \/>\nFax: 410-685-5653<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:OfficeOfThePresident@nfb.org\">OfficeOfThePresident@nfb.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>International Members Representatives<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dr. Frances Gentle<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident ICEVI<br \/>\nThe Renwick Centre, NextSense<br \/>\n361-365 North Rocks Road,<br \/>\nNorth Rocks NSW 2151, AUSTRALIA<br \/>\nPhone: +61-02-9872-0808<br \/>\nFax: +61-02-9873-1614<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:frances.gentle@nextsense.org.au\">frances.gentle@nextsense.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Gertrude Fefoame<\/strong><br \/>\nGlobal Advocacy Advisor, Sightsavers<br \/>\nGrosvenor Hall, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath<br \/>\nWest Sussex RH16 4BX UNITED KINGDOM<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:gofefoame@sightsavers.org\">gofefoame@sightsavers.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Mary Keogh<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Disability Inclusive Development Initiative<br \/>\nCMB Global Disability Inclusion<br \/>\n176 Ivy Exchange, Granby Place<br \/>\nDublin 1, Ireland<br \/>\nPhone: +353 (0)1 8730300<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mary.keogh@cbm-global.org\">mary.keogh@cbm-global.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Peter Holland<\/strong><br \/>\nChief Executive Officer<br \/>\nInternational Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB),<br \/>\nWeWork 1 St Katharine\u2019s Way, International House,<br \/>\n6th Floor London, E1W 1UN, United Kingdom<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:pholland@iapb.org\">pholland@iapb.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Mrs. Martine Abel-Williamson 68 Meadway, Sunnyhills Auckland 2010, New Zealand Phone: +6421 411 042 E-mail: martine.the1@xtra.co.nz; Martine.Abel-Williamson@wbu.ngo First Vice-President Mr. Fernando Ria\u00f1o CSR Director, Communications and Institutional Relations ILUNION &amp; ONCE Foundation C\/ Pechu\u00e1n, 1 \u2013 28002 Madrid, Spain Phone: +34-91-590-8407 \u200b E-mail: FERIR@once.es\u200b\u200b\u200b Second Vice-President Mr. Yaw Ofori Debra Ghana Blind Union Phone:&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=510\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":140,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"DefaultContentPage.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"class_list":["post-510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":139,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5913,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions\/5913"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}