he Executive Committee consists of the President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Past-President, President-Elect, and the Regional Chairs. It holds office for the period starting at the end of each World Congress and extending to the beginning of the next. The President-Elect of the Association has the responsibility for organizing the next World Congress.
Executive Commitee
Heung Bong CHA
President
Professor Emeritus Department Social Welfare, Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Sung Jae CHOI
Secretary General & Vice President
Prof Choi is currently Professor of Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, and Director, Institute on Aging, Seoul National University, South Korea.
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Dong Ho LEE
Treasurer
Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Director, Health Promotion Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea.
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Bruno VELLAS
Immediate Past President
Professor of Medicine, Chief Dept. of Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Chief Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Research Centre of Toulouse
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John ROWE
President Elect
Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University in New York, USA.
Regional Chairs
Isabella ABODERIN
Chair, Africa Region
Leads the Oxford Institute of Aging program of work on Africa and is Co-ordinator of the African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN).
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Kenneth MADDEN
Chair, North American Region
Associate Professor
Division Head, Vancouver General Hospital
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
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Keith HILL
Chair, Asia & Oceania Region
Prof Keith HILL is presently Head of the School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
Marianela Flores De Hekman
Chair, Latin American & Carribean Region
Coordinator of South Region of theBrazil’s Confederation of associations and societies Brazilian Osteoporosis and Osteometabolismo (CEBOM)
Permanent member of Consultative Board of the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Clemens Tesch-Roemer
Chair, European Region
Director of the German Centre of Gerontology and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, FreieUniversitaet Berlin
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Meetings
The 6th Executive Committee meeting was held on the January 12, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. The ten members worked together prior to the 20th World Congress scheduled on June 23-27, 2013. See the photo of the participants.