About Worldcom

Our Boards

Group Board of Directors

Chair

Diego Biasi
Business Press
Milan, Italy

Chair - Elect

Matt Kucharski, APR
Padilla Speer Beardsley
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Vice-Chair

Stefan Pollack
The Pollack PR Marketing Group
Los Angeles, California

Vice-Chair

Douglas Wright
Chair
Asia / Pacific Region
Wrights
Melbourne, Australia

Vice-Chair

Crispin Manners
Chair
Europe / Middle East / Africa Region
Kaizo
London, United Kingdom

Past Chair

Thomas B. Van Blarcom
TQPR (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand

Secretary Treasurer

Melissa Sturges
Sturges Word Communications
Kansas City, Missouri

Marketing

Corinna Voss
HBI Helga Bailey GmbH
Munich, Germany

Practice Groups

John Bliss
Bliss Gouverneur & Associates
New York, New York

Strategic Plan

Stephanie Paul
Phillips Group
Brisbane, Australia

Americas Board

Chair
Stefan Pollack
The Pollack PR Marketing Group
Los Angeles, California
Past Chair

Hal Dash, APR
Cerrell Associates, Inc.
Los Angeles, California

Chair-Elect, Meeting Liaison

Virginia Sheridan
M. Silver Associates
New York, New York

Latin America / Membership
Angelica Consiglio
Planin
São Paulo, Brazil
Marketing
Aileen Katcher
Katcher Vaughn & Bailey
Public Relations
Nashville, Tennessee
Member Recruitment
Chris Baldwin
Liggett Stashower
Cleveland, OH
Membership Retention

Dorothy Pirovano
Public Communications, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Online / Interactive
Barbara Fox
OEB Enterprise
Toronto, Canada
Peer Review
Francie Israeli
John Adams Associates
Washington, DC
Practice Groups
Mike Greece
Padilla Speer Beardsley
New York, NY
Professional Development
Sandy Hermanoff
Hermanoff Public Relations
Detroit, MI
Sponsorships / Vendor Relations

Todd Lynch
St. John & Partners
Jacksonville, Florida

Treasurer
Marie-Josée Gagnon
CASACOM
Montreal, Canada

Asia / Pacific Board

Chair

Douglas Wright
Wrights
Melbourne, Australia

Past-Chair / Membership

Tom Van Blarcom
TQPR (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand

At-Large

Jay Ahn
HPR & Company
Seoul, Korea

At-Large

Matt Underwood
TQPR Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City

At Large

Franklin Yao
Glocal Strategy
Shanghai, China

At Large

Dave Otsuka
AZ. WORLDCOM
Tokyo, Japan

Marketing

Anna Lee
A World Consulting
Hong Kong, China

Europe / Middle East / Africa Board

Chair

Crispin Manners
Kaizo
London, United Kingdom

Past Chair

Diego Biasi
Business Press
Milan, Italy

Marketing

Corinna Voss
HBI Helga Bailey GmbH
Munich, Germany

Member Recruitment

Patrik Schober
PRAM Consulting
Prague, Czech Republic

Treasurer

Paget Langford-Holt
Grupo Albión
Madrid, Spain

Marketing

Imma Folch Lazarro
LF Channel
Barcelona, Spain

Member Retention

Mimi Medolago
CBO Srl (Communication by Objectives)
Milan, Italy

Peer Review

Paul Vann
Winningtons Financial
Bristol, United Kingdom

Young Consultants

Andras Nagy
Probako Communications
Budapest, Hungary

Professional Development

Thomas Schmidt Jorgensen
PrimeTime
Copenhagen, Denmark